1860 Gallagher Carbine made by ERMA in West Germany
Hi All,I was just wondering whether any of the forum members here have had any experience with one of these carbines reproduced by ERMA of West Germany around the late 80's early 90's any information...
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Hi All, Finally caved in when the dealer reduced the price, here are some pictures which I hope you enjoy, Regards, Peter B.Still with original factory installed spare nipple in place,It came with two...
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Peter, I have a hunch I used to own that rifle, as mine came had both the grooved & un-grooved cases. Of course, I'm going back probably thirty years since I bought it secondhand (& sold it...
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Looks pretty nice hope you can get it shooting, If it has that fine spline rifling try hard bullets as has been said is all I can offer cheers Ian.
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Looks well worth messing about with......good luck (Im envious).
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Hi Folks,PommyB,It could very well be your rifle as I would imagine that there would not have been too many of these make their way down here to OZ,Ian,Thanks for the tip on the hardened projectiles,...
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I have a Erma Gallagher carbine, thou mine has had the barrel relined to .50 cal by Hoyt. Really enjoy shooting it. My son shoots a repo Maynard carbine, also a very nice shooting weapon. I've...
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Stuffy, The N-SSA disallowed the Smith cartridge conversion, after the first guy posted about it on the forum there and everyone else said, "Me, too!" BTW, I took your old Gallagher out last weekend...
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MichaelNH wrote: Stuffy,The N-SSA disallowed the Smith cartridge conversion, after the first guy posted about it on the forum there and everyone else said, "Me, too!" BTW, I took your old Gallagher...
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Stuffy, you wouldn't happen to belong to the 25th Iowa Veteran Volunteers, Co. B, by chance, would you? Clancy still involved in it? I'm a (long) past member! David
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David K wrote: Stuffy, you wouldn't happen to belong to the 25th Iowa Veteran Volunteers, Co. B, by chance, would you? Clancy still involved in it? I'm a (long) past member! DavidYes I am a member...
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Good people, the Clancy's. Tell them Hi! from me when you see/speak with them next!David Kaiser
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In the current issue of The Fouling Shot; Jrnl No.209, Jan-Feb 2011 (the official publication of The Cast Bullet Assoc.); p.209-6&7 is an article by Larry Overbaugh on 'Shooting the Gallager...
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Well, phooey guys! I love fooling with these transitional guns too. I owned a Maynard .50 and a .54 Merrill for a while and they were a lot of fun to shoot. The Merrill with its deep rifling was...
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Bought a new Erma Gallager last month without the Erma brass. So I ordered brass from GEBU, has thinner walls than the Erma brass. Holds 50gr Swiss black powder #2 with a 3mm felt wad and a heeled...
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I like that bullet. Is that for Sharps originally?
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I purchased one of these moulds http://stifters-gunflints.de/shop/detail.php?item=2771&d=d_H_M54G_Hensel_Kokille_fur__54_Gallagher.php direct from Hensel and it works really well in my...
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I have a Gallager tool that I can use in my press, but the inside is not contoured to the nose of the bullet, and after pounding it to get the flared base of the bullet into the brass, the nose is...
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Didn't read all the posts but I had one a few years ago.... Very hard to get to fire.. Too many twists and turns before fire gets to small hole in cart. Also gas leaks burned my forearm... If there is...
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RSL, Feel free to post it here in the Yard Sale forum, but your friend could probably get a better price on the N-SSA bulletin board at www.n-ssa.org. The Erma guns go for $800-1100 depending in what...
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