Many of you have seen the posts I've written about building a pistol by using a plastic TrueLife kit as a basis for its design.
A few of you mentioned you would like to see how it turns out so I thought I would make this picture of it:
Well, it is done enough that it could go to the range today.
It didn't shoot as I expected though.
I had two targets posted and aimed at the top one.
This is what I got:
Not too bad until you realize this was the lower target. :grin: :grin:
For those that haven't followed this build, the gun has a 3/4 octagon, .40 caliber Rayl pistol barrel I got from Vernon C Davis.
The lock is a small Siler Caplock and along with the German Silver trigger guard, trigger, trigger plate, Sterling Silver front sight and Curly Maple wood, all was purchased from TOTW.
I made the lockscrew plate from a piece of German Silver plate I had laying around.
I cast the butt cap out of CerroBend using the plastic model to make the plaster mold.
The Fluting on the grip was done with Flexcut chisels.
The wood was lye water treated and stained with Master 'SolarLux' alcohol based American Walnut stain and finished with 8 coats of Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil.
By the way, the semi-gloss finish was done by hard hand rubbing the built up layers of glossy Tru-Oil with just a little Tru-Oil on a small rag.
This left a soft satin sheen which doesn't seem to cloud or mask the grain of the wood but is not at all glossy.
Those of you who think you might want to carve your project out of a block of wood may want to start with a small project like this one.
I think I have about $170 invested in the pistols parts
A few of you mentioned you would like to see how it turns out so I thought I would make this picture of it:
Well, it is done enough that it could go to the range today.
It didn't shoot as I expected though.
I had two targets posted and aimed at the top one.
This is what I got:
Not too bad until you realize this was the lower target. :grin: :grin:
For those that haven't followed this build, the gun has a 3/4 octagon, .40 caliber Rayl pistol barrel I got from Vernon C Davis.
The lock is a small Siler Caplock and along with the German Silver trigger guard, trigger, trigger plate, Sterling Silver front sight and Curly Maple wood, all was purchased from TOTW.
I made the lockscrew plate from a piece of German Silver plate I had laying around.
I cast the butt cap out of CerroBend using the plastic model to make the plaster mold.
The Fluting on the grip was done with Flexcut chisels.
The wood was lye water treated and stained with Master 'SolarLux' alcohol based American Walnut stain and finished with 8 coats of Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil.
By the way, the semi-gloss finish was done by hard hand rubbing the built up layers of glossy Tru-Oil with just a little Tru-Oil on a small rag.
This left a soft satin sheen which doesn't seem to cloud or mask the grain of the wood but is not at all glossy.
Those of you who think you might want to carve your project out of a block of wood may want to start with a small project like this one.
I think I have about $170 invested in the pistols parts