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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 356 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Nov 1^st, 2026 at 7:00pm	Print Post
	Back when I was deep into muzzleloaders, I bought scads of part from Jess Melot to build various projects. I was never disappointed, even though delivery times could be quite prolonged, despite reassurances from Jess. The parts themselves were always top notch however. A few days ago, I poked around the site for the first time in ages, and noticed that there are sporting trigger guards listed for rolling blocks, both straight and pistol grip styles. Better yet are castings for all the Remington factory single set trigger parts I feel confident enough from my past experiences with Jess to go ahead and order the parts (very reasonably priced btw), but I’m curious if anyone here has ever used them? If so, what were your results?
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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2166 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #1 - Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 7:02am	Print Post
	Good luck... I can't get them to answer the phone so I can order stuff. I tried different days and times but nothing so I gave up. I needed some Ballard stuff. Going to try again and hope someone will answer... JMH


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fishoot Full Member Offline Posts: 142 Location: Folsom, CA Joined: Dec 29^th, 2011	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #2 - Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 8:30am	Print Post
	Same experience here. Have ordered and received many parts from them. They have zero business acumen. However, when you finally do talk to them they are courteous and they do have good castings! Be patient and persistent in contact attempts. Good Luck!


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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 356 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #3 - Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 9:54am	Print Post
	[quote author=242320202D222813267E7C7C7C4C0 link=1793577652/1#1 date=1793620948]Good luck... I can't get them to answer the phone so I can order stuff. I tried different days and times but nothing so I gave up. I needed some Ballard stuff. Going to try again and hope someone will answer...] You do know the owners of the business are in their 80’s, right? Your lack of success in contacting them is not what I was inquiring about, I’m interested in hearing from someone who has used the specific parts I’ve mentioned. I’ve met Jess more than once, and while I will be the first to admit he promises the moon quite often, he always delivered eventually. Since there is no one else providing the stuff he does, persistence and patience counts for quite a bit. From your posts in the past, patience doesn’t seem to be a strong point for you. No disrespect intended, although it might appear that way, just an observation.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18430 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #4 - Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 10:18am	Print Post
	Rolling Block parts from Remington's 1997 run were all sold to Numrich Gun Parts in NY, and they still list most of them as in stock. They have all the set trigger parts plus the fly and the pistol grip lower tangs. I've bought a bunch of these parts from them and they're 100% finished parts that take very little fitting to work in most military actions. They even had receivers, all internal parts, and finished stocks once, but ran out of those long ago. Just another option if you're building up a rifle. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 356 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #5 - Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 10:29am	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 10:18am: Rolling Block parts from Remington's 1997 run were all sold to Numrich Gun Parts in NY, and they still list most of them as in stock. They have all the set trigger parts plus the fly and the pistol grip lower tangs. I've bought a bunch of these parts from them and they're 100% finished parts that take very little fitting to work in most military actions. They even had receivers, all internal parts, and finished stocks once, but ran out of those long ago. Just another option if you're building up a rifle. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Will those parts fit in a military trigger guard, or be adaptable to one? I’d be interested in purchasing them, but want to use them in a straight tang guard

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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2166 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #6 - Nov 3^rd, 2026 at 6:48am	Print Post
	I guess in my old age my patience is wearing thin. I will keep trying. JMH


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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 356 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #7 - Nov 3^rd, 2026 at 9:58am	Print Post
	jhm wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2026 at 6:48am: I guess in my old age my patience is wearing thin. I will keep trying. JMH That was a noble response.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18430 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #8 - Nov 3^rd, 2026 at 3:26pm	Print Post
	Otony wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 10:29am: marlinguy wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2026 at 10:18am: Rolling Block parts from Remington's 1997 run were all sold to Numrich Gun Parts in NY, and they still list most of them as in stock. They have all the set trigger parts plus the fly and the pistol grip lower tangs. I've bought a bunch of these parts from them and they're 100% finished parts that take very little fitting to work in most military actions. They even had receivers, all internal parts, and finished stocks once, but ran out of those long ago. Just another option if you're building up a rifle. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Will those parts fit in a military trigger guard, or be adaptable to one? I’d be interested in purchasing them, but want to use them in a straight tang guard I've never tried putting the parts in a military trigger guard, but I'd be surprised if they didn't fit. I love pistol gripped single shots, and anything I build always gets a pistol grip lower tang. They were $5 when I first bought them, and can't rework those thick, wide tangs to pistol grip sporters for that. They'll always be short unless you weld on the extra length for the wood screw at the tail. One thing to remember is all pistol gripped Sporting Rolling Blocks didn't use the through screw to hold the stocks on! Original factory, and the later 1997 also used two wood screws to retain the stocks to the tangs. Not something I was fond of, but my original Creedmoor rifle's stocks are still holding well since 1873 when mine was made.

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Jonathan Full Member Offline Posts: 213 Location: THE GOOD PART OF NY Joined: Sep 5^th, 2025	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #9 - Nov 3^rd, 2026 at 5:15pm	Print Post
	My 44 Stevens also use the two wood screws to hold the butt on and after many rounds in them they are still tight. One thing that I do if I ever have to remove them is to dip the screws in shellac before re-tightening them. I believe that this tightens the wood fibers and gives the screws more bite but not so much as to make them hard to back out.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18430 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #10 - Nov 4^th, 2026 at 11:39am	Print Post
	I built a repro clone Creedmoor rifle before I got my original, and used the Remington leftover parts from Numrich. My first thought was Remington had cut a corner making their new rifles use two wood screws and not one through screw between tangs. When I bought my original Creedmoor made in 1873 I was surprised to see the same setup, and realized Remington had made an exact copy in their 1997 run. I built my clone to look like an original, but I chambered it in .40-50SS as I had been working with the cartridge and loved the mild loads, accuracy, and cheap brass to reload. It's a hoot to shoot out to 500 yds., and not bad at 650 yds., but the lighter bullets don't hold well enough for 1000 yds.

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RBKenn Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 334 Location: fallon Joined: Apr 8^th, 2011	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #11 - Nov 8^th, 2026 at 3:40am	Print Post
	The biggest hurdle to making the PG trigger guard function is the main spring. Initially Numeric had some in stock but those are long gone. The straight grip mainspring will not function in those PG trigger guards. There are several ways around this issue but that will take much more time/space to document.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18430 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #12 - Nov 8^th, 2026 at 11:06am	Print Post
	I bought a few of the new production mainsprings from Numrich, but when they ran out I just bought mainspring material from Brownells and made them by copying the ones I had.

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bgmkithaca Participating Member Offline Posts: 30 Joined: Jul 22^nd, 2014	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #13 - Nov 8^th, 2026 at 11:38am	Print Post
	Seeing the coments about getting through to the rifle shoppe I have been getting parts there the last few months. Seems that I never get through in the mornings but almost always get an answer in the mid-afternoon. Try it.


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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2166 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Rolling block parts at The Rifle Shoppe Reply #14 - Nov 8^th, 2026 at 6:42pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the tip. I will try them in the afternoon... JMH


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