Werder Sporting Rifle?
That leftover Baltimore Antique Arms money was just burning a hole in my pocket, so had to get rid of some.Just read an article on the Werder and thought what a neat almost Martini it is. Did some...
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That is very unusual looking Ross. What calibre is it? What is the front backwards trigger for?-Ryan
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That is a most unusual looking rifle. It appears to me that it has been restocked from the original, then again, I could be wrong. You must post more pics when it arrives. Dennis
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Yup - someone took a long, hard look at both the rolling block and Hepburn, and copied that style of stock, affectionately also known as 'canoe paddle style'...
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Well, I can't add too much to what Keith has on Military Rifles site, but to say it was an impulse buy. I just finished reading Man at Arms mag on Franco-Prussian War rifles and they showed the...
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WOW!! You have the brother to my Werder sporter!In my case the rifle is a sporterized M1869 Werder that was updated to 43 Mauser and later sporterized to look almost identical to yours. The plugs in...
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Would like some pics of yours. We will have to compare stamps and shootingMine is a converted 1869 appears 11x50 original chamber. It has 1871 stamped twice on the rear of the action. There is a stamp...
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It will take a while but I'll get some pics taken eventually. I wonder if I remember how to reassemble the old gal I am curious about your barrel length and if you think your front sight is original,...
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My barrel is about 25". Not sure about the front sight. Not too many picture of the original, but I think mine may be original sight put on a shorter barrel. The Carbine barrel was 21.5 so these must...
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I posted on Gunboards before checking back here; if you can grab the pics and post them here I would appreciate it. If necessary I'll email them to you from work where I have high speed instead of...
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Here are the pics of Joe's Werder--- It seems that Simpson & Co went from guns to motocycles.SimpsonRoss"The problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."...
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