Found: New Orleans Ace Pistol Kit

I found this pistol kit today, still enclosed in plastic film and rusty.
$35US OTD.

The hammer was very rusty and the pivot hole was too small.
The trigger pivot hole was also too small.
After fixing those two major hurdles, it popped a cap at first try.

.44 caliber smooth bore (.424 ball with .15 patch), 18gr of FFF. Should be fun to shoot even with #6 shot.
Sights? Hah!

Here the hammer sits at half-cock, not enough to install a percussion cap. The rammer is in two rings that are offset from directly underneath. Screw on barrel.  Obviously the stock is not finished but seems to be Padauk.

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Took it to the shooting range today, Oct 27, 2014.
It shoots fine with .380 round balls + a patch, also with #6 shot.

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IdeZilla

Comments welcomed.

Correvon #2

Here is another try at making a "Correvon" action functional.

As of today, Oct/12/2014.
Popped cap near hammer head.
Stock needs a lot more shaping, etc.

Internals. 8-32 US thread screw holds action to barrel plate. Barrel plate is cut from steel angle. Barrel is Stainless .50 cal, rear piece of a DISC rifle barrel sold as surplus online. About 6 inches long.  Screen door spring having 0.042 inch wire diameter. A 3/32 inch roll pin holds the back of that spring.

Action a bit closer.
Near the rear of the action is a 3/32 inch brass pin, all they way through action and stock. Trigger and hammer pins are 1/8 inch diameter steel.

Shooters view, a bit crooked. :-)
Two holes at front of barrel for front sight.
Temporary tang screw.

Screen print of "CADSTD" file.
Shows how it's made before cutting steel.
Free CAD program available at: http://cadstd.com/
This file also free, if you ask, "correvan_A4.cad",
It is an A sized drawing for printing, Ver #4.

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11/4/2014
Reshaped the grip to give more room for my knuckles.
Blued the hammer and trigger.

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2/11/2015
Making a whole new Cherry grip.  No pix as yet.

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IdeZilla

Comments Welcomed.