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Fred Boulton Oldtimer Offline Posts: 801 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2007	Can anybody identify this? Jul 9^th, 2008 at 9:26am	Print Post
	I am struggling with attaching pictures, but have finally managed to crop a photo of the bolt & lock top to a small enough size, (I hope). I have owned this rifle for a few years. It appears to be a short, heavy octagonal barrelled percussion target rifle "made in the USA" but it is a breech loader with an outside hammer and a bolt. Staggeringly well made and can be fulley stripped with a screwdriver, including unscrewing the barrel from the receiver after removing it from the stock. The bore was rusty, the chamber was about the size of a 32 S&W long, but tapered--I failed to identify the calibre. I sleeved it and re-chambered for 32 S&W long and shoot it regularly at 50 yds. It has double set triggers and the lock appears to be British--the internals scream "made in Birmingham". It has a Mauser type extractor, but appears to be made before Mauser patented the same. Only marks are "JD" and "76". Wotisit? Over to you.


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1878 Ex Member	Re: Can anybody identify this? Reply #1 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 12:34pm	Print Post
	I can't help with the rifle, but I can help with the photos. I use: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) which is a free online tool. You select and upload your photo, choose a few options (I normally use max dimension 600 and best quality), and then it will resize for you. You can then download the photo which will have a new file name (it does not write over your original). I use this all the time to resize photos for auctions, e-mails and forums. If you need to get something down to a file size under 250K to post here it will do the job.


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Fred Boulton Oldtimer Offline Posts: 801 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2007	Re: Can anybody identify this? Reply #2 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 1:01pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the software tip: I tried it on the right hand side of the complete rifle: here it is. Fred


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Dave_Carpenter Ex Member	Re: Can anybody identify this? Reply #3 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 5:40pm	Print Post
	During the period of change from muzzle-loading to breech-loading there were 100’s of different designs. Some were patented, many were not. With what little info you have, a good picture on how the action works might help, I suggest that you work your way through the patents and if you think that “76” might be 1876, start there. Key words search would be “Improvement in Breech-loading firearms” or some variation of that. Below is an example to get you started. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Fred Boulton Oldtimer Offline Posts: 801 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2007	Re: Can anybody identify this? Reply #4 - Jul 10^th, 2008 at 7:26am	Print Post
	Quite incredible Dave: your patent example appears to be it exactly. The description of the extractor tallies and there is a small leaf spring in the front of the extractor groove which is shown in the illustration. Thanks very much. Fred.


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