Is remington making the actions for their rolling block or are they using the imported actions  and are the new remington rolling block custom shop rolling blocks  superior to say a lone star or perersoli 

Quisto56

From the experences of friends I wouldn,t trust the Remingtom custom shop to hold my gun much less work on it. 
Theim motto seems to be We'll do anything as long as it's offered in the stock catalog and it dosn't require me to actualy touch a machine. 

40 Rod

I hadn't plannned on entering this discussion as my experience with new vs old Remington rollers is somewhat limited, BUUTT...

When the folks with the green boxes brought their newly released roller to a NRA meeting and show for one of its first public showings, I was understandably excited.  As I saw the rifle from afar, I was pleased, so I picked it up and looked at it.  The "showpiece" they brought to stir up interest looked to me like it was assembled first thing Monday morning or last thing Friday afternoon by an hourly worker.      Fit was awful (wood to metal, metal to metal, etc.) and finish was not up to the standards of many cheap imports.  Attention to detail that makes a custom rifle (or one "from the custom shop") worth the extra money was notably absent.   ???

If they had put one less zero before the decimal in the price, then the result would have been appropriate.  I quickly but sadly handed the rifle back with no further comment.  If I were buying a new roller, it would probably be one of the new John Bodine models from one of the importers, not a high priced trademark with no rifle to back it up.  JMHO & YMMV! 

Froggie

The Lone Star is an excellent product.  The only drawback is lead time:  Like most small companies with good products, Dave is six months to a year out on some rifles.  The only other builder other than Pedersoli (who delivers from stock as a large Italian company  importing under various names in the US) is Ballard LLC.  They are no longer building Rolling Blocks as they were not able to secure the parts they needed to meet their standards, and are back logged with the Ballards and the 1885 Winchesters they have on order.

I did see a Lone Star in like new condition at Wildwood guns ( (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links); You may want to see if it was still there.  Dave

Hi there,
Well I've got one of those new Remington No. 1s. It came my way at a very good price....couldn't really pass it up. One of the heavy rd barrel sporters complete with the target front & rear sights. I wish they'd gone with a 32" barrel. Yes the wood to metal fit was poor and as for the finish (metal & wood)...high gloss is an understatement. It does shoot very nicely though. First off I stripped off that plastic finish and lost the plastic buttplate (custom shop special??). Made up a new metal buttplate from a period Rem shotgun plate that I had been saving. Came up well. Next I remodelled the forearm and cut in some flares at the rear. Then I tried to improve that wood to metal fit. Big gaps (1/16") had to be filled between the stock & rear of the action & tangs. Next  I stained the light walnut stock until it was nice & dark using an original Rem No. 1 (.44/77) for comparison. Then the oil finish. It even looks half decent now even with that high gloss blue job (it's slowly growing on me).

The thing that I just can't live with (or forgive the Rem people for doing) is that Stamping on the side of the action. Why they just didn't go with the good ol' patent lines on the top of the upper tang, I'll never know. That ugly stamping will be welded over and reblued. That's next on to do list.
What I can report is that the action is closer to the original  than the Pedersoli. The single set trigger (once adjusted) breaks well and the mid-range sights (again rough in places) are good. As I said it shoots well but I've still got a long way to go in developing a good target load. At this stage it likes the old version of the Lyman Postell rather than the new one!
The Rem is now a "custom job" but only after a lot of time & effort.
Spud

While I agree that the new Rolling Block from Remington is a disgrace, I can't say that all they build fits into that same trashcan.  The 40X is still an outstanding product.  My son bought me a new XR100 single shot in 204 Ruger to hit targets way out there with zero recoil (love to watch those little buggers hit the paper in the scope.)  Again, a great product at a very nice price.  Dave