A couple of years ago a 93-year-old Minnesota sharpshooter ably harvested a deer with a 146-year-old Swedish-made Rolling Block that came to America in 1885 in a bag with his immigrant grandfather. Nonetheless, they still can work in a pinch. and turned into sporting and target guns, although ammunition is hard to find for such veterans. 6 rimfire variants of the Rolling Block pattern, pitched as training and youth rifles, as late as the 1930s.Īfter the war, many surplus rifles overseas were imported into the U.S. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Remington kept cranking out No. Like rare, uncommon, and historic guns? Check out our Military Classics and Collector’s Corner sections where firearms like the Rolling Block are just a click away.Īlthough replaced in front-line service by the Krag-Jorgensen bolt-action magazine rifle in the 1890s- the same type that ironically replaced Springfield Armory-made single-shot rifles in America at about the same time- the Danish military kept their Rolling Blocks in reserve as late as the 1940s, as did other countries such as Norway and Sweden. in the 20th Century to sell on the surplus market and were sporterized, the example in our Vault still has its original walnut military furniture with a unit marking disk in the stock. While many Rolling Blocks were brought back into the U.S.
45-70 Government, later opting to move over to a centerfire configuration with a reversible firing pin, dubbed the Model 1867/96. Those Scandinavian countries had gotten the idea from Denmark, who as far back as 1867 started ordering Rolling Blocks of their own, chambered in a chunky 11mm black powder rimfire round very close in size to the American. Both Sweden and Norway placed small orders direct from Remington then began producing the guns locally under by at Carl Gustafs, Husqvarna, and Kongsberg.
41-caliber "Saw Handle" Vest Pocket derringer and an early "magazine pistol" 5-shot repeater that used a tubular magazine, among others.Ĭurious as to the advances in military technology going on in America, European countries soon adopted the Rolling Block as well. The pivoting (or rolling) breechblock is pinned to the receiver and requires the user to manually cock the hammer before each shot.
Rider’s simple rolling block mechanism patented in 1864 was strong and proved successful enough to remain in production in one form or another for decades.
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