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I think I will go with the Model 50.

Thank you!

How tall is the interior dimension?

I am in the market for a new gun safe and want to be sure it comfortably holds my 1884 (without an attached bayonet).

For those of you that keep your Trapdoors in a safe, what interior size do you...

Thanks, Dick.

I will send for both.

And, for the rest of you, Dick was responding to my inadvertently-deleted question regarding whether this may be an experimental 1884 bayonet model. I tried...

Doesn't that SN put the receiver around 1886?

I came across an interesting Model 1888 today.

Nice boxed 1891 cartouche on the stock.

Struck me as a regular 1891 round rod bayonet Model 1888.

But, the SN on the receiver is 335665.
...

And, pray tell, what was "the source I started with"?

Thanks.

I have received and at least partially digested my copy of Wolf's Loading Cartridges for the Original 45-70 Springfield Rifle and Carbine.

I am leaning towards the 500g load to match my Buffington...

Book on its way from Amazon.

The bullets are not keyholing at 50 or 100 yards--nice round holes.

I will pull one of the Black Hills bullets and measure them. I hope they are close, as I am not...

Now that I know my mfg. 3d Q. 1886 Model 1884 has no serial # records :icon_e_sad:, I wonder if someone can help me understand the trajectory of the rifle.

I am shooting factory loads from Black...

Darn!

Well, thanks for the info.

Much appreciated.

Can anyone help with this serial #?

Thanks.

Oh, and, I have been a member for awhile--but had to rejoin when my logon would not work.

Thanks in advance.

SN 335650

Model 1884

Mfg. 1886

All original--family piece.

Stock broke clean through at wrist--recently repaired and back on the range. No marking on stock that I can discern.