I had a left over .50 cal DISC barrel already plugged.
So here is the start of a muley rifle.
Revamped Cherry stock, not yet shaped correctly or having the correct drop.
No hammer or trigger as yet.
Those will be the same type as the muley pistol.
The rear rivet is partly showing here. Barrel mounting screws on right side not yet countersunk. Really short brass screws, for looks only.
Bench View.
Well used vise with olive wood jaw inserts.
Dec/30/2014 Pops a cap.
6-32 screw holds spring.
Dec/31/2014
Added MKII rear tip-up sight.
Drilled holes and added a hammer spur.
Also added peep front sight. Both sights were in the "scrap box".
Reshaped the stock some more and changed to steel screws for stock mounting.
It now fits me.
Jan/03/2015
Darn, broken main spring, broke right at the loop.
Made a steel block from key stock to hold the remnant of that hammer spring.
Original 6-32 screw holds it in place.
I like this arrangement a lot better, and it still pops a cap.
Olive wood block with leather thong for the half-cock position.
Range Report:
Jan/05/2015
25 yards then 50 yards.
4 groups, 3 on left, 1 on right.
POI bottom point of large center diamond. Tried 200 yards, was high and to the left. Not bad for the first time out with this rifle.
Hammer and trigger now blued. Hammer spring stayed in place and intact, good!
Jan/07/2014
OK, so I did not like those sights.
Now trying 3/4 inch aluminum tubing with plastic ends.
Rear part is clamped with a flashlight dual bracket and a brass (temporary) front bracket with a small spring to hold the front in place. Yes, the brass bracket is flimsy so it's just a test to see if this can work then a more robust front bracket will be made. Possibly an unused scope ring clamped to the barrel and the bottom ground to fit the tube.
Bore sighted in at about 75 feet.
Jan/09/2015
25 yards, 45 grains of 777 FFFg, blue tick patch lubed with bore butter, .490 Hornady round ball.
4 shots, I didn't believe it until I shot two more into the corners of this target to make sure that I was hitting the actual target.
This tube sight needs rear crosshairs (reticle) or something similar.
Target has 1 inch squares.
POI was center of diamonds.
Jan/25/2015
Muzzle-Stuffers Shoot-Off at Usery Range:
I took third place with a 257-6X, YAY!!!
Jan/26/2015
Thanks Scott for the awesome brass offset rings!
Rotated Picture.
On the Bench.
These rings appear to not clamping on the tube, not so. The ID is rounded so that there is no binding of either end of the tube when doing windage (dovetail, front) or elevation (large screw, rear) adjustments.
Jan/28/2015
Taking photos upside down leaves the background confusing.
Trigger guard sitting not attached yet.
I'm not sure if it will be used at all, just trying it on for looks.
Newer hammer spring, cut from an older handsaw blade.
Reason for the weird shaped trigger guard: I should have had my right wrist fused after a bout with wrist staff infection in 1972. They (the doctors) wanted to fuse my wrist permamently but I refused. So I deal with it and this condition makes me live with oddball grip shapes.
Feb/05/2015
Added a type of "reticle" to the rear of the tube.
Held in place with a thread matching plastic piece.
It is glass with plated lines.
It has dust on it from sighting in this new configuration at 25yds.
I made some crosshairs with single strand and double strand wires stretched across a 9MM Luger casing and soldered down. I can see the Horizontal wires but not the Vertical wires. Probably too close to my eyes. It would be nice if the crosshairs could be installed and adjusted mid-tube.
Apr/01/2015
Range Report, again.
1X, YAY!
May/24/2015
Using up my last supply of Goex Clear Shot FFFg
Shot this target and ran out of that powder. Started again with regular Goex FFFg.
25 yds, 50gr of FFFg, .495 RB, 0.15 patch lubed with bore-butter.
Added new internal crosshair to tube about 7 inches inside of the rear.
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Comments Welcomed, especially about tube sights.
