02-25-2020, 02:14 PM
(02-24-2020, 03:13 PM)Paulc Wrote: No extractor in the usual sense.
There is a spring loaded block with the nipple behind the breech block with the tapered chamber. When the action is opened the nipple block pushes the cartridge out enough to manually extract it.
OMG I spent an hour looking at that picture..Thanks for sharing Paul , I studied that rifle many years ago and it brings back some foggy memories.. You have undertaken a worthy project.. A combat weapon from the civil war..... Now I wonder..... If a soldier ran out of loaded ammo , could he load powder down the bore and ram a bullet in place if needed? I built a Maynard that could be fired that way. Just keep reusing the same brass cartridge case.
Firearms are small machines , very fun to work on.
Please carry on and share this adventure with us.
Steven