It's a shame these are so costly, it's probably the coolest inline available. There's also the potential to use the same action for an inline pistol or shotgun.
@@eddieorf YEP.. hunt the pawn shops.. local shop that doesn't sell much black powder stuff had one at 325.. looked at it.. said i liked it.... but....fiddled with it like I wanted it.. then handed it back to him... guy took it.. looked info up.. said hey.. how about 200 out the door.. now it's in my gun cabinet. It happens.. right place right time.. slow day = DEAL!
Ola amigos, que excelente combinación de rolling block y muzzleloading, además de un agrupamiento muy bueno tanto en 50 como en 100 metros, excelente también la adaptación para la mira telescópica, gran esmero han puesto en la calidad y tradiciones, los felicito, me ha gustado mucho, gracias
Very interesting. I recall some later 19th century target shooters who would muzzle load their Remington rolling blocks. I think I read it in Ned Roberts book on caplock rifles. If I HAD to use an inline, I might well get this gun. But my Lyman Great Plains rifle is far more traditional and shoots so well!
I know how much you shoot and how many videos you have put out so I’m a little reluctant to ask,but all the advice I have ever received on the subject of bench rest shooting points out that the front rest should be placed under the wood fore end of the rifle for proper accuracy. Keep making your videos I enjoy all of them.
Very pretty, though I would prefer it as smokeless a cartridge gun with a chamber insert and ramrod for cap-lock muzzleloading, and a longer sight radius.
This rifle confuses me. Why style it as a rolling block if its a muzzle loader? And why throw a picatinny and high viz ironsights on it if its meant to be like a 20th century rifle?
So people can use them for muzzleloading only seasons - some parts of the world (I think US only?) have weeks where you can apply to hunt (deer/big game) with a muzzleloader and no other style of rifle. Done so that people can have time to use their vintage, slow to load and harder to use guns. These guns are built to give people who want to use them to hunt but want all the accuracy of a modern weapon - sorta a gimmick so that they can hunt in a season that is normally off limits to those weapons, if that makes sense. I think it's a real shame.
you are correct. almost every state here in the US has an in line muzzleloading season (basically what this rifle is) and a separate flintlock season. usually a week or two of each, both being separate seasons of course.
209 shotgun primers are more reliable the lighter and faster bullets need a faster twist rate the higher grade steel breach plug allows the use of more powder the rolling block protects the primer better than a flintlock if the laws of My state allow Me to take a extra Deer because I use a special type of weapon Heck Yea I am going to go hunting with one
I understand, but it's not always about taking more deer - and at this point, you've defeated the point of them being special types of weapons by making the rifle so similar to a modern firearm.
Are there many reproductions out there which take scope mounts? And can you get non-hunting bullets too? Or are they all SP / HP? Great video as always.
Nice presentation. I follow your channel, but when searching to convert a Rolling Block rifle to in-line percussion, your video came up. My Whitney Rolling Block .38 caliber center fire has had the barrel rifling pretty much shot out. Plus the firing pin is mushroomed over and the receiver main spring is broken and the trigger spring is in pieces. Stock needs to be rebuilt. I have built flintlock rifles and thinking about this conversation to the rolling block. Any thoughts from you on my rifle conversation would be much appreciated. Have a great day and take care. ~Steve
I have steered away from modern rifles and now prefer the interesting side of older rifles such as a parker hale .451 whitworth and a pedersoli 40-65 falling block. this rifle seems to be following some sort of fashion for both types but meets the needs on neither. Its ugly and it has no soul.
no, the breech block is modified to fit around the cap, and the barrel has a giant, threaded hole where the chamber should be on account of the breech plug. Here in the US, where there's a big market for inline ML rifles (this rifle was intended to be D.P.'s entry into that market, and it's a good one, IMO), but in order for it to be considered relic (aka: not regulated like a modern rifle), it must have been produced before 1898 (or a reproduction of something pre-1898), doesn't take commercially available fixed-ammo, and for it to be considered a ML (and exempt from having to go through an FFL or C&R licensee), it cannot be readily convertible to fire commercially available fixed ammunition. They did just enough to it to make it fit that last part.
I would like a smooth boar in 12 gage please . One where adapters can screw into the breach for center fire cartages also. Then you will have a winner . I'll be waiting , thanks .
If they are so incline, a cartage rolling block has a place in the US market. I have no idea why someone has not jumped on that. There is a market for historical replicas as well as modern hunting rifles as the design allows for rather inexpensive manufacturing.
