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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3787 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Dec 4^th, 2021 at 7:02pm	Print Post
	In a moment of weakness last night, I made the high bid on a 45-70 Cumberland High Wall. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Does anyone have any experience with them? last year I ended up with an 1885 breech block that someone here said was from a Cumberland and it was very well made. I guess I will find out in a couple of weeks. Thanks Jack

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3787 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #1 - Dec 4^th, 2021 at 7:31pm	Print Post
	Thanks, Dave. I will post more when I get it. Jack

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #2 - Dec 4^th, 2021 at 7:42pm	Print Post
	Jack hopefully it all works out for you. Looking forward to more pictures and comments once you have it in hand.

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #3 - Dec 4^th, 2021 at 8:37pm	Print Post
	Jack. back in the early nineties I bought one of these from them via an ad they were running in Rifle Magazine. The kit they sent me was a flat spring kit I believe, the issue I had with it was the amount of warping the action had, it had been heat treated and as I remember everything was skewed severely. We corresponded back and forth quite a bit and then I sent the first one back. They sent me another and the action was better but all the parts were skewed. In the end, I sent it back and told them I really wanted one but their heat treating was the biggest issue I could see, if they wanted to finish this deal could they send me an action that hadn't been heat treated. I'd case harden the parts I wanted and leave the bulk of it alone. They did, but what I got was a coil spring action. I really wanted a flat spring... I finished the coil spring in a 45-90 and from there I made my own flat spring action copying the action shape of theirs and the rest I got out of Campbell's book, but I did have to wait six months for this to go to print, so this was all '94 - '95? By the time I started mine from scratch I'd heard they went out of business. I believe theirs were made from 4140 which lent to many heat treat issues with their methods. Not treated, the action served me quite well and still shoots good today.

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830singleshot Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 483 Location: Texas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #4 - Dec 5^th, 2021 at 4:43pm	Print Post
	In this same period during the 90's, one of the gun rags had a write up on how well their action kits were made. I ordered 3 kits and was shocked at how crude they were. A buddy wanted one and the other two I sent back.

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #5 - Dec 5^th, 2021 at 6:50pm	Print Post
	Scott, I think that was the article I read, need to dig back through my volumes and find it - just to humor myself. Dave, I believe that was the sequence. I'd like to hear if anyone else here went through this ordeal. I had a pair of DS Cole and Hepburn castings from Rodney at the same time- they were an easier build in my opinion. Greg

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3787 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #6 - Dec 5^th, 2021 at 7:27pm	Print Post
	OK, now I am nervous. I guess worst case if the internals are interchangeable with originals, I could part it out on eBay and sell the receiver as a paperweight Jack

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4470 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #7 - Dec 5^th, 2021 at 7:56pm	Print Post
	Hey, maybe you got lucky. Don't sweat it until you see it.


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Cumberland Mountain Arms High Wall Reply #8 - Dec 5^th, 2021 at 8:04pm	Print Post
	Jack, I wouldn't sweat it, as I said mine finished out quite well, just took a bit of effort. I've seen one another fella built, must have been made from parts early on, maybe one of the one's the writers wrote about? From what I see of your photo's it could be that one.

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