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	<title>Comments on: Up Date to the 1868-77 Peabody rifle</title>
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		<title>By: Lying Bastard</title>
		<link>http://gunlab.net/up-date-to-the-1868-77-peabody-rifle/#comment-18801</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lying Bastard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 01:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And there are people who think the Martini Henry is just a Peabody without the external hammer...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And there are people who think the Martini Henry is just a Peabody without the external hammer&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Orin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 03:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update:

Canada:  5,000 - 5,500  .50-60 Peabody Rim fire
France:  About 33,000  .43 Spanish
Romania:  25,000 - 30,000  .45 Romanian Peabody center fire
Spain &amp; Cuba:  25,000  .56-50 Spencer rimfire later .43 Spanish center fire
Switzerland:  15,000  10.4x38mmR (AKA .41 Swiss) Rim fire

Connecticut Malitia: Unknown number - 1st in .43 Spanish and later converted to .45-70 Govt
Massachusetts Malitia: Unknown number - .43 Spanish
New York Malitia: Unknown number - .43 Spanish]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Update:</p>
<p>Canada:  5,000 &#8211; 5,500  .50-60 Peabody Rim fire<br />
France:  About 33,000  .43 Spanish<br />
Romania:  25,000 &#8211; 30,000  .45 Romanian Peabody center fire<br />
Spain &amp; Cuba:  25,000  .56-50 Spencer rimfire later .43 Spanish center fire<br />
Switzerland:  15,000  10.4x38mmR (AKA .41 Swiss) Rim fire</p>
<p>Connecticut Malitia: Unknown number &#8211; 1st in .43 Spanish and later converted to .45-70 Govt<br />
Massachusetts Malitia: Unknown number &#8211; .43 Spanish<br />
New York Malitia: Unknown number &#8211; .43 Spanish</p>
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		<title>By: Orin</title>
		<link>http://gunlab.net/up-date-to-the-1868-77-peabody-rifle/#comment-8785</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JB,

There were a number of different contracts that Providence Tool received for the Peabody and here is a list that I have been able to make from different web sites. All numbers are approximate:
Canada - 5,000 - .50-56 Rim fire
France - 5,000 - Center fire (8mm Lebel??)
Spain - 25,000 - .43 Spanish center fire
Switzerland - 15,000 - 10.4x38mmR (AKA .41 Swiss) Rim fire
Romania - 25,000 - 30,000 - .45 Cal Center fire (actual cartridge unknown)
Connecticut - unknown
New York - unknown

A web page that you can find a ton of info on http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Single%20Shot%20Cartridge%20Rifles/Peabody%20Rifles/

Another page with a lot of info and photos of the different breech blocks: http://www.militaryrifles.com/peabody&amp;m/peab&amp;mart.htm

Also, a Google search of &quot;Peabody Breech Block Conversion&quot; will return a lot of sites with info on different ways to make the conversion from rim to center fire.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JB,</p>
<p>There were a number of different contracts that Providence Tool received for the Peabody and here is a list that I have been able to make from different web sites. All numbers are approximate:<br />
Canada &#8211; 5,000 &#8211; .50-56 Rim fire<br />
France &#8211; 5,000 &#8211; Center fire (8mm Lebel??)<br />
Spain &#8211; 25,000 &#8211; .43 Spanish center fire<br />
Switzerland &#8211; 15,000 &#8211; 10.4x38mmR (AKA .41 Swiss) Rim fire<br />
Romania &#8211; 25,000 &#8211; 30,000 &#8211; .45 Cal Center fire (actual cartridge unknown)<br />
Connecticut &#8211; unknown<br />
New York &#8211; unknown</p>
<p>A web page that you can find a ton of info on <a href="http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Single%20Shot%20Cartridge%20Rifles/Peabody%20Rifles/" rel="nofollow">http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Single%20Shot%20Cartridge%20Rifles/Peabody%20Rifles/</a></p>
<p>Another page with a lot of info and photos of the different breech blocks: <a href="http://www.militaryrifles.com/peabody&#038;m/peab&#038;mart.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.militaryrifles.com/peabody&#038;m/peab&#038;mart.htm</a></p>
<p>Also, a Google search of &#8220;Peabody Breech Block Conversion&#8221; will return a lot of sites with info on different ways to make the conversion from rim to center fire.</p>
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		<title>By: JB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John D &amp; Chuck. 
Thanks for sharing the pics and videos.

Have these actions ever been converted to centerfire?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John D &amp; Chuck.<br />
Thanks for sharing the pics and videos.</p>
<p>Have these actions ever been converted to centerfire?</p>
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