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gmkmd Participating Member Offline Posts: 20 Location: Bethlehem, PA Joined: Jul 18^th, 2006	Lonestar Rifle Co. rolling blocks…? Mar 7^th, 2026 at 11:53am	Print Post
	Does anybody know much about what went into the rifles that Dave Higginbotham made? Like which actions he used, or which barrels?


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SchwarzStock Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1309 Location: SchwarzWald Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010	Re: Lonestar Rifle Co. rolling blocks…? Reply #1 - Mar 7^th, 2026 at 12:24pm	Print Post
	Supposedly Dave had the parts cast and then he finished them himself or with the help of a couple of part time employees. I had him build a gun for me on his action and as I recall it had a Badger barrel. Two years later I had him build a rifle on a Remington system from the 1870's and he used a Green Mountain barrel on it as he was out of heavier profile Badger barrels.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17826 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Lonestar Rifle Co. rolling blocks…? Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2026 at 12:25pm	Print Post
	Dave also built a large number of Rolling Blocks off either military actions, or older Sporting actions. It wasn't just one source he used to build his Rolling Blocks.

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4365 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Lonestar Rifle Co. rolling blocks…? Reply #3 - Mar 7^th, 2026 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	He totally rebuilt my 1902 7x57 rolling block carbine into a 50-70 hunting rifle just before his accident. He did a beautiful job. OK, I have to throw in the picture again. Forgive me.


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RBKenn Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: fallon Joined: Apr 8^th, 2011	Re: Lonestar Rifle Co. rolling blocks…? Reply #4 - Today at 2:06pm	Print Post
	Dave had his LSR receivers, trigger guards, hammers, and breech blocks cast by TC. Those receivers he threaded with a 1 inch V thread. The LSR rifle was a mix of #1 sporting and #1 1/2 Sporting rifle designs. After his death I acquired his FFL records. It is clear that he built as many rifles on original Remington RB actions as he did his own castings. One advantage in the LSR castings was the strength and quality of the steel that TC used. Dave purchased some of the small parts from me. Using castings the amount of handwork he put into each LSR rifle was huge. We often discussed that amount of labor involved in his rifle production. However, I was unsuccessful in convincing him to transition from castings to CNC produced components.


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