disabled man's deer pistol

[Jumpshot]

Pedersoli Bounty? Just a Kentucky with a longer barrel.

Interesting. I recently ran across a reference to a similar pistol from the late 18th century. Flintlock, of course. David Thompson said:

"We were all eight well armed, each man had a Gun and a long knife, except Coxe, who had one of my Pistols, of Mortimer's make of eighteen inches barrel, carrying a ball of eighteen to the pound: for I remembered the menacing looks of many of the Natives."

That's essentially a .64 caliber pistol.

Spence

That sounds like a mighty big gun.

Cherry's has the Bounty in flint and percussion, .45 or .50. It's not made in .54.

 

[Treestalker]

Dan, the damage to the nerve is permanent, no more rifle shooting,can't hold it up. I agree on the .54 ball, it's smashing out of a rifle. Might just have to build a long barreled Mortimer,similar to what Spence researched... Thanks guys. You all deserve Stars in Heaven, :thumbsup: Treestalker

 

[George]

Help guys, Left arm has partial paralysis (last 6 months) from old neck injury.

Just musing... since you mention building this pistol, is it fair to conclude your hand is not involved? If so, and if the issue is not enough strength to hold a long gun up with your left arm, you might experiment with shooting left handed. Your left hand certainly should be able to handle trigger control, and you can learn to shoot perfectly well as a lefty without too much trouble.

Spence

 

[Patocazador]

If you don't have your heart set on a single-shot side-hammer and your first objective is to hunt deer, save up for a Ruger Old Army revolver. It has a 7 1/2" barrel and 6 shots not one. It also is built to stand up to very heavy loads and can shoot conicals. I killed a small buck with mine 2 years ago. One shot through the lungs put him down after a 50 yard run.

Check Arkansas' regs to make sure it's legal first.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Just throwing this out there. Both CVA and Traditions offered a side lock rifle with a pistol grip wooden stock. They were on the cheap side, usually percussion and 50 cal. I bought two such guns for about $100 each. These guns are easily cut down into pistols of what ever barrel length you want. The pistol grip is more like the angle of the early tower flint pistols, but not hateful with a slightly longer barrel. The hooked breech and barrel tenon are already there and done. It merely requires altering the sights. I would solder a rear sight on the top of the tang and dovetail a new front sight. Here in PA the minimum muzzle loader pistol caliber is 50 for deer and it is difficult to find a 50 caliber CVA kentucky, although some were made. Traditions does make a 50, don't recall if they make a 54 kentucky style.

That bounty pistol has a lot of weight hanging out there for one hand to hold and fire.

I have even modified a CVA kentucky by filing the front 2/3 of the barrel to round. It cut an ounce or two off the front of the gun so it was easier to hold, aim and fire. If all I did was just remove the corners of the octagon flats, no stock alteration was required.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Not sure of the model name, but this is the stock

 

[Treestalker]

Spence, I've tried holding a rifle that way, but the hand twists into an odd hold; no muscle to hold it up/ don't believe it's an option. Thanks though. Treestalker.

 

[Treestalker]

Zimmerstutzen, that stock looks like it would work for a 'poor mans bounty hunter', and is definitely an option. :hmm: Thanks, Treestalker.

 

[Treestalker]

Patocazador, the legal pistol length in The Peoples Republik of Ark is 9". By the way, my dad was a duckhunter,too! :hatsoff: Treestalker.

 

[Patocazador]

This may not be an option either but I just got a CVA Mountain pistol kit from Deer Creek. The kit is $169 for a percussion model and $20 more for a flintlock. However, You would have to have someone help you finish it since you only have one functional hand.
Another thing is the barrel is about 8". It comes in .50 cal. though.

 

[frogwalking]

Go on jIM Chamber's flintlocks web site. He sells a flint pistol kit with a 13 inch barrel, in deer hunting calibers. If you can't build it, Jim can tell you who can do it for you. His parts are top drawer, and therefore his finished guns generally are too.

 

[Treestalker]

Thanks for the info, yes Jim Chambers is old school, he was at Williamsburg IIRC. If I build a serious flintlock hunting pistol, I would use his improved Siler lock. My hand works ok if not above belly level. I sometimes have to lift it onto the table, but I can manage to inlet, etc. Thanks to you and all the guys, you're great! :hatsoff: Tree.

 

[don hepler]

There is an interesting story behind the man in the video. He has a outdoor show, about hunting etc. He was hurt in a motorcycle accident and learned to shoot a bow by drawing it with his teeth. Very moving story about how he has overcome a lot of things in his life, in order to continue hunting, etc.

 

[Tinker2]

I had an H&A underhammer pistol with a crosman pistol butt stock.
Butt stock
worked well for me.



William Alexander