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Breechloading & Conversion Action

Receiver

Houses the breech mechanism.

Also called

  • action body
  • frame
10

Arms it fits

10

Documented parts

None today

In stock now

3

Names recorded

Identification

Notes on the receiver are still at the bench

Identification notes are written one part at a time, from pieces Butch has had in hand — so this section fills in as he works through the vocabulary rather than all at once. If you are trying to identify a receiver you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.

Vocabulary

Other names for the receiver

2 recorded

The same component has been called different things by different makers, manuals and trades. Each term is printed with whatever is recorded about where it comes from.

  • action body
  • frame

Fits

Receiver by model

10 arms
Dutch Beaumont Rifle Receiver1 documented variantKrag Rifle Receiver1 documented variantMauser Receiver1 documented variantRemington Rolling Block Receiver1 documented variantRolling Block Rifle Receiver1 documented variantSharps Carbine And Rifle Receiver1 documented variantSpencer Rifle And Carbine Receiver1 documented variantU.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield Receiver1 documented variantU.S. Krag Rifle Receiver1 documented variantWinchester Receiver1 documented variant

Will it fit

No interchange recorded yet

Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled. A blank section means nothing has been checked yet — not that everything fits.

From the bench

Availability

Nothing of this type is listed at the moment. Most of this catalog is one-of-a-kind, so stock turns over item by item rather than being restocked — posting a wanted listing is the reliable route, and aggregated requests are what tell Butch which parts to make next.

The reference

Documented examples

10 entries

Dutch Beaumont Rifle Parts Receiver

Dutch Beaumont Rifle

Krag Rifle Parts Receiver

Krag Rifle

Mauser Parts Receiver

Mauser

Remington Rolling Block Parts Receiver

Remington Rolling Block

Rolling Block Rifle Parts Receiver

Rolling Block Rifle

Sharps Carbine And Rifle Parts Receiver

Sharps Carbine And Rifle

Spencer Rifle And Carbine Parts Receiver

Spencer Rifle And Carbine

U.S. 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Receiver

U.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield

U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Receiver

U.S. Krag Rifle

Winchester Parts Receiver

Winchester

Check it yourself

Sources

12 sources

Period and institutional material relevant to this entry. Listed so it can be checked, not as decoration — nothing here has been through expert review yet.

  1. 1.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · Cornell University Library · 1900
  2. 2.Biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia for the years...West Virginia. Adjutant General's Office · Charleston [W. Va.] : Moses W. Donnelly, Public Printer · West Virginia University Libraries · 1889
  3. 3.Ordnance and the world war; a contribution to the history of American preparednessCrozier, William, 1855-1942 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · Cornell University Library · 1920
  4. 4.Description of telescopic musket sights, models of 1908 and 1913 ... Dec. 14, 1908. Rev. July 22, 1912United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington, Govt. print. off. · University of California Libraries · 1917
  5. 5.DTIC ADA501978: The Coast Artillery Journal. Volume 65, Number 4, October 1926Defense Technical Information Center · Internet Archive · 1926
  6. 6.Gun making in the United StatesBirnie, Rogers, 1851-1939; United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington : Govt. Print. Off. · University of California Libraries · 1907
  7. 7.Ordnance and the world war; a contribution to the history of American preparednessCrozier, William, 1855- · New York, C. Scribner's sons · University of California Libraries · 1920
  8. 8.Ordnance January-February 1923: Vol 3 Iss 16Internet Archive · 1923
  9. 9.DTIC ADA438182: Provisional Machine-Gun Firing ManualDefense Technical Information Center · Internet Archive · 1917
  10. 10.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · University of California Libraries · 1900
  11. 11.America's munitions 1917-1918 : Report of Benedict Crowell, the assistant secretary of war, director of munitionsUnited States. War Department · Washington : Govt. print. off. · Harold B. Lee Library · 1919
  12. 12.DTIC ADA497147: The Coast Artillery Journal. Volume 62, Number 2, February 1925Defense Technical Information Center · Internet Archive · 1925

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