Period correct sights for a Billinghurst type under-hammer

[Hans Khaki]

I am wanting to build a Billinghurst type under-hammer target rifle ,possibly two, one for 50 and 100 yards and another (or have additional sights ?) for 1000 yards but I do not have a decent picture or drawing of the correct type of sights to use.

Can anyone assist here please?

 

[mgcrumster]

Hans Khaki, Greetings, Building a Billinghurst, that's quite an undertaking! If you Google Billinghurst underhammer, you'll find some informative photo's.. Track of the wolf, and a few other Muzzleloading builder suppliers should have what you're looking for, or something that will work. Do you have a barrel builder in mind? What action are you planing on using? I'm having a False Muzzle barrel built, and two other barrels breeched to fit an underhammer action at this time. Good luck with your project.. :thumbsup: Mgcrumster

 

[faw3]

Most and that's most not all have scopes on them. I'll ck out what he used Ive got a hand full of pics and nags not packed up yet. Fred :hatsoff:

 

[Hans Khaki]

Thanks Mgcrumster, I have done a Google search and have found quite few pics but no great drawings or pics which one can work off.

Fred, I do not want to use a scope but rather an aperture type sight as this will be used for “serous” target shooting so I you do have pics that will be a great help.

Regarding the barrel I will be making my own along with a false muzzle, etc. I have a deep hole drill (which I built) along with a sine bar, single hook, type cut rifling machine. I can currently drill and ream 32’ and want to increase this to 63” (it is the same work to go to 40” so I may go the whole hog!). As I am already tooled up for .451 I was thinking of doing it in this with a 1:18 twist but a friend is trying to talk me into doing it in .40.

Perhaps you are interested I will post a series of pics as to its construction and birth in order to get some constructive criticism?

 

[faw3]

Keep us up with your build. All Ive found is a small tube up front with the very SMALL BALL ON A HAIR aka the porkpin quill thats heated then flattened to get a very smal ball, the back looks like a 1/2 of a big part of a egg but it cant be a 1/4" . A story to go with this I've told before here. I was shooting in the ML 1000 yds shoot out here back in 1989 and a new kid showed up with a good copy of the Billinghurst didnt use scope (you couldnt) and I think he shot a 451 or 45/70 kind of bullet some up to 600 grs make this really short it ws his first time out and he won the overall. :haha: Fred :hatsoff: I'll keep a eye out for a pic or so that might help.

 

[Hans Khaki]

Thank you