Boot Pistol .36 cal

Probably the last of these type of pistols.
.365 cal smooth bore, Walnut burl grip.  Popped a cap.

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Shown at half-cock. Drilled out 1917 Carcano barrel stub to .365 inches (9.27 mm).  The date is the serial number (P11212014).  The front barrel step is left over from the Carcano front sight.  Trigger spring is around a 1/16 inch brass post. Trigger and hammer pins are 1/8 inch steel. Total barrel length is 3.875 inches ( 98.425 mm).

Top View.

Right side.

Blued trigger, hammer and barrel tip. Brass flash added to hammer (brass=7.62x54R no rim)

Brass adjustable front sight, split ring type.
After testing this pistol at the shooting range, It can hit a 12 inch square at 11 yards but not much better.

Range Report, 12-12-2014, 0.35 RB, 15gr 777 FFFg, Camo-Patch, 11 yards.
Slight vertical stringing in center of target due to the front sight, with no rear sight. Other hits were trying to find how and where it shot. Really needs rear sight.

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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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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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Rear Sight Peep No. 5

Here is Rear Sight Peep No. 5
Adjustable for vertical and horizontal movements.

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Here it shows 6-32 US threads for adjustments. Square brass tubing used for the sliding adjustments.

Here is full up vertical movement.

Left Side View.

Here is full down vertical movement.

Left Side View.

Full down and full in movements.

Front View.

Full down and almost full outward movements.

Front View.

Square tubing inners and outers (outers under springs).

Rear sight tube (peep) is .22 MAG brass with hole drilled in rear.

Rear View.

Each sliding brass square tube piece is 0.5 inches long (approximately).

Front, Left Angle View.






















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Correvon type Action

A rough mockup of a Correvon type action.
The (Google'd) original:

 

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Cut from 1/4 inch thick plate steel.
Mounted on Walnut with 1/8 inch pins for a mockup. This would be the half-cock position or safe position.
Hammer head shape is not yet defined.

This position (full-cock) would be just before firing as the hammer slips past the trigger/sear. The trigger ring will be reduced in outer size, just for looks. Trigger ID is 1 inch diameter.

This would be the fired position not much different than half-cock.

Here is the coil spring (screen door type). 8-32 screw in rear, notched 3/32 inch roll pin in hammer.

Question: Will it pop caps?

Serial Number is "P" + "date".

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Cherry wood, 1:28 .50 cal barrel piece.

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Aug/13/2014
Start to inlet the .50 cal barrel.
Drill & Tap 5/8 inch x 18 US.

 How it looks today.

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Aug 17, 2014
Popped a cap.
Needs the front barrel band.




 

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With brass band, heat blued hammer & trigger, brass pinned action.

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Aug/21/2014
30gr FFFg - 777, .490 RB, Blue Tick Patch lubed with Bore Butter, 10 yards, No Sights on pistol.

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Front Site Added: Brass Turtle.

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Here is a link to the PDF of the action:
Correvon PDF

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Holster for a boot pistol

Boot Pistol Holster

I picked up a small piece of 6-7 oz leather at the Tandy store in Phoenix.  Here are some pictures of an attempt to make a holster for the #3 boot pistol.

Not decided what to do with the small blank area of the back strap showing.  Maybe some more designs there along with my initials and date.  Top strap has a snap and rivet, lower strap is only riveted.

A Nicer Holster, 8-9oz leather, Charcoal Black ECO-FLO dye, 1/2 inch roller buckle. Room for half-cocked hammer.

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Three Boot Pistols, .31 caliber

Here are a couple of really crude boot pistols. Both use pieces of a single Enfield DP .303 barrel.

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Pistol #2
This one is the second of this series, it came out a bit better than the first one.
The barrel takes a .310 round ball without a patch. I have found some .315 round balls at Cabela's.

Yup, it is a bit small. Frame is 1/2 inch square tubing. Barrel is the last piece, the front. Lock is patterned after a very popular lock style. Nipple is a bit tall and may get replaced with a revolver type of nipple.

Left side of #2.
Cherry Stock, unfinished.  No sights, yet. Trigger surface has been polished for a nice pull.

Left side of the lock.  No half-cock, yet.  Shows the trigger spring which is captive by short holes in the trigger and frame.  Hammer head is left large until the barrel is attached. The hammer head will soon be shrunk and the tail may get curled up. A 6-32 button head screw holds the hammer spring to the frame. Hammer and trigger are from 3/16 inch thick stock.

Rear, angled view of the right side.

Added: Front sight, other part of that 5cents, LIBERTY * 1964

Added: Flash cup on hammer, .308 win brass.

APR/04/2014
New Walnut Grip.

Range Report 4/4/2014
.310 round ball, 30gr of 777 FFFg,
no patch, 11 meters. No rear sight.
At least it hit the target!

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Pistol #1

Walnut burl for the grip. Longer barrel, the middle piece, still .303 Enfield.

 Lock, with hammer cup, 10mm Brass.

5cents, 1964, Nose & Chin.

 At rest.

 Half cock.

Full cock.

Added: Brass face to the trigger, rear sight.
Barrel now riveted with 3/16 inch rod.

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Added: #3 in a "family" shot.
It is a .40 cal smooth bore.  Barrel is a Carcano piece drilled to .395 inches.  Ramrod has .223 brass case as a tip.
Grip is Walnut Burl.

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Range Report from May/07/2014
11M, .375 RB, 15gr of 777 FFFg, Red Ticking Patch lubed with Bore Butter.
Since there is no rear sight, it hit a bit to the right, need to fix that.

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