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chawk Full Member Offline Posts: 217 Location: Virginia Joined: Jan 29^th, 2014	My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Oct 24^th, 2025 at 12:14pm	Print Post
	I had no intention of buying this gun but I put a low ball bid on it on GunBroker and it went even lower than that. I don't know how much these things go for but I stole this one. Everything looks original and has turned into patina with some case colors still present. The wood is solid. Everything is tight. Bore is perfect. Even the screws look good. This is how I like to find my guns. Looking at pictures online I never realized how small these little actions are. They are tiny! I can see why you guys like rolling blocks. Maybe I need a bigger one with an octagon barrel in .22lr. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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silver Full Member Online Posts: 226 Location: Central wi, Joined: Sep 20^th, 2016	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #1 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 1:07pm	Print Post
	Cute little roller in great condition. Good buy


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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 638 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #2 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 1:26pm	Print Post
	I've always like the No.2 and No.4 Rolling Block rifles. Your rifle still has case color around the takedown bolt. Nice gun !


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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1066 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #3 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 2:03pm	Print Post
	Nice find! It's in much better condition than most of the average #4's. Nice figure in the buttstock too.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11952 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #4 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 2:30pm	Print Post
	You're hooked, now a sporting #1. You won't be sorry.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3829 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #5 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 2:31pm	Print Post
	That is a nice little gun. And it sure is in better shape than a worn-out one a good friend of mine has. The one Snuff has is so bad that in some lighting conditions anyone off to the side behind him can see the bullet in flight- maybe only trundling along at two or three hundred feet per sec. Oddly, he can hit most stuff out to about twenty five yards if it is beer can size of so.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17288 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #6 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 3:57pm	Print Post
	I've been a Rolling Block fan for many years, but never bought a little #4 until a decade ago. I preferred the #2 and larger action Sporting Rifles. Then my late friend Bob Evans (a Guild engraver) setup beside me at one of our collector shows and pulled out a #4 he'd engraved decades before. It was gorgeous and I asked if he was selling it. He was, and it came home with me. It's not an untouched original, but I love owning it as something Bob once built for himself.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11952 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #7 - Oct 24^th, 2025 at 4:03pm	Print Post
	I had one back in the eighties. Was a take down 32 RF. You couldn't have paid me to shoot it. It was in good condition but the smooth barrel shank and that novel takedown system scared the heck out of me. Is your #4 threaded?

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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chawk Full Member Offline Posts: 217 Location: Virginia Joined: Jan 29^th, 2014	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #8 - Oct 25^th, 2025 at 5:57pm	Print Post
	It is not threaded. Are there any threaded take down versions?


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11952 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #9 - Oct 25^th, 2025 at 8:11pm	Print Post
	I don't know. The screw in your rifle looks a lot more substantial than the lever on mine.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17288 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #10 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 4:33pm	Print Post
	chawk wrote on Oct 25^th, 2025 at 5:57pm: It is not threaded. Are there any threaded take down versions? No there weren't any threaded takedown #4's, but there were #4's with barrels threaded on that weren't takedowns. The lever type takedowns use a round pin that wedges into the recess cut into the barrel shank. They're actually a strong setup, but not for more than the cartridges they were offered in. The more they got taken down, the sooner the pins wore, and eventually ran out of enough tension to hold the barrels tight at the shank.

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RBKenn Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 306 Location: fallon Joined: Apr 8^th, 2011	Re: My First Rolling Block: A Tiny #4 Reply #11 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 4:55pm	Print Post
	Your rifle is the last version of Remington's #4 production. They were made from about 1925 until 1933. That type had the lowest production number of the three main types. Finding one is more difficult than the other two. Very nice find in that condition. Of course now you will need the lever takedown, the rigid frame, and then the specialty models like Military, American Boy Scout, and the Cadet rifles. Oh and you could acquire one in each caliber produced......


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