I received a number of pictures from my friend in North Carolina that I wanted to share with all of you. My buddy was nice enough to take his rifle apart and take pictures of all of the components. It is not often someone will take apart there rifle so you can see the inside workings of it, so Thank you very much.
The first set is of the block and it’s components.
These next pictures are of the receiver with the block installed and removed.
A few more pictures of the rear sight.
The hammer and sear assembly.
The stock.
The butt plate and misc metal parts.
Again thank you for the pictures.
Here are a couple of video’s I took while on my trip through the mid-west. This is John D. Chatting about his Peabody rifle.
John D & Chuck.
Thanks for sharing the pics and videos.
Have these actions ever been converted to centerfire?
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&m/peab&mart.htm
Also, a Google search of “Peabody Breech Block Conversion” will return a lot of sites with info on different ways to make the conversion from rim to center fire.
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 & 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
And there are people who think the Martini Henry is just a Peabody without the external hammer…