Dusty Morningwood Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 SPF Nice economical Swedish rolling block sporter in .50-70. Started life as a military M67 rifle chambered in 12.7x44R. At some point, it was sporterized by shortening the barrel to 29.5", replacing stocks and adding fixed rear and blade/bead front sight. An attempt was made to brown the barrels, but residual silver solder from original rear sight made a less than perfect attempt. Still, looks fine and should shoot well. Bore would rate Good +. I pulled this out of storage and took advantage of the rented .50-70 reamer and now it is a no problem reloading affair. All in all a functional and shootable rolling block sporter with attractive stocks. Asking $425 shipped to your door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Morningwood Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 Bumpity Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Davey Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Why did you have to use a reamer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Morningwood Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, Navy Davey said: Why did you have to use a reamer ? The 12.7 mm round is a few thousandths smaller than .50-70. The problem is that brass and dies for it are pricey. Since bullets for original fall within the diameter range of, say, a .50-70 Trapdoor, reaming simplified the whole process. I even reamed my personal Husqvarna No. 3, as it had a tight chamber and would not chamber rounds from my 12.7x44R dies. I had to run loaded rounds partially into a .500 S&W sizing die to make them chamber. What a pain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Here is some info in the 12.7mm / .50-70 http://autochart.com/12_7mm-50-70.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Morningwood Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 hour ago, ACW said: Here is some info in the 12.7mm / .50-70 http://autochart.com/12_7mm-50-70.htm Good reference for those who might be curious or have concerns. I have this link in my roller folder, along with lots of other useful and useless information! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larabee Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irontree Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Hey Dusty! You still got this punkin' ball thrower in 50/70? Please reply to: Harley04121957a@gmail.com I got fed up with Yahoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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