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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action May 25^th, 2026 at 9:06pm	Print Post
	I bought this barreled action a few years ago. It was supposed to be a New York Militia action. The previous owner made an inline muzzleloader with a 54 cal barrel. My plan is to have it lined and reamed to 50-90 Sharps. Iafter I got it someone said it's a No 1 Sporter, then today someone said it looks like a Whitney. It has an octagon breach, no hole in the guard for a swivel, and 3 screws on the left side in an unusual pattern. I spent an hour comparing it to Ken Womack's site tying to find a match with no joy.
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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #1 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:08pm	Print Post
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TomKlinger Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 256 Location: Central Florida Joined: Feb 17^th, 2019	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #2 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:10pm	Print Post
	Definitely not a Whitney. Looks more like a later model #1 with a rotary extractor. Most likely the smokeless round. I think it was a 7mm Tom Klinger


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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #3 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:10pm	Print Post
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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #4 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:11pm	Print Post
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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #5 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:12pm	Print Post
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TomKlinger Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 256 Location: Central Florida Joined: Feb 17^th, 2019	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #6 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:13pm	Print Post
	It’s already been relined…..poorly…. Tom Klinger


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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #7 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:14pm	Print Post
	The extractor is different from my other three RBs. They are all bar type. I'm guessing the scratches on the breech face is from trying to pry off spent musket caps.
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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #8 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:16pm	Print Post
	TomKlinger wrote on May 25^th, 2026 at 9:13pm: It’s already been relined…..poorly…. Tom Klinger Tom, that's the breech for the inline. When I bought it it had an inline breech, a nipple, and had been shot many times. The bore is 54.

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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #9 - May 25^th, 2026 at 9:41pm	Print Post
	YippyKiYay wrote on May 25^th, 2026 at 9:16pm: TomKlinger wrote on May 25^th, 2026 at 9:13pm: It’s already been relined…..poorly…. Tom Klinger Tom, that's the breech for the inline. When I bought it it had an inline breech, a nipple, and had been shot many times. The bore is 54. Can you tell me what action it is?

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KensBullard Junior Member Offline Posts: 77 Location: Woodland Wa Joined: Dec 17^th, 2024	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #10 - May 25^th, 2026 at 10:14pm	Print Post
	well it got a rotary extractor may be a 7mm RB


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Bulseyetom Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1025 Location: Santa Maria, Ca Joined: Oct 31^st, 2010	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #11 - May 25^th, 2026 at 10:43pm	Print Post
	Looks like a #5 with an octagon receiver. Lots of Military actions have been milled to octagon. I have no idea if the #5 came in a sporter receiver. Tom


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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #12 - May 25^th, 2026 at 11:24pm	Print Post
	Thanks Tom, I believe you're correct. Here's a pic from the site I missed earlier.

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YippyKiYay Participating Member Offline Posts: 38 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Joined: Apr 4^th, 2026	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #13 - May 25^th, 2026 at 11:25pm	Print Post
	Does this mean I can use moderate smokeless charges in it?

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12297 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Someone help me Identify this Rolling Block action Reply #14 - yesterday at 7:03pm	Print Post
	54 musket. Liner. Musket caps. An extractor. No nipple showing. Confused here, to put it mildly.

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