Yesterday - took my Marlin Guide Gun to one of the local ranges - hoping to impress the natives and all that - and there was a kid there with a Rolling Block - the little cavalry carbine , also in 45/70. Doggone it we shot them together and that li' rifle was truly impressive - from his grandad, probably mint and a history behind it... from the region. Most likely issue to the Argentine Militia in the wars against the southern Indians that wern't taking too kindly to these new colonists - mostly from Italy. The kid didn't even know it was a remington!. Reminded me agqain that 'cowboy' action wasn't just the US frontier - and that our Argentine history wasn't just 'gauchos' with knives and lances...
Maybe there are some Spensres and Sharps around there too - and some 'trapdoor springfields' as well - alas, not much trace of Martini tho'
Hasta pronto
Peter Knight
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