FireWood pistol

[Doc Arroyo]

Here ya go. I was suddenly bit by the building bug, and started ordering a number of parts. But the catalogs were not helping. So I went to the scrap pile and looked around for discarded parts. And I went to the woodpile and pulled a piece of walnut.

So I named this little pistol "FireWood"

 

[Stumpkiller]

Pretty good results for a "found" pistol.

Look behind your bench and see if there isn't a connect-the-dots blunderbuss waiting for me.

 

[madstone]

Doc,
Nice wood and nice work! I wish my wood pile had wood like that in it!! I cut some walnut logs a few years ago and was waiting until the right time to build something. Your pix have inspired me! :master:

 

[Tony Lucero]

Sure is pretty, Doc. Nice work. Can you tell us anything else about it? And what is the ramrod made of?

 

[Doc Arroyo]

Can you tell us anything else about it? And what is the ramrod made of?

The lock is a Cochran that was never a great lock on my rifle. So I replaced it about 12 years ago, and threw this lock in the scrap bin. It isn't a great sparker, and has a few problem that I never bothered to fix, but it looks good enough on this belt hanger.

An old friend of my Dad's was playing around with making barrels with a drill press and a draw file. I inherited a few of them, and use them for the iron. This is the first that I have used for a barrel, and I played with a bit of decorative filing. It is about .42 caliber, but won't be accurate because it is rough as a cob.

Triggerguard was broken off of a friends rifle. I pulled it from the scrap bin, reshaped and filed it.

The rammer is a piece of ash dowel that I chucked into my drill press and tapered to the bugle shape that you see. It also has a convex face.

 

[Zonie]

Great looking little belt pistol ye built thar!
Adding the groove to the muzzle end adds a nice note of interest too! :applause:

 

[Dave Poss]

I once built a potato gun out of scrap PVC...IT WASN'T NEAR AS PRETTY AS YOUR PISTOL!!! :thumbsup:

 

nice little pistol...I recently made one with the identical Cochran lock that I've had since 1981. We both re-shaped the back of the lockplate the same! My Cochran, however sparks great! In fact, better than any of my Chambers or L&R locks.... :results: