Blake?
Blake?
Someone on the IAA Forum turned up a Blake clip. I've been chasing Krags & the others for about 70 years. Never seen one of these.
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Re: Blake?
Very interesting, thanks for posting
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I have only seen Blake rifles and items in museums and pictured in firearm references.
The Blake was submitted, as an 'American made' entry, for the Ordnance Department tests, which saw the adoption of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, in 1892 and 1893.
Some component parts of the Blake, (barrel-bands, sights, and clearing-rod), bear a strong resemblance to model 1899 Remington-Lee parts.
(Possibly there was some cooperation from Remington, during the Blake rifle's manufacture)?
The Blake was manufactured in military and sporting versions. It was chambered for a variety of cartridges, including 6mm U.S.N., .30-40 U.S. Army and a 'rimless' .30 caliber Blake round. The magazine 'spools' were peculiar to each offered chambering.
Last year, I was surprised to find a reference to 50 'new' Blake rifles in a 1902 inventory of equipment in the possession of the Michigan National Guard.
The Blake was submitted, as an 'American made' entry, for the Ordnance Department tests, which saw the adoption of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, in 1892 and 1893.
Some component parts of the Blake, (barrel-bands, sights, and clearing-rod), bear a strong resemblance to model 1899 Remington-Lee parts.
(Possibly there was some cooperation from Remington, during the Blake rifle's manufacture)?
The Blake was manufactured in military and sporting versions. It was chambered for a variety of cartridges, including 6mm U.S.N., .30-40 U.S. Army and a 'rimless' .30 caliber Blake round. The magazine 'spools' were peculiar to each offered chambering.
Last year, I was surprised to find a reference to 50 'new' Blake rifles in a 1902 inventory of equipment in the possession of the Michigan National Guard.
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Listed below is a video created by Ian McCollum, of 'Forgotten Weapons' fame, concerning the Blake Rifle:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hdhan
Off topic but as an interesting note I noticed from Chucks list of '1902 inventory of equipment in the possession of the Michigan National Guard' an item called the Buzzacott Oven. Listed below is information about the oven and its inventor. The inventor, Francis Buzzacott, is another historical character who lived his life in a way that most individuals would take 100 life times to live:
https://www.spanamwar.com/foodarmybuzzacott.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Buzzacott
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hdhan
Off topic but as an interesting note I noticed from Chucks list of '1902 inventory of equipment in the possession of the Michigan National Guard' an item called the Buzzacott Oven. Listed below is information about the oven and its inventor. The inventor, Francis Buzzacott, is another historical character who lived his life in a way that most individuals would take 100 life times to live:
https://www.spanamwar.com/foodarmybuzzacott.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Buzzacott
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Thanks MooseNugget, I kept meaning to look up about Buzzcotte Stoves!
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Re: Blake?
Every kid had a roll cap gun when we played cowboys and indians. If we did not have any caps we would do the bang your dead thing. Then the arguments would go to "Ha! You were out of bullets in that six shooter". Uhnuh! You're dead. This is a seven shooter!
The Blake rifle. A gun every kid should have in the toy box.
The Blake rifle. A gun every kid should have in the toy box.
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