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    Cased Big Bang Dragoons

    Finished a cased pair of dragoon style pistols. Once in a while a project actually gets finished!!! Pistols The barrels were made from a used 20mm Vulcan cannon barrel. Then brass was bougth from muzzelloader building suppiles. Standard dragoon butt cap. The spurs had to be straigthen and...
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    Finished my first rifle

    It is a copy of a Marman underhammer. Only parts bougth is Hawkens trigger guard, buttplate and barrelblank. The plank is straigth octangonal,1"across the flats,33"long, Caliber 54, made by FCI(Charles Burton). I hand rifled it, twist 1:70 on a bench I barrowed from a friend. I made the lock...
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    Marman underhammer build

    I've been building a Marman underhammer based on blueprints by Runastava. The Locks are made from scratch from sheet metal and bar Stock. Hawken triggergard from TOTW. The barrel is a straigth octagon blank from Burton, that I've hand rifled. It's 31"long, Caliber 0.54 and 1" across the...
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    Big bang project update

    Been working on a brace of dragoon pistols with barrels made from a 20mm vulcan cannon barrel. Se older post http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/1336690/ The stock blanks are curly english walnut from Dunlap.Almost finished with the stocks, just got some carving left...
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    Last of the four long barreled pistols. Asking for critiques

    I've just finished the last last of four, more or less identical pistols. This one is mine and plan to case it in cherry. You have seen pictures of the first two. I hope I'm not boring you. I'm posting pictures of this pistol to get critiques and comments to improve my work. The inspiration for...
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    To down, two to go.

    Just finished two of the four long barreled pistols and the owners have picked them up. Two more to go. Had hope to have all four finished before Xmas and take group pictures.No way I can managed that.Hopefully the last two will be done in a couple of weeks, What's left is rust bluing barrel...
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    Big Bang project

    I was inspired by Snidervolley's dragoon psitol http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/279557/post/1274384/hl//fromsearch/1/ I bought a used 20mm Vulcan barrel from a F-14 tomcat. Cut off the chamber and cut the rest into 12.5" long barrel sections. Three will be used for...
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    Question regarding machineing Le Paige pistol breeches.

    I've ordered a set of lock parts and breeches from Blackley. The parts are cast copies off an original pistol. The wax copy of the breech is cast without removing it from the barrel. Only the nippel is removed. (the picture is of the original barrel).The casting is a solid "lump" of metal that...
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    I've finished the silver kentucky pistols

    I've finished the pistols and I would like to thank everyone for their advice and help on this project. Everthing but the locks and barrels are made from scratch. The pair is a Right and left hand pistol with L&R Bailes locks. The barrels are strait octagon, GM, 12"long, 15/16" wide, caliber...
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    Finished my first gun!

    I still working on my first project, a pair of Kentucky pistols with silver fittings. This pistol started as my fifth practice attempt on stock shaping. One of the guys at my gun club offered to buy it and it kind of metamorphosed into a dress rehearsal for the pair of pistols I'm building for...
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    What makes the sparks on a wheellock?

    On a flintlock the sparks are small grains of steel knocked off the frizzen by the flint. Thats why the frizzen face has to be pure high carbon steel. On a wheellock, are the sparks grains of pyrite knock abraided off by the rotating wheel? If so 01 tool steel should be the best steel to use...
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    Wheellock buildt from scatch

    If you follow this thread you'll get to a norwegain blackpowder site. The thread shows a wheellock pistol being buildt from scrath using Laubers book. It took this guy 5 months on his spare time (I think he is a school teacher). he showed us the lock at a shooting match and it works. He has also...
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    Blank versus precarve 2

    If you want to save time, build a precarve. If you want to learn as much as possible, build from a blank and make as much of your parts from scratch as possible. It's a steep learning curve, but worth it. I'm working on my first gun project. It's a pair of kentucky pistols I designed myself...
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    Bison powderhorn with silver fittings.

    I've just finished a bison powderhorn with sterling silver filligree fittings. I've done all the silver work from scrach from silver wire and sheet metal. Thought you migth like to see it. Best regards Rolfkt
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    Was silver filigree used on pistols?

    Silver filigree was use on high grade knives, dirks, sword pommels in the 1700-1800, in europa . But I've never seen it used on blackpowder weapons. Has anyone seen it used? If not, any idea why it wasn't used? I'd would have thougth silver triggergards and buttcaps for dueling pistols would...
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    Dog-faced pistol butt cap

    I'm making buttcaps for a pair of kentucky pistols. Does anybody have for pictures of dog-faced buttcaps for kentucky pistol's. The few posted in "Thougths on the Kentucky pistol" give only a side vieu and the pictures are very small scale. Best regards ROlfkt
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    Book on building scale cannons?

    Are there any books/plans on how to turn a safe, "shootable" cannon barrel, around 20-30 inches long? Best regards Rolf
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