Bailey Creek,5759 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I have an old Springfield Trapdoor in 45-70 . It has been in the family for well over 120 years. It is rumered that it was a picked up during the Indian wars. The stock was hacked off carbine length. You can see the knife or hatchet marks in it. Also it keyholes the bullets . The Bullets are 459 dia, 500 grain. My grandfather as i understand used to wrap 410 shotgun shells and shoot them out of the Rifle. That was in Southern Georgia. Since it doesnt shoot very well i have been thinking about lining the Barrel to 40-65 . And putting a new stock on it. Something like Gemmer did to the Sharps Rifles. Does anyone know of someone who could do this for me? Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Run-n-Iron Shop restores cowboy firearms to any degree of enhancement you desire. http://www.runniron.com/index_cowboy.html Beautiful restorations are done by Turnbull. https://www.turnbullrestoration.com/restoration-services/ good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Try some 405 govmints with BP (2F) at about 1150 fps, it may not keyhole them. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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