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Close to being finished : And YES : really EVERYTHING completely made "oldstyle" with but hand tools ! But I have to be honest : I also own a ca 130+ years old , completely worn out lathe , which still does its job ( with little improvisations ... ) Just to give You an idea , was...

If You really want , You can do it !

After tenthousands of shots for training and competition in my nearly 50 years of competition shooting : Just hand tight , but the threads always covered with some copper - or zinc paste to avoid "burn't in " threads ! Only my 2ct

I'd buy ALL of them , if still still available - if You would sell and send to Germany !

Thank You very much for Your answer . In fact , I found a very similar pistol on "collectors firearms "( AH5563 ) , the only differences seem to be the attached and linked ramrod and octagonal barrel , probably the caliber , too . But when I tried to open , I had to learn , that I'm blocked...

It might be a surprise : I`m an aged , old school , master optician/ophthalmologist , who , here in Germany , has/had learned , whatever he recommends and sells , should be able to make by himself . Well , we dinosaurs are slowly dying out ... since nearly no one of the so called "next...

After a looong time of over 4 years ( Good God , how fast times pass by ) , please allow me to refresh this thread and show You my latest project . Should it be OK for You , I'd like to invite You for watching my newest thread : Rebuild of an antique American Side hammer pistol Any...

Now - please never ever underestimate any sample of an even odd antique firearm : Even such an odd old cracker was built with some , if not much , brains , thoughts and arm grease - and can/could serve as a sample for a today project !!! I hope , maybe I could have given You an idea ...

Need for a trigger guard , also hammer forged from C45K , polished , heat treaded and anneald to blue colour : After a first attempt for handle slabs ( which came out pretty ugly ) I made a pair of nicely coloured antique Circassian nut wood , made a sight ( same style as fixed to my Ruggles...

Lock plate prepared for installation of working parts , outside profiled : All the parts filed , adjusted and started to finish : This is , how it looks after heat treating , annealing and final assembly :

The raw filed side plate and hammer in place :

You're welcome 👍👍👍

Lock plate fitted , hammer roughly filed from D2 , tumbler tinkered , turned and roughly filed from some 1.2842 tool steel ...

Thank You for Your patience for my tinkering ! I hope , there also is some interest for my tinkerings !

Well Such a gun needs a barrel , and for installation , there is some need for a breech plug ... which I turned from silver steel , fitted it to a cutoff barrel of a rifle , which was made by Ueli Eichelberger , Switzerland ( one ( if not the best ) barrel maker here in the old world ) , and...

After cutting off all the in/outgots and sandblasting , this is , how my frames finally came out Not too bad ...

Well For showing You my progress : After a long research for someone , who would and could cast my frame , I finally found a young guy , who has specialized in casting sculptures for artists in bronce . The original frame is cast or drop forged steel , but in the past , LOTS of gun frames were...

I think absolutely the same . But the shape , handling and technique of this gun led me to the decision to interprete it in my rebuild as a target pistol . I hope , You can forgive me this sacrileg ...

The ( remains of the ) bore is a solid .56 caliber with 6 groove rifling , at the muzzle , it nearly looks like a perfect , but rusted and worn out hexagon . My rebuild will be a much smaller caliber , since in training , I really shoot a lot 😁 ! and 50 RB in .36 are definitely lighter to carry...

Thank You for this information , which I was , as a collector /searcher/student of target pistols of the 19th century for nearly 50 years , already aware . Unfortunately , it doesn't help identifying my antique sample . But I didn't know , that Uberti is/was offering some similar pistol ! If...