Parts and Pieces

This one is made up of stuff left over, parts and pieces.

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Lock and barrel are from an old H&A kit rifle.  The barrel stub is the back 1/3 of that same rifle and is .45 cal.  Originally the lock was very stiff and gritty.  After polishing the insides of the lock, lock plate and the sear nose it now works very nicely, trigger pull has been greatly reduced.  Stock is soft Cherry.  Trigger is original but reshaped.  The dovetail there was for the rear rifle sight but may get filled in. A brass pin holds the barrel in front through an original staple.  Tang is soft-silver soldered (plumbing silver bearing solder) to the plug.

This project is not finished and has parts coming in from Track-of-the-wolf.com, the drum and drum installing kit.  The drum will be 5/16 inch x 24 US threads. Barrel is 11 and 1/2 inches long.  The lock plate does not support the drum and may get metal added (welded) for that support.  Front lock screw passes under the barrel leaving room for a ramrod slot.

Left side.

I am not sure how to finish the stock nose. I do have plenty of Walnut scraps for color contrast.

Trigger guard by the grip. Guard is made from brass strip, which was tempered, shaped and then hammered to harden it. Three brass screws ( #5 x 1/2 inch ) hold the trigger guard in place.













Shows the trigger hole.  Rear lock screw threads were added as the original rear mounting hole is just behind the hammer and cannot be used, the barrel is in the way.

 H&A stamped, no tumbler fly.

Tang, 0.25 inch thick soft steel, 0.6 inches wide.  Brass wood screw, the much used bench one, not for final usage.

Since this is my first side lock project, things like this picture happen. The lock should have been raised in the rear a bit higher, too late now.







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12/13/2013
The drum is installed.  It came in the mail today, one day early as usual.
A popped cap is in the background. Yay!

I used the drum/nipple tool from Track of the Wolf.com to correctly angle the nipple and horizontal position (away from the barrel).  The tool was modified or narrowed on the backside about 3/32 inch to help move the nipple closer to the barrel.  Now metal must be added to the lock plate to support the drum and keep it from breaking away from the barrel.  The wood is not strong enough to support the drum every time the hammer comes pounding downward.  Nipple is 1/4-28 US thread or #11 cap size.

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Now back to further shaping the stock.

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Range Report, Dec 18, 2013

It is shooting about 4 inches to the left, my POA was at the right edge of the black, centered vertically.  Since there isn't a rear sight yet, I guessed where to aim.  Load is 30gr of 777 FFFg, 11m (~12 yards to US folks) .440 RB, blue pillow ticking patch (~0.017 inch thick). Nice barrel. I need to find someone with a lathe to cut the muzzle square to the bore.

Oh, yes a spent .22LR case holds the hammer up to air out the barrel after cleaning.

Stock partly colored with brown shoe polish.

A piece of 3/8 inch key stock has been silver soldered to the lock plate to hold the drum in place and keep it from breaking.

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