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SteveOKo922
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WTB Center Fire Peabody block
Jan 12th, 2026 at 9:33am
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Looking see if anyone has a spare center fire block so I can shoot my swiss peabody. Does anyone do convertions of rimfire blocks anymore?
  
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Re: WTB Center Fire Peabody block
Reply #1 - Jan 12th, 2026 at 10:38am
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I did one 15 or 20 years ago.  At that time Dixie gun works had the breechblocks.  Not centerfire, but rimfire.   

It's not an easy conversion to do because of the weird firing pin arrangement.  I used a captive firing pin, think I used one from an N frame S&W, and modified a rimfire pin into a transfer bar.  

I eventually put the original block back in, sold the rifle and sold the block to Gary Geisler to do a conversion.
  
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Re: WTB Center Fire Peabody block
Reply #2 - Jan 12th, 2026 at 10:40am
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Good luck finding one.  I've been looking for one for a couple of years.   Easy to find blocks for the Spanish/French models, but the Swiss ones, which will not interchange, are pretty much unobtanium.  I decided to make RF ammunition as I have one of the "unique Samples" made between the Swiss and Rumanian contracts:  45-45 RF.

George
  
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Re: WTB Center Fire Peabody block
Reply #3 - Jan 12th, 2026 at 10:43am
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Are you certain they won't interchange? Ive seen some information that a center fire block from a Spanish will drop into a swiss perfectly. I have a Spanish peabody and a swiss peabody with orginal us made barrel on the way. I figured i look for a block before trying anything else or swapping them.
  
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