Let me start by saying this isn't the same one that started a fun post here a month or so ago! So not a Jack Haugh version.

Not long after returning home from the CGCA show in Greeley, Co. I got offered an under lever Rolling Block from a fella, and since I've wanted a Gove style Rolling Block awhile, I grabbed this one! It took a very long time for FedEx to deliver it once it hit my local depot for whatever reason? They got it Monday at 2:49AM, and didn't deliver it until today! No excuses from the driver, and no explanation from FedEx either?
It's built on an original Rolling Block Sporting action, with the long lower tang, and original serial number on the tang. I figured it would be a reworked military, so this was a big surprise. The barrel is a false muzzle .32-40, with no markings anywhere under the forearm to indicate the maker? Unusual 12 lands and groove, with very narrow lands and grooves! Action is a single set trigger that works differently than the typical Rolling Block. It only sets once the hammer is cocked.
Wood and metal work are simply wonderful, and it has an original Rem. hard rubber buttplate. Need to do a chamber casting to see what it looks like and what size bullet I should load it with.

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I've hoped for one of these under levers for awhile, but knew a true Gove would never be in the cards. So this is the closest thing I could find, and happy to get it!

MrTipUp wrote on Jun 8^th, 2023 at 4:25pm:


Yes, Bill. It's either a Remington SST, or a good copy of one. I have two SST Rolling Block rifles, and they have this exact looking trigger too. But they set without the hammer cocked, or with it cocked, unlike this one. This one also has no visible adjusting screw? It may be hidden somehow, so when I get brave I'll disassemble this rifle to figure out how it adjusts.

terry buffum wrote on Jun 8^th, 2023 at 5:12pm:


Thanks Terry! 
I do have a cheap bore scope I got off Ebay that takes videos or still pictures, but not sure how to capture and add a still to my picture hosting site?
The false muzzle is very unusual also as it's the usual section of barrel, but that's left as octagon. The knurled part is added to the barrel stub, and appears to be a different metal. Maybe stainless? I'll pull it off and take another picture. Also see if my camera on Macro setting might get the bore too?

edit-I should have looked first. The knurled collar on the false muzzle is aluminum!

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Sure shot wrote on Jun 8^th, 2023 at 5:48pm:


Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it. Especially breaking my rule about not buying guns that I didn't hold in my hands.

Real slick, Vall!

Thanks! 
It surprises me that someone could do such fine work, and not put some marking on it somewhere to indicate they did it. I need to pull the buttplate, and stock to check there also, just in case there's some marking there.

Neat rifle and I like the caliber.  Economical and easy on the shoulder.

Thanks again guys!

I was searching this morning for some hint of who did the gun, and when I unscrewed the buttplate screws I got a surprise! The buttplate was made from two pieces! The center with Rem. logo, and a separate perimeter that fits so close I couldn't see the parting line!

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I think the outer is an original hard rubber from some gun, then a repro center fitted to make it look proper.