Has anyone put together one of these?

[outbackzack]

Looking at my first actual build, and thinking that this would be an ideal test project.

Does anyone have experience with this particular kit?

I know there are less expensive kits, but I want a smoothbore (My eyes are not what they used to be, so a smoothbore pistol is a great excuse to stand close to the target)>

 

[Zonie]

Its a pretty good kit.
The stock is European Walnut and it makes a interesting gun for a first time builder.

It does require quite a bit of sanding but the screw holes are all drilled and threaded.

The accuracy isn't the best because not only is it a smoothbore, there are no sights.

Here's a photo of the one I put together.
The barrel and lockplate were polished and left in the white

Because you sound like you plan on doing a bit of shooting with it I should mention that the touch hole is small and it isn't easy for the main powder charge to get into a position where it is easily lit.

Unless you do some modification like I show in this topic you will have more than your fair share of misfires.

The modification I'm speaking of is to drill out the existing touch hole and threading its entry.
It also involves making a vent liner out of a screw and installing it.

It isn't a difficult job to do and it's all described in this link:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/193295/post/263703/fromsearch/1/

As is true with any flintlock, real black powder is the only thing that works reliably.

 

[outbackzack]

Thanks for the information, you even answered a few questions I didn't think of.

 

[nilo52]

Please let us know how your build went :hatsoff:
nilo52

 

[buzz]

i biult one and put in a vent liner to solve the touch hole issue (made my own out of a stainless set screw this way the outer dia or the liner was smaller
mines average shot at 20 yards
and its a fun little gun

 

[outbackzack]

Would I be able to get away with just coning the touch hole from the outside? My tapping skills are about two decades out of use.


Plus I don't yet own a tap set

 

[Zonie]

Perhaps.
If you were to drill the original vent hole out using a 3/16" diameter drill to remove most of it and then enlarged the original vent hole to a 5/64 (.078) diameter it could work.

On the other hand, if your 3/16" diameter went too deep and broke thru the wall into the bore you would have a mess to deal with.

If you used a drill bit larger than 3/16 there is a good chance that it will create a hole that extends below the thickness of the locks bolster which would open a path for the priming powder to fall into the lock mortice.
If priming powder gets into that area it could blow the lock off of the gun when it fires.

Looking at the drawing view on the right, essentially what you would have is something similar with just a 3/16" hole going .160 deep instead of my vent liner and the hole that extends to the right from my vent liner would look like the smaller .078 diameter holes intersection with the bore in the view on the left.

 

[outbackzack]

Your way does seem to be the most logical, and practical.


I just placed the order for the gun with Dixie, and the wife says that is my Christmas present. :idunno:

Now I have to find something pretty good for her.

 

[Zonie]

Just get her something fancier than a new box of **** & Span or a new bottle of Downy fabric softener.

For reasons quite beyond me, wives don't seem to appreciate good usable items like these or like a new Queen Anne pistol kit.
:grin:

 

[rafterob]

Gotta love a wife that goes along with the old "Honey I got you a nice gun for Christmas". Hasn't worked for me, stay away from anything related to the kitchen too.

 

[Sperit de bois]

Got it,,,nice new scrimshawed powder horn and bag to go with it,,,,the sale is on you... :hmm:

 

[MSW]

well, some gals are funny about the weaponry sort of thing ... i build mine a .45 flinter and she's yet to shoot it (that was seven Christmases ago) but she always gets a Lord of the Rings sword for Christmas and they're a huge hit.

go figure ...

 

[outbackzack]

Last year I got her a pretty high end stand mixer, and she traded it in on a dishwasher---Might have to get her the mixer again, and see what she wants this year :rotf:

 

[outbackzack]

Dixie works fast.

The box arrived yesterday, before I got home from work.

She had it wrapped and under the tree before I got home. The only reason I knew it arrived was because my daughter told me.

 

[outbackzack]

You could have mentioned the lack of a ramrod as well


I had to have a smooth bore


This gives me a great excuse to hit up Fort Chambers on the other side of the mountain since it is way to windy to shoot today. :thumbsup:

 

[Zonie]

OH ! :redface:

The Queen Anne pistol offered by Pedersoli represents an Officers pistol and any self respecting Officer carried his pistol as a symbol of rank.
The last thing he would want is a ramrod sticking out of his tight fitting pants (or somewhere else equally distasteful) so things like balls, powder, patches and a ramrod would have been kept tucked neatly into his pistol case back in his room.

Because of this, the Queen Anne kit doesn't come equipped with a ramrod (or the parts to build a pistol case). :rotf:

 

[outbackzack]

:haha:

I have been researching on the web, and it seems a true Queen Anne style was a screw open breech loader, sort of.

The trip to Fort Chambers netted me a brass ramrod extension, and a jar of Shenandoah Valley lube.

The wife let me open the box last night, it appears that this is going to be more of a wood working project than anything else. I plan on checking the gauge of the touchhole as well, because it does indeed look very tiny.

 

[outbackzack]

Work is conspiring against my plans for working on this build.

Here is a picture, out of the box, a bit of sanding done to fit the trigger guard so far.

 

[Col. Batguano]

stay away from anything related to the kitchen too.

How about a vacuum cleaner?

 

[outbackzack]

Some progress is being made, slowly. Several coats of BLO and some bluing on the barrel.