{"id":19290,"date":"2021-10-26T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/confederate-gillam-miller-rolling-block-transformation\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T12:00:16","slug":"confederate-gillam-miller-rolling-block-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/confederate-gillam-miller-rolling-block-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confederate Gillam &#038; Miller Rolling Block Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMcJc4RelDo?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most people think about the Remington Rolling Block as a purpose-built rifle, but it was also used as a way to transform muzzleloaders into more modern breechloaders. Remington did this commercially, and small gunsmiths did it as well. Essentially any old rifle could contribute a barrel, stock, and furniture &#8211; just add a Remington action and you can have a cartridge-firing rifle for much less that the cost of getting one brand new.<\/p>\n<p>The Rolling Block transformation we are looking at today appears to have been built on a Confederate Gillam &#038; Miller rifle &#8211; an extremely rare pattern. Gillem &#038; Miller only managed to produce 677 rifles for the state of North Carolina during the Civil War, and only a handful of intact surviving examples are known. This one shows what was typical of usable arms in the post-war South &#8211; they were used hard, and updated when feasible to keep them useful.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>Forgotten Weapons<br \/>6281 N. Oracle 36270<br \/>Tucson, AZ 85740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com Most people think about the Remington Rolling Block as a purpose-built rifle, but it was also used as a way to transform muzzleloaders into more modern breechloaders. Remington did this commercially, and small gunsmiths did it as well. 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