Have you ever shot a Hawkins rifle? I've got a .50 caplock Hawkins and it does not disappoint. Honestly, it's no wonder it was a favorite among American mountain men and frontiersmen. Try it, if you get the chance.
Nice rifle I was thinking you were talking about a 209 primer it's still traditional One other thing is the caps are almost impossible to get now here in the USA do you sell something like a tapocap to make the precision cap's ? Tapocap out of business from what I'm hearing.
they make it as a cartridge gun as well lol. Since the largest market for inline ML guns is in the US, D.P. decided to make their inline rifle meet US regulations. In the US, for a firearm to be regulated as a "primitive" arm (therefore not subject to 90% of the rules), it must use a separate primer, powder, and projectile; the powder and bullet is loaded from the muzzle; and it cannot be easily converted to fire commercially available cartridges (D.P. modified the design just enough to meet that). This rifle is intended for ML hunters who like the older guns, but still want a modern inline (I wouldn't be surprised if it couldn't be used with smokeless, I would guess they are using the same barrels as their cartridge guns)
Of course it's a good rifle, it's a Pedersoli. While it may be a good rifle, it's not a muzzleloader I'd like. I love the Rolling Block, I think it's probably the best single shot rifle of the black powder cartridge era, beating even the Martini-Henry. Because I love the Rolling Block, I'd rather have one that takes cartridges and isn't a muzzleloader. If I'm hunting with a muzzleloader, I'd rather have a rifle that's based around the most technologically advanced design and not something that's limited by the Rolling Block's design.
+Dick Tickles I don't understand the last part of your comment. To my knowledge, this IS what I would consider a "technologically advanced" muzzleloader. It has modern fiber optic sights and a scope rail, a removable breech plug for easy cleaning, and is fired by a nice big cap/primer that is easy to put on. And the rolling block action doesn't really limit it in any way. It just helps it to look a little bit nicer, and also protect the cap/primer from the elements.
Bardzo fajny sztucer ale niestety nie ma go na stronie Pedersoli. A szkoda. Sam wykręcany korek lufy już bardzo ułatwia życie choćby nawet w razie niewypału a przy czyszczeniu to sprawa nieoceniona. W polsce pewnie go nigdy nie będzie.
In certain times of the year it's only legal to hunt with a muzzle loader. At least here in the US, anyway. Varies by state. As for follow-up shots: If you gutshot the animal you're just SoL. Still more ethical than bowhunting, though.
I for one don't like any in line muzzle loader period! This looks good with it's wooden stock and "rolling block receiver " however still takes away the traditional idea of muzzle loaders. I have seen an video of someone turning a H&R shotgun to a muzzle loader. A shotgun shell with the hull cut away only having it's primer was closed into the gun breech. The powder and packed ball was loaded afterwards. The concept beyond me!
+bones020694 If you think this is an ugly gun, then you have SERIOUS issues. I suggest you seek professional help. The only thing ugly about it is the ramrod, but there's nothing that can be done about that.
Damn this rifle makes me want to vomit. Picatinny rail on a psuedo-rolling block? Yeah lets just put a red dot on the thing and a laser as well. What's the point of making a rifle look like an antique if you're going to give it modern accoutrements? It's about as confused as a pump action flintlock.
brainplay it's not for the purist. It's for the older hunter with eyesight that's starting to go who wants a classic style rifle. The rail comes off if it's too visually distracting.
So why would you buy this gun then and not any other muzzleloader? This is no conversion, its a muzzleloader only. And for some reason a roling block muzzleloader, which makes no sense really...
+Peter August If you think this is an ugly rifle, then you have SERIOUS issues. Seek professional help. The only ugly part is the ramrod under the barrel, but that is necessary with a muzzleloader. And another unmentioned benefit of this rifle (for those of us in the U.S.,) is that it is not legally considered a firearm. Therefore, it can be shipped directly to your home via UPS, etc., with no need to get your local gun store involved.
I suppose you buy all your meat prepackaged at the store? I love my venison and the only way to get it is to hunt for it. The video was about a hunting rifle. There are two uses for any rifle. Feed yourself or protect yourself.
@@tlloyd9325 I don't eat meat, i like to live healthy and also meat eating is irrelevant. Causes diseases like cardiovascular diseases and plenty of heath problems. Also there are plenty more uses for a rifle. Range shooting, self protection, competition shooting and just shooting for fun or just collecting them. Like normal people u know, u don't have to kill beings to have a great time or to live a full and healthy life :)
