Dutch Model 1871/88 Beaumont Restoration

The Beaumont rifle was adopted by the Netherlands as the Model 1871. In an era where many smaller countries adopted designs from Mauser and Remington in particular, it was a domestic design by Edouard de Beaumont. The rifle was a single shot breechloading bolt action firing an 11mm cartridge. In the 1880's, firearms technology was rapidly evolving as powers adopted smokeless powder and magazine rifles. As a stop gap until a new rifle design could be obtained, roughly half of the Netherland's Beaumont rifles were modified to fit the Vitali magazine. These rifles continued to serve the Dutch army until they were replaced by the Mannlicher Model 1895, a bolt action smokeless powder repeating rifle.
This rifle in particular was made in 1877. While complete, it's in generally poor condition with surface rust replacing the original finish, the bore extremely dirty and the stock cracked in two areas. I work to restore the rifle back to functional condition, eventually loading the cartridges and test shooting.

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00:00 Intro
00:50 Markings
02:45 Function check
04:55 Disassmbly
10:06 Bore cleaning
11:49 Further disassmbly
16:07 Conversion process
22:38 Stock repairs
25:08 Metal & stock results
28:51 Reassmbly
35:58 Loading
40:06 Shooting
42:05 Conclusion