Here is a small pistol made using an internally pitted reproduction 1862 .36 cal Navy barrel scrap
Barrel is approximately 3 and 1/8 inches long.
Nipple is from a pepper-box kit gun.
Frame is 1/2 inch steel tubing.
All the rest is hand made.
Hammer and trigger are 3/16 inch thick steel stock.
Inch ruler in picture.
Assembled without the hammer spring.
Barrel plug is 1/2 x 20 bolt filed down at the back to fit inside of the frame.
Hammer spring from old hand saw blade. Maple grip. There is an 8-32 bolt through the grip, through a hole in the hammer spring and into a threaded steel block inside of the frame. This block is pinned with that small 3/32 inch brass pin seen just behind the trigger.
Top view. The dovetail is from a revolver loading lever boss, now in a box somewhere. 6-48 screw on top is to adjust the trigger engagement and forward movement of same.
This picture shows how small it actually is.
Popped a cap.
Polished frame, finished grip. It looks weird but it fits my right hand. Brass filler in place of the front sight dovetail.
Mar/05/2015
Range Report, ignore the blue groups.
This pistol is the red groups.
11 yds, 15gr of 777 FFFg, red ticking patch, .350 RB.
I shot 8 shots, first one is nowhere to be seen, one is somewhere in the middle that was obliterated.
Range Report, ignore the blue groups.
This pistol is the red groups.
11 yds, 15gr of 777 FFFg, red ticking patch, .350 RB.
I shot 8 shots, first one is nowhere to be seen, one is somewhere in the middle that was obliterated.
IdeZilla
Comments Welcomed.
