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  1. thesethawa

    Slow Match Help!

    I'm making my first match for my homemade handgonne today. I'm using an older method, where you boil the rope in a wood ash solution and rinse it til the water is clear. I'm using 3/8" sisal rope... Probably overkill and too big, but I've never done this before and I didn't want it to be too...
  2. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    It wasn't a lot of fun doing this in the rain with no workshop..
  3. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    I looked down the bore with a light to be sure the charge volume I had would be safe. The wadding being rammed should pack it enough I think. Now I need to make arrows for it and serpentine powder. Also, I mounted it on a branch until I've sorted out a nice handle stave.
  4. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    Okay fellas, I did some wrong math. The charge it took to fill the chamber was like 115 grains, lol. I proof tested it today. I uploaded the clip to YouTube. Test video
  5. thesethawa

    SOLD .45 Flintlock Pistol

    ...did they drill all the way into the barrel to put on the front sight blade
  6. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    Because it's not gonna age a few hundred years in my ownership lol
  7. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    The brown finish is to replicate a look of aging. I'm sure you've seen where old guns can tend to turn brown over time. I thought about plugging the bore with a wax covered ear plug, and then leaving it outside for a while...
  8. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    What should I do about those mill marks? Think they'll cover up when I rust brown it?
  9. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    Fellas I got a package
  10. thesethawa

    Barrel proofing question

    I'm gonna make some sort of measure for it that completely fills the chamber with no overflow
  11. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    Even grass has been wadding. Watching a capandball video recently about the ballistics of old guns, and some battlefield found barrels were examined, some of which were still loaded. One of them had grass wadding over the ball.
  12. thesethawa

    Barrel proofing question

    The stepped chamber is necessary. I intend to eventually use historically correct serpentine powder, and its purpose was to prevent overcompression of the charge. Not to mention already being made like that
  13. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    That's a very good little bit of research there. Makes me think I should experiment with the flash hole and make it slightly fat for the same effect. I'll make some serpentine powder, too.
  14. thesethawa

    Custom handgonne barrel

    must be why the serpentine powder i put in that inline muzzleloader never went off lol I made some serpentine powder once and put it in a cva wolf i got for $40 and 209s wont set it off
  15. thesethawa

    Custom handgonne barrel

    I pretty much told the machinist to use whatever was cheapest. Almost literally any modern steel is stronger than the original anyway, and it clearly survived its own use
  16. thesethawa

    Custom handgonne barrel

    no.45 steel. Something akin to 1045. Considering the originals were made from non-homogeneous, hand-made wrought iron and made with a forge welded seam up the length of the barrel, any modern steel will likely suffice. Take a look at the one this one is modeled after.
  17. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    To legally own a handgonne, helmet and sword is a minimum requirement...
  18. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    For real, haha. I've been eyeballing some medieval style armor to match...
  19. thesethawa

    Custom handgonne barrel

    What about two balls? The proof should be more pressure than the service load. I want to be sure it's strong
  20. thesethawa

    Handgonnes

    Or a shield with a notch in it
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