I'm back any new handgonne stuff

[freekforge]

So I've been away from the forum for a while between 2 jobs and volunteer work I haven't had much free time and when I dohave free time on base I ccan't use my personal computer on government servers. But I'm back so has anyone done anything cool with handgonnes? My cousin popped a tree rat with one of my .62s unfortunately I wasnt there to document it.

 

[coloradoclyde]

My cousin popped a tree rat with one of my .62s unfortunately I wasnt there to document it.

Sounds like a good excuse to plan a hunting trip with him....

Welcome back Freekforge........ :grin:

 

[BillinOregon]

Guessing you are in the service? Good to see you posting again. Still have the one I got from you but still haven't fired it. Soon!

 

[freekforge]

Im in the guard reserve and work very closely with national guard and active duty soldiers.

I guess one of my gonnes was used to teach an OCS class about military history thats pretty cool

 

[Alden]

Hi Freek. Hope all's well. You haven't missed anything here...

 

[coloradoclyde]

Hi Freek. Hope all's well. You haven't missed anything here...

No...But I've missed him and his gonnes... :grin:

 

[freekforge]

Things are going really well! I finally got the job i fought for a year and a half for, i get to serve my state and country, and i may be able to join federal forces soon.

i have a new handgonne project idea that im pretty excited about but i need to make it to the friendship shoot to buy the wood for the tiller unless i find it somewhere else. The only problem is i think the june shoot falls on a training week for me so it may have to wait until the fall shoot.

 

[Jumpshot]

Here's a build I finished a few days ago, using one of the barrels I bought from you. I made the tiller from cedar, 36" overall length. I made the hook from a railroad spike. I gave the wood some gradual shaping that's kind of hard to see in the pictures, with the bottom of the tail end rounded and tapering up towards the end for a slimmer and more comfortable grip. The middle is more rectangular, and the top at the front tapers down to a rounded shape to match the barrel contour. I shot it for the first time a couple of days ago.

I wasn't trying to copy a historical piece, it was just something I built for fun.

 

[Alden]

Certainly looks like fun -- good for you on the garage arquebus.

 

[BillinOregon]

Excellent job, Jumpshot! Assume you cut the head off the spike before mounting, but how is it secured? Would love to see a Youtube of you shooting that rascal.
Freek, glad things are going your way.

 

[Jumpshot]

Assume you cut the head off the spike before mounting, but how is it secured?

Yeah, I cut the head off, then drilled a hole in the wood. Then I had to square out the corners of the hole with a hammer and chisel and secured the spike in the square hole with some historically correct five-minute epoxy. :wink:

Would love to see a Youtube of you shooting that rascal.

Ask and ye shall receive.
(I used a piece of fuse for the ignition for convenience.)

[youtube]ozaMjUxFkrE[/youtube]

 

[coloradoclyde]

I like it... :thumbsup:
I like your pole gonnes too... :thumbsup:

 

[BillinOregon]

Simply outstanding! Green with envy!

 

[Billnpatti]

That's pretty neat. Can you hit anything with it? How accurate is it?

 

[Jumpshot]

Well, it's no sniper rifle. I can hit a silhouette target at 25 yards most times, so not bad I guess.

 

[freekforge]

well that was a match grade gonne barrel so it better hit a man sized target :rotf:

 

[Jumpshot]

No enemy is safe within 25 yards. :thumbsup:

 

[earlwb]

These are pretty neat. Thanks for posting about these. I need to make one of these things myself too. I think I still have some scrap tool steel rods left around here someplace. I'll have to go searching through my stuff to see what I got.