I scored today....A Colt Cobra .38 special and a .45-70 bolt action rifle

[1srelluc]

First up is a 1972 Colt Cobra with the factory installed hammer shroud.....It appears unfired.

Ruby used one sorta like it (earlier model) to kill Oswald.

Next-up is a minor "grail gun" for me.....A .45-70 bolt action made from a Siamese Mauser.

It was a very popular conversion back in the 50s/60s but they were never done commercially. They were all built by gunsmiths so the quality of the build was determined by the gunsmith's skill and his customer's wants.

This one wears a Lyman rear sight, sports a Timney trigger, and a nicely polished silky smooth bolt, a free floated barrel, in a black walnut stock. It's a brute at about 9#.

I had a Siamese Mauser to get the conversion work done but it would have cost more than a .45-70 lever action to get the work done....And that was 15 years ago!

 

[yidnar]

45 70 is good grizzly hunting rifle ..

 

[1srelluc]

45 70 is good grizzly hunting rifle ..

Many Siamese Mausers were converted to .45-70 for Alaskan Pipeline workers.

They are really the only type of Mauser actioned rifle suited for the conversion due to it being already set up for a rimmed cartridge.

They were made in Japan around 1903 or so at the Koishikawa Arsenal for Siam as the Type 46 and 66. They were very well made.

They were surplused off dirt cheap so many were converted.

 

[ElmerMudd]

First up is a 1972 Colt Cobra with the factory installed hammer shroud.....It appears unfired.

Ruby used one sorta like it (earlier model) to kill Oswald.


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Next-up is a minor "grail gun" for me.....A .45-70 bolt action made from a Siamese Mauser.

It was a very popular conversion back in the 50s/60s but they were never done commercially. They were all built by gunsmiths so the quality of the build was determined by the gunsmith's skill and his customer's wants.

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This one wears a Lyman rear sight, sports a Timney trigger, and a nicely polished silky smooth bolt, a free floated barrel, in a black walnut stock. It's a brute at about 9#.

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I had a Siamese Mauser to get the conversion work done but it would have cost more than a .45-70 lever action to get the work done....And that was 15 years ago!

How cool to get a gun just like the one Ruby used to kill Oswald. You are quite a guy.

 

[1srelluc]

How cool to get a gun just like the one Ruby used to kill Oswald. You are quite a guy.

Not quite like it....The grip frame, grips, and ejector rod is different.

The Ruby Cobra.

 

[Captain Caveman]

First up is a 1972 Colt Cobra with the factory installed hammer shroud.....It appears unfired.

Ruby used one sorta like it (earlier model) to kill Oswald.


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Next-up is a minor "grail gun" for me.....A .45-70 bolt action made from a Siamese Mauser.

It was a very popular conversion back in the 50s/60s but they were never done commercially. They were all built by gunsmiths so the quality of the build was determined by the gunsmith's skill and his customer's wants.

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This one wears a Lyman rear sight, sports a Timney trigger, and a nicely polished silky smooth bolt, a free floated barrel, in a black walnut stock. It's a brute at about 9#.

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I had a Siamese Mauser to get the conversion work done but it would have cost more than a .45-70 lever action to get the work done....And that was 15 years ago!

You'll need a box of these -

 

[1srelluc]

You'll need a box of these -


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[yidnar]

Many Siamese Mausers were converted to .45-70 for Alaskan Pipeline workers.

They are really the only type of Mauser actioned rifle suited for the conversion due to it being already set up for a rimmed cartridge.

They were made in Japan around 1903 or so at the Koishikawa Arsenal for Siam as the Type 46 and 66. They were very well made.

They were surplused off dirt cheap so many were converted.

I bet it kicks like a mule !

 

[1srelluc]

I bet it kicks like a mule !

Given it's weight I doubt it in normal (trapdoor safe) factory loadings.

You can buy some today that are much stouter.

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[Cellblock2429]

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[1srelluc]

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