.82 dragoon

[Shoeless]

Thats awesome,Now I need one of those.....

 

[snidervolley]

osage
barrel walls where left optimaly thick ,ergo the 5 pounds

 

[snidervolley]

 

[wulf]

I'd be interested in seeing/knowing how you
installed the stirup butt cap...
Wulf

 

[snidervolley]

reverse engineered and slowly cutaway ,using carbon paper to detect tight spots

 

[wulf]

Thanks....

 

[flibuste]

That is a real beauty !!!!

congratulations

 

[Matt85]

im amazed, truly outstanding work! im curious, why 82 cal? is this HC for this kind of pistol?

-matt

 

[nkbj]

Nice piece! When the Code Duello comes back into vogue you are certainly equipped to receive apologies.

 

[snidervolley]

.82 cal is the largest caliber original dragoon pistol i was able verifie and secondly its twenty milimeter and i found a vulcan cannon barrel for cheap back in the day. so its the strongest steel you can get and chrome bored , took quite a few cutters to get it turned down doa

 

[snidervolley]

first time out it fired ( good enough that it went off on first attempt) but on top of that i hit the papaer plate at twenty yards over and over . banner day

 

[snidervolley]

thumb easily fits in bore

 

[Col. Batguano]

what is the twist in that barrel? It looks pretty fast. Faster than the typical PRB formula would derive. Are you planning on shooting conicals out of it? :rotf:

 

[snidervolley]

the rifle(rifling1/48) had issues with round ball but the pistol does just fine there just isnt enough barrel im thinking

 

[Wes/Tex]

Twist isn't the problem because the rifling is certainly deep enough. Bore volume on that baby will limit the amount of powder you can use before the "law of diminishing returns" bites you. Just remember: pistol shot; 20 yards...half pistol shot; 10 yards...dragoons usually used their pistols at "touch" distance. Besides which: Every great piece of military art showing showing horse troops "pistoling" some other poor sod, they are always just about touching the enemy and holding the pistol lock up. Never knew what that logic was but it seemed universal during that time period.

Bye the way...super pistol, guy, great job! :hatsoff:

 

[pargent]

So that what was left of the prime ( from bouncing around in a saddle holster all day )would lay against the touch hole for better ignition .

 

[TFoley]

That is nothing less than stunning. My head cover is removed in your presence, Sir.

tac

 

[F.G. Ford]

Great looking pistol!
Is that the original rifling from a 20mm. cannon barrel, or did you have it done.
You should be proud.
Fred

 

[snidervolley]

its original rifling

 

[F.G. Ford]

Great idea!
With the 20 mm barrel.
Do you think it is strong enough for those big black powder loads?
Fred