That is what I was wondering about???One word... Howdah 58
That is what I was wondering about???One word... Howdah 58
If I'm looking for a close range bear pistol, THIS is what comes to mind...That is what I was wondering about???
Thanks for the pictures, Barry Strickland. That's what we're talking about.Eric, here are a couple of pictures from my copy of KENTUCKY RIFLES OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS BY RANDAL PIERCE.
Listed as a "Bear Pistol" unsigned
Overall length 20 1/16"
Barrel length 14 7/8"
Caliber .34
Breach thickness 3/4" Tapering to muzzle
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NICE, that you repurposed it into a gun!!Here's one I just finished with a 11 1/2 inch smooth bore in .50 caliber. I had an old lock from a 60's Japanese flintlock pistol kit sitting around which I turned into a cap lock and the barrel was turned out of 7/8 inch stainless round stock. It shoots just fine but I need to work out a better rear sight, already have installed a bead front sight on it which helps. The skull on the grip was just one of those things I felt like doing since the pistol isn't very PC and it seemed like a good idea at the time. LOL
I made all the brass work except for the trigger guard, fabricated a new hammer for the lock and made the trigger assembly.
Pedersoli makes a 18”
Bounty - 1-18 twist
Only in 45 cal
Yes Sir!
Boy howdy, I couldn't agree more!I can tell you there is some terrain in the South that is virtually impassible with a long gun. Some of the woods on the back of my farm is so entangled with briars, brambles, and vines that you can easily find yourself strung up like Frodo in Shelob’s web and a pistol is the only practical way of getting through with a firearm. It’s impractical to travel around all these clumps of tangled mess so I can imagine a hunting scenario that included dogs where a long barreled pistol would be just the thing.
W.E. Rayl of Gassaway, WV 26624, will make you a barrel any size you want. I have purchased several over the years and while it may take up to a year they are exactly as ordered.I am a flintlock rifle guy and don't own any BP pistols, I made most of my BP guns so I have the process down. My nephew is a gun nut, any kind of gun and has lot of them, he has a lot of big bore unmentionable hand guns and wants us to build him a Tennessee Bear pistol to hunt deer with.
He wants a 14" barrel in .50 or .54.
Do you guys know of any plans for such a pistol? I told him he would have to have the barrel made as 12" is as long as I have seen . I also noticed that 1 in 20 is common for pistol barrels, if this requirement is the best option for a pistol a barrel cut off of a different twist might not work well.
As you can tell, I am in the dark about getting the correct barrel to do what he wants from his future pistol, I am sure he will want percussion.
I was watching a Ky Afield segment where the host was deer hunting with just such a pistol, looked like fun and he did get a deer.
Just looked at this picture again; two perfect shots in the squirrels' necks, saving the brains! I lived in SE and East Texas for my first 38 years, and hunted the limb-rat forever. I can vouch to the un-initiated that your long barreled pistol is a neccessity in those woods; it can be 100 yards to the first limb of those pine trees. Used to take a 20 mule team just to walk those logs out. Old timers said they had to salt their bullets to keep the squirrels' meat from becoming blinky just waiting on them to hit the ground. Flying squirrels used to get vertigo and crash from lack of atmospheric oxygen at such altitudes.Here's mine, 50 cal cut own rifle barrel, 15 inches long, 1 in 48 twist. This is a one hole gun at 25 yards. I built mine in a Trapper style, ordered the stock blank from Pecatonica River with the barrel inleted, I did the rest. I made the trigger guard, ram rod pipe and side plate. Poured pewter nose cap. Lock is a Traditions, bought off of Fleabay for cheap. With 45 grains of black powder it's shooting around 1425View attachment 51532. I built this gun with low expectations because of the 1 in 48 twist, had I known it was going to be such a tack driver I would have spent more time on it. I will be in my bow blind with it tomorrow.
The Jolly Roger makes it the ultimate pirate pistol, and stainless helps the barrel stay rust free in the salty spray! Well done!Here's one I just finished with a 11 1/2 inch smooth bore in .50 caliber. I had an old lock from a 60's Japanese flintlock pistol kit sitting around which I turned into a cap lock and the barrel was turned out of 7/8 inch stainless round stock. It shoots just fine but I need to work out a better rear sight, already have installed a bead front sight on it which helps. The skull on the grip was just one of those things I felt like doing since the pistol isn't very PC and it seemed like a good idea at the time. LOL
I made all the brass work except for the trigger guard, fabricated a new hammer for the lock and made the trigger assembly.
Treestalker, I don't know where you are now but with that bit of zaduation you are still in Texas , regardless your physical place of abode. For those who can't figger it out, zaduation was used by old timers around these parts to describe an outlandish overstatement of fact.Just looked at this picture again; two perfect shots in the squirrels' necks, saving the brains! I lived in SE and East Texas for my first 38 years, and hunted the limb-rat forever. I can vouch to the un-initiated that your long barreled pistol is a neccessity in those woods; it can be 100 yards to the first limb of those pine trees. Used to take a 20 mule team just to walk those logs out. Old timers said they had to salt their bullets to keep the squirrels' meat from becoming blinky just waiting on them to hit the ground. Flying squirrels used to get vertigo and crash from lack of atmospheric oxygen at such altitudes.
Now, that's an interesting pistol! Thanks for showing it! I'm intrigued by that knob on the underside of the fore stock... It must be a "palm rest," for lack of a better term, to allow two-handed shooting.I know this post is a little dusty but thought I would share a photo of an original I recently found. Barrel seems to be from of a .58 caliber rifle.View attachment 66742
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