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Some years ago I decided to see what kind of a horse pistol I could cobble together using only what extra parts I had on hand in the various nook, crannies and drawers in my shop. This horse pistol was the result and has been a hoot to make and shoot.
The barrel is a cut off from a 54 cal, 60 pitch rifle milled on the sides to one inch across the flats. The stock was a walnut board picked up at garage sale. The lock is a small rifle found in a dusty drawer and the front sight milled one piece from bar stock.
The rear sight is a ghost ring aperture added to a standard adjustable rear base. The trigger bow and bottom brass is bar stock milled to shape and the trigger a piece of tool steel shaped and hardened to fit the bow.
This is a true Franken gun but shoots balls out of the slow twist rifle barrel like a house a fire to the 50 yards bench tested.
A replica of nothing really but fun as can be to shoot !
The barrel is a cut off from a 54 cal, 60 pitch rifle milled on the sides to one inch across the flats. The stock was a walnut board picked up at garage sale. The lock is a small rifle found in a dusty drawer and the front sight milled one piece from bar stock.
The rear sight is a ghost ring aperture added to a standard adjustable rear base. The trigger bow and bottom brass is bar stock milled to shape and the trigger a piece of tool steel shaped and hardened to fit the bow.
This is a true Franken gun but shoots balls out of the slow twist rifle barrel like a house a fire to the 50 yards bench tested.
A replica of nothing really but fun as can be to shoot !