Salvage project- "Colonial" pistol

[ajbennettnc]

Done some trading with a feller yesterday and got a great deal on a mess of lock parts! But that's for another thread. Before I left, I mentioned that I was looking for a pistol stock, and the gentleman had one in an outbuilding. Had a percussion barrel and a trigger assembly on it too. Recognized it as an early Jukar or Dikar pistol, of the type CVA changed up a bit and called the Colonial. Got it for a picture of General Jackson.
Turned out it had something in the bore. After pouring down water I pulled an extremely tightly patched ball from it.
Then, I began to work on removal of the barrel. I forgot to take a picture before starting work on it. It had an interesting way of being attached to the stock.

 

[tenngun]

Wow…. You could get these via adds in shooting magizines, I had one back in the 70s got it for $25 or so.
I moved and must have forgot to pack it, as it just disappeared

 

[ajbennettnc]

Wow…. You could get these via adds in shooting magizines, I had one back in the 70s got it for $25 or so.
I moved and must have forgot to pack it, as it just disappeared

I hope it turns up for you someday!

 

[Hawk54]

Done some trading with a feller yesterday and got a great deal on a mess of lock parts! But that's for another thread. Before I left, I mentioned that I was looking for a pistol stock, and the gentleman had one in an outbuilding. Had a percussion barrel and a trigger assembly on it too. Recognized it as an early Jukar or Dikar pistol, of the type CVA changed up a bit and called the Colonial. Got it for a picture of General Jackson.
Turned out it had something in the bore. After pouring down water I pulled an extremely tightly patched ball from it.
Then, I began to work on removal of the barrel. I forgot to take a picture before starting work on it. It had an interesting way of being attached to the stock.

Very well might have been a kit pistol. They didn't come with the barrel tennon pin holes drilled and someone probably screwed up aligning the holes when they drilled them in the stock. They probably then jury rigged a way to attach the barrel to the stock to cover up the mistake. I have one that the same thing happened too.

 

[ajbennettnc]

I guarantee that's the gist of its story. There's 3 holes drilled in the barrel tenon. I plan to replace the pin with a wedge key.

 

[TCMonts]

The plates for the wedge key will cover the ugly, what will you do to fix the crack in the stock?

 

[ajbennettnc]

The plates for the wedge key will cover the ugly, what will you do to fix the crack in the stock?

Super glue, put in from the barrel channel as best as possible.

 

[TCMonts]

Will you use any pins?

 

[ajbennettnc]

Will you use any pins?

I might. Haven't figured it out entirely. Good suggestion that's worth a though for sure!

 

[TCMonts]

I have a 12 ga double that has a crack like that going through the lock mortice, a left over from my mis-spent youth. I don't worry about the barrels coming apart anymore, It's the stocks and the lose nut behind them that don.t hold up.

 

[ajbennettnc]

Update on this project: ordered an unused flintlock barrel for it. I'm going to alter the stock's lock mortise to take a CVA Tower pistol lock. Barrel should arrive tomorrow and hopefully within a week or so I'll get to work on it and make pictures of it to share here.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Looking forward to see what you come up with.

 

[wiscoaster]

Looks like a fun project to restore that beauty to her former glory.

 

[Hawk54]

They are a fun pistol to shoot. Makes a really nice belt pistol. I have redone three of them. You can do a lot with them to make them better looking like reshaping the wood around the lock to give it nice definition, slimming them down some, and reshaping the front end. I have a flintlock one of these that is in very crappy looking condition that I need to get working on. It is fun bring them back to life.

 

[ajbennettnc]

Updates. Flint barrel fitted to stock, flintlock fitted to stock. Prepped for pinning and gluing the broken part of the stock. Trigger guard needs some fitting. Salvaged sights from the percussion barrel.

 

[ajbennettnc]

Some progress. Just made and installed the front sight today. Filed the one that came off the other barrel too small, so I had to make a new one. Second attempt worked! Still have to rig up a better pinning job, but that's for another day.

 

[wiscoaster]

Coming along good!! I really dig that lockplate ...

 

[ajbennettnc]

Thanks!

 

[dracer]

looking good