Just because i wanted too 🙂

[Lonewalker]

And yup glad I did, it's fun and carrys well. Chose to leave a partial charging handle it requires a bit more effort but still functional for loading.

 

[hawkeye2]

Can't think of a better reason.

 

[Stony Broke]

Looks like a lot of fun !!

 

[M. De Land]

And yup glad I did, it's fun and carrys well. Chose to leave a partial charging handle it requires a bit more effort but still functional for loading.

Cool looking gun but you should know that the velocity loss of cutting the barrel back from its full length makes them ruffly a third less powerful and with a ball they don't have all that much to begin with. It relegates them to a Darrenger class defensive weapon.

 

[Lonewalker]

Cool looking gun but you should know that the velocity loss of cutting the barrel back from its full length makes them ruffly a third less powerful and with a ball they don't have all that much to begin with. It relegates them to a Darrenger class defensive weapon.

And ???? The ballistic coefficient of frozen jello shot is substantially different than that of a marshmallow combine that with the Coriolis Effect and basically none of this matters when a lead ball smacks ya in the Guillain-Mollaret triangle ️

 

[Lonewalker]

Cool looking gun but you should know that the velocity loss of cutting the barrel back from its full length makes them ruffly a third less powerful and with a ball they don't have all that much to begin with. It relegates them to a Darrenger class defensive weapon.

has arrived

 

[B P Arn]

I cut one down myself some years ago, and made a holster for it.

 

[Lonewalker]

I cut one down myself some years ago, and made a holster for it.View attachment 110088View attachment 110089View attachment 110090View attachment 110091

Great job, I think il add a front sight in near future.

 

[B P Arn]

A short time ago I bought this 44 caliber Pietta from Taylor's:

 

[B P Arn]

Great job, I think il add a front sight in near future.

That was the first black powder gun I ever owned. I got it cheap ($90 about 10 years ago) because someone had previously messed up the barrel. There was nothing to lose, so I really shortened it!

How are you holding the loading lever in place? A latch of some type?

 

[Eutycus]

I like the title!

 

[B P Arn]

Here is another fun project.

I would never consider any black powder firearm for defense of my life. I have a concealed carry permit, but I carry something a hell of a lot more effective than one of these.

 

[B P Arn]

Great job, I think il add a front sight in near future.

It wouldn't have to be fancy. You could chuck a brass screw in a drill, file off the threads, trim it to slightly longer than you need, drill a shallow blind hole in the end of your barrel and solder it into place if you wanted to keep things really simple.

edit to add: I made the front sight for my shortened Walker barrel out of a discarded brass plumbing fitting.

 

[Eutycus]

I must have missed it (again),could someone explain the blue screen latch.

 

[bubba.50]

I must have missed it (again),could someone explain the blue screen latch.

Looks like he cut the hook off, removed the screw eye & uses it to hold his loading lever in place to load it.

 

[#BPBReloadingFFL]

Here is another fun project.

I would never consider any black powder firearm for defense of my life. I have a concealed carry permit, but I carry something a hell of a lot more effective than one of these.View attachment 110099View attachment 110100View attachment 110101View attachment 110102View attachment 110103View attachment 110104View attachment 110105View attachment 110107View attachment 110108

I like the loading lever idea A LOT!

 

[Lonewalker]

How are you holding the loading lever in place? A latch of some type?

So it being brass frame snugging up the channel a skosh was easy, I keep good tension on the screw and just back off a turn when loading. I shoot mild loads in it anyways so far she's been holding well.

 

[cowboydave]

They all look nice. Thanks for the pics everyone.

 

[B P Arn]

Looks like he cut the hook off, removed the screw eye & uses it to hold his loading lever in place to load it.

That is it exactly! I considered using a spike, but I looked through my spare parts bins and found this screen door hook whose shaft that was the same diameter as the hole in the loading lever. I then drilled out the threads in the loading lever to allow the shaft to slide in.

BTW the screen door hardware is galvanized; for some reason it looks blued in the photograph, but it isn't.

 

[CyrusP]

And yup glad I did, it's fun and carrys well. Chose to leave a partial charging handle it requires a bit more effort but still functional for loading.View attachment 110051

That looks great!