We are Sia-mee-uz if you plee-uz...
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Thursday, January 29, 2015, 08:30 (3591 days ago)
If you've been Jonesing for .45-70 Mauser, here's a pretty reasonable entry-level one => http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=464774439
("Reasonable" compared to others so converted, anyway.)
A Boyd's stock and a quick trip to Al's Bluing Shoppe and a feller would have a thumper. Or, just leave it as is and shoot the stuffing out of it.
I have no connections to this (and already have a Siamese) but ran into it while goofing off.
AT ANY other point in the last few years... I have wanted a
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, January 29, 2015, 09:26 (3591 days ago) @ Hoot
Siamese Mauser for years. Looked all over when I lived in AK. They get held onto and passed down... As I have related the first cartridges I reloaded for were 45=70s for the boss's Siamese Mauser that he converted and stocked...I did a lot of steel wool on the stock too. My first job, no pay...just to hang out in a gun shop. It turned out to be a gorgeous elk rifle for him...He moved to Rifle Colorado shortly after that... I wonder why Ruger Doesn't make a 45-70 Bolt Gun???
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I was thinking of you when I found it Rob.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, January 30, 2015, 10:11 (3590 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
I'll bring mine to Clarksville this spring for you to 'rekindle an old flame'. It's a heavy beast---pretty sure I wouldn't want to haul it up and down mountains looking for elk.
Good! I'll bring my Enfield in .375WBY...It is a club
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Monday, February 02, 2015, 17:35 (3587 days ago) @ Hoot
but it is SO easy to hit with...maybe we can chop a tree down, again
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At one point in time, I had 3 Siameeesesess
by Andrew , Bloomington, IN, Thursday, January 29, 2015, 18:29 (3591 days ago) @ Hoot
One was a ratttly Navy Arms 45-70, a bone stock 8mm original, and a 450 Alaskan I bought from Bryan Pettet. The 450 was fun, but the 17 inch barrel didn't make good use of the extra powder capacity of the 450 case. I'd buy another 45-70 in a blink.
Siamese Triplets?
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, January 29, 2015, 20:12 (3591 days ago) @ Andrew
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
We are Sia-mee-uz if you plee-uz...
Slightly OT but semi-related - does anyone know what the four-interlocked-circle marking on the left side of the receiver means? My mid-1930s vintage 6.5 Arisaka has the same marking, and I have wondered about it ever since I've had the rifle.
Someone once told me it denoted the type of rifling in the bore, but I'm not sure I believe that. Seems like any such marking would be on the barrel rather than the receiver.
That is the arsenal mark.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, January 30, 2015, 10:05 (3590 days ago) @ Catoosa
edited by Hoot, Monday, February 02, 2015, 16:00
The Koishikawa Arsenal in Japan made both the Arisaka's and Siamese Mausers. It is referred to as 'stacked cannonballs'.
Edited to correct the arsenal name.