[I don't know why, but that comment captured my imagination something fierce. So I'm going to run with it for a bit and see what happens. Enjoy!] This site appears to have seen intermittent combat between the mid-1900's and mid-2000's. Some of the recovered projectiles would hint at a much longer conflict, as we have evidence of the same sorts being used elsewhere in the world up to 300 years prior to that estimation, these samples are simply too well-preserved to be so old! The context for the protected in conflict eludes us. Our understanding of surviving records from the Youessay civilization is limited - modern linguists find their language to be frustratingly inconsistent - but they do not appear to reference any ongoing territorial disputes at the time. But why would a number of antique firearms have been used alongside, and even after, some that would have been modern for the day? This might suggest an element of desperation on the part of certain combatants, yet all of the recovered projectiles appear to have come from the same direction with no evidence of return fire. And then, if the battles were so one-sided, why did they continue for that long yet leave us without official records? We may never answer all of our questions, but one must admit that it is impressive for anyone to have had the knowledge and skill to keep such primitive and volatile weaponry from all over the world operational so long after they were initially constructed.

You are most welcome.

Congratulations! And may she give you another 100 years of service.

Here's A comment. Lol

My comment about the HK G11 was that it needed a JMB to simplify the worky bits.

Reminds me of my Marlin, except I've gotten buried under a avalanche. 😂

45-70 is cheap compared to 577-450 :)

@@johnjamieson6368 I hear you!~》I acquired 200 rounds of new brass several years ago. I cast my own bullets as well, with old printing type. That's really hard to come by, but I still have a 5 gal. bucket full of old lead type I've had for well over 30 years. Luckily I still have 5000 large rifle primers too. I told everyone I knew to stock up on primers, powder & brass, as soon as I heard Biden was running for President. Sadly few listened.

@@johnjamieson6368 yeah, I was looking at those when the Nepali Royal Armory was getting imported, what was that, 2008ish? $120 a box of 20 empty brass, and I wanted a basic military load of 100 rounds...

Filming Anvil of complete teardown and conservation of an unmolested 1873 trapdoor as we speak

@@marknovak8255 sweet as a kid it was my favorite rifle dad and I'd go to the range and burn up about two cans of ammo each great fun

They sound like a kid slapping a kickball. Lol

Part of that is the sound bouncing off the corrugated metal siding.

Open pipe no electronics

The bell belongs to an Edison Cylinder Victrola, in for refurbishment to operation.

He may not have invented the term, deferred maintenance, but he sure showed us what he was talking about,and why. And all it takes is boiling water ,time and reasonable individual steps.

Musical instruments......

@@marknovak8255 so, tuning the organs after the Christmas season concerts?

@@ScottKenny1978 Before, and being on standby for mechanical issues

The original guns that have barrels made of nickel steel will handle any off the shelf 45-70 and then some. For me though, I would run an original at the original black powder pressures to be kind to her. Newly made ones will handle pressures nearing Ruger No 1 territory.

Just this channel. Elaborate please

I do have a web page that is definitely under construction

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Call themselves anvil archive

They have the early stuff I don't even have a copy of. We choose to let them stand, please. Thanks for tip......

Ask the Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Tsarist Russian Army and many others, civilian and military, regarding the utility of lever actions. Or go look up C&Rsenal's episodes on various lever actions.

I hope you get the opportunity to shoot someone's well-tuned 1873 replica in .357 magnum some day. Your entire outlook on on lever gums will change.

Just because something is unviable, unsuccessful, or overshadowed by a better design - doesn't mean it is to be lost to history or interest. Even failures / unsuccessful things have value to someone. If every time something was deemed unviable , it was thrown away and forgotten - most of human history would be unknown. All the smalls add up to the whole. Just because you don't personally understand doesn't mean that someone else shouldn't - and luckily through the interest of business and history we have Mark here to further document the "unviability" of what was probably at it's time a completely viable product to someone. History is way more interesting when it also includes the dumb, the ignorant, the over-complicated, and the failures. Value is in the journey, not the result and value can be had from success of failure. I am glad that a customer is willing to pay, and Mark is willing to undertake this project as now this cool rifle and it's tiny nook of firearm history is preserved and gets to exist. Oh, and Lever guns are awesome. You obviously don't have much experience behind one. It is amazing how often when I am picking guns out the safe to go shoot - how I skip the ARs, most of the Mil-surps, the precision rifles, red-dotted pistols, and grab my 1866 or 1873. Funnily enough - when friends want to tag along, a lever gun is way up on the list over everything else that they request I bring.

@@theangrymarmot8336 I agree with you. There are a lot of great guns that probably wouldn't exist if they hadn't been an improvement of a not so perfect design...

@@JohnDoe-pv2iu Funny how people seem to forget things aren't just magically willed into perfection from the get go. I have a great many "unviable" by modern standard firearms and I wouldn't trade them for "viable" ones at all. lol.