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  1. Wudsruner

    Underhammer lock designs/diagrams?

    Thank you Hawkeye I appreciate it
  2. Wudsruner

    Underhammer lock designs/diagrams?

    Does anyone have any diagrams or models of an underhammer lock? I am working on a cheap squirrel blaster and I want to design as simple a lock as possible completely homemade. From what I've read, the underhammer is an easy lock to make with few moving parts. Also, I have little experience in...
  3. Wudsruner

    DIY Side Hammer lock?

    Thank you for the help Mike, would an underhammer be simpler to make? I am 16 and my workshop has a decent amount of tools (I have already built a black iron pipe "apocalypse" muzzleloader just to see if I could do it) and I have made a very simple lock copied from a Russian guy who made his own...
  4. Wudsruner

    DIY Side Hammer lock?

    Has anyone created a completely homemade side Hammer lock, and do they have any pictures/diagrams? All of the diagrams I have seen do not do a great job (or I might not be the brightest candle in the camp). Also, what are the benefits of a side Hammer vs a normal percussion lock? I have bought...
  5. Wudsruner

    4130/4140 Chromoly pipe for a muzzleloader barrel?

    Thank you for all of your advice Hawkeye. I am 16 and I have a long life ahead of me that I don't want to risk over making a handheld pipe bomb. I have purchased a 12 gauge barrel, a tap and a breech plug and Im going to make a safe barrel soon. I value my life and appendages more than saving $50.
  6. Wudsruner

    Breech Plug for 12 gauge shotgun shell barrel

    Problem is solved, I have bought a tap and a breech plug and I am going to properly install it into the shotgun barrel breech soon. After much contemplation and some funny but extremely helpful responses, I'm not going to act like a Kenyan poacher in his hut making guns that walk the like...
  7. Wudsruner

    4130/4140 Chromoly pipe for a muzzleloader barrel?

    Does anyone with more knowledge of steel and pressures know if a 4130 or 4140 Chromoly pipe can be used for a gun barrel? I am steering clear of black iron pipe after the advice I received earlier on here, but I have heard many people use Chromoly pipe as it is the same steel used in...
  8. Wudsruner

    Breech Plug for 12 gauge shotgun shell barrel

    The only barrels I've seen are around $150 and if I have a gunsmith install a breech plug on a $30 barrel I have $100 max into the gun because I will make everything else myself
  9. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Wow, this is a far cry from my horrible looking welds from a 89$ harbor freight flux welder. I am definitely going to a gunsmith
  10. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Thank you all for the advice, and while I appreciate the jest from some, I understand that I was not thinking this through. I will be much safer in my future endeavors. For now, I'm putting down the welder and the drill and going to shoot my NOT COBBLED TOGETHER muzzleloaders 😂 I will continue...
  11. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Wow ok I know I said tell me if this was a bad idea, but point taken everyone 😂
  12. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Thank you, I kind of knew it was a bad Idea but I wanted to gauge how bad or if it was a common practice in the community. Guess not! I will take the barrel to a gunsmith and have him fit a safe breech plug.
  13. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Wow, that is a horrible tragedy and I am so sorry you have to carry that with you. I will be extremely cautious about this endeavor and I will not cut corners. I might even just give up on the idea because a loss of limbs or life is so unimaginably awful. Thank you for sharing.
  14. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Thank you again, I have seen people make slam fire shotguns with the same black iron pipe but I have also heard horror stories of homemade guns exploding. I want to have a future 😂 I will contact a gunsmith and see if I can have a breech plug added to the 12 gauge barrel. Would it be cheaper to...
  15. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. I will contact a gunsmith and have him do it for me. Also, my welding skills are quite bad.
  16. Wudsruner

    Breech Plug for 12 gauge shotgun shell barrel

    I am planning a new "scrap yard" muzzleloader, and I am going to buy a Numrich 12 gauge barrel blank and use it for the barrel. I plan on using this because I do not have to worry about it blowing up (as black iron pipe barrels can) and leaving me fingerless. I have created a simple percussion...
  17. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    Here was the pistol I made, it is not done and it is very crude and I will never fire it in my hands, but I will trust a 12 gauge barrel to not explode on me.
  18. Wudsruner

    DIY Breech Plug for a 12 Gauge smokeless single shot barrel

    I am planning a new "scrap yard" muzzleloader, and I am going to buy a Numrich 12 gauge barrel blank and use it for the barrel. I plan on using this because I do not have to worry about it blowing up (as black iron pipe barrels can) and leaving me fingerless. I have created a simple percussion...
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