Repairing a 150+ year old rifle extractor

[ndnchf]

It's a little slow so I thought I'd share a repair on an 1867 Remington rolling block navy carbine I just finished.

This rifle uses a simple stud extractor below the chamber to pull the fired shell out. The extractor stud was poorly repaired previously and just didn't work. It was a lousy glob of weld that someone had done and crudely filed it to rough shape, but it was too small and not formed correctly.

So I cleaned the old weld off and re-welded up the stud area. Then put it in a milling machine and milled it close to the final shape and size. After milling, it took a lot if hand filling, test fitting and more filling until it fit.

I'm no machinist or gunsmith, just a home tinkerer. While it's not perfect, I think it came out pretty well and it seems to work fine with an empty case. I'll take it to the range later this week to give it a live fire test.

Here is a a photo of what it started out as, and couple of the repair..

 

[slowtwitch73]

Looks great. I have that same model.

 

[nsula_country]

Very nice!

CT

 

[Jason280]

Neat! I have a similar Model 6 in .22 that was made in the 1920's, had to replace the locking block spring.

 

[steves_001]

Nice job! And, nice rifle as well. Which BB is in your avatar?

 

[ndnchf]

Thanks guys. I'm just glad I could make a successful repair. Its not like I can go to Amazon and order a new part!

The BB is USS Iowa. That's me reenlisting in 1984.

 

[ndnchf]

I went to the range today and tested the repaired extractor.

 

[steves_001]

Nice! Range time is always good when things work as planned. 1984.... thats about the time we had the Jersey in Long Beach for repair and return to service. Got to go check her out one day. Those guns are pure awesome. I think Missouri may have even made it down for return to service retro fit as well somewhere around that time.

 

[TMcCay]

Nice work. Glad you got it back to working again!

 

[captain14]

Nice repair. Was one of your ratings in the machine shop at some point of your career?


What was the general purpose of that weapon on a ship in that time period? Used as a defensive weapon or something else? I’m sure some tactics have evolved in 150 years.

 

[bonneyman]

I'd say that that's a fine job - mere tinkerer or not!

 

[ndnchf]

Nice repair. Was one of your ratings in the machine shop at some point of your career?



What was the general purpose of that weapon on a ship in that time period? Used as a defensive weapon or something else? I’m sure some tactics have evolved in 150 years.

No, I was a Wepons tech. But I took some machine shop classes at a local tech school. 150 years ago weapons were used when boarding an enemy ship or for a naval infantry brigade or landing party.