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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4072 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Highwall #4 barrel, thickside Octagon Jan 15^th, 2007 at 9:46pm	Print Post
	...And behind door #3 - You could always "spin the barrel out" and put it and the restorable wood in your safe, restock the cleaned but unaltered action, and "spin on" a barrel in the caliber and profile of your choice, adding proper sights to the unaltered tang and winning matches left and right. Meanwhile, you have done nothing irreversible and can thus have your cake and eat it too! Two questions, first, don't I have something of yours that would make that project immediately do-able, and second, is it just a shadow or is the end of the trigger actually broken off? If yes to the first, contact by PM, if yes to the second, same instructions. I need a current snail mail, cause I keep losing track of you, and only remember when something like this comes up. Froggie PS If you DO decide to restore it, it could even be allowed to hang out in marlinguy's gunroom with those mean old Pacifics and not worry about getting picked on!


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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Highwall #4 barrel, thickside Octagon Reply #1 - Jan 15^th, 2007 at 10:16pm	Print Post
	Well that's certainly a great find Dave, and I'll second Froggie's advice! I'd either set the original parts aside, or restore it, complete with a reline in the original caliber! A question for you Dave. What does that barrel measure across the flats at the receiver? My 1885 is from the same era, and the barrel measures 1.060" where it meets the action. No number mark in front of the forearm, and only a "3" under the forearm. I've always thought mine was a #3 weight, but it looks very similar in size to your #4. Great caliber too!

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Bert_H. Full Member Offline Posts: 145 Location: Kingston Joined: May 13^th, 2004	Re: Highwall #4 barrel, thickside Octagon Reply #2 - Jan 16^th, 2007 at 9:29am	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Jan 15^th, 2007 at 10:16pm: Well that's certainly a great find Dave, and I'll second Froggie's advice! I'd either set the original parts aside, or restore it, complete with a reline in the original caliber! A question for you Dave. What does that barrel measure across the flats at the receiver? My 1885 is from the same era, and the barrel measures 1.060" where it meets the action. No number mark in front of the forearm, and only a "3" under the forearm. I've always thought mine was a #3 weight, but it looks very similar in size to your #4. Great caliber too! Hello Val, You have a No. 3 barrel. Bert

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Bert_H. Full Member Offline Posts: 145 Location: Kingston Joined: May 13^th, 2004	Re: Highwall #4 barrel, thickside Octagon Reply #3 - Jan 16^th, 2007 at 9:41am	Print Post
	Hello Dave, Neat find! The barrel should be marked "CAL. 40-70 SHARPS STR." What is the serial number on that old rifle? My choice would be to reline and restore it to original. You can always have another barrel made to put on at a later date. Winchester used a 1:20 twist rate for the 40-70 Sharps (and Ballard) chambered high-walls, and the original bullet weight was 330 grains. Bert
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J.D.Steele Ex Member	Re: Highwall #4 barrel, thickside Octagon Reply #4 - Jan 16^th, 2007 at 11:38am	Print Post
	If you reline with a .408" groove liner, I have a 40-70 SS reamer I'll be happy to loan you. I recommend a twist of somewhere between 1:14" and 1:18", faster is usually better for the long bullets used in matches these days. Regards, Joe


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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Highwall #4 barrel, thickside Octagon Reply #5 - Jan 16^th, 2007 at 4:22pm	Print Post
	Thanks Dave (and Bert!) Mine is also the early octagon top with crosspinned firing pin block.

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