Sam squanch
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Rebuild of an antique American Side hammer pistol
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Lock plate fitted , hammer roughly filed from D2 , tumbler tinkered , turned and roughly filed from some 1.2842 tool steel ...
Sam squanch
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I’m moving next door to you! And I’ll bring all my projects and beer!
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By all means keep it coming. This is exactly what this Forum is all about.
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This is excellent ! 
The raw filed side plate and hammer in place :
Lock plate prepared for installation of working parts , outside profiled :
All the parts filed , adjusted and started to finish :
This is , how it looks after heat treating , annealing and final assembly :
All the parts filed , adjusted and started to finish :
This is , how it looks after heat treating , annealing and final assembly :
Need for a trigger guard , also hammer forged from C45K , polished , heat treaded and anneald to blue colour :
After a first attempt for handle slabs ( which came out pretty ugly ) I made a pair of nicely coloured antique Circassian nut wood , made a sight ( same style as fixed to my Ruggles - Patent - Underhammers ) and a pearl front sight :
And this is , how she performed the first time shooting her free hand , 25m :
Now , after I've tinkered a slightly higher front bead sight , I think , I'll shoot her A LOT !
Thank You for watching and following my progress
Your's
enfield
After a first attempt for handle slabs ( which came out pretty ugly ) I made a pair of nicely coloured antique Circassian nut wood , made a sight ( same style as fixed to my Ruggles - Patent - Underhammers ) and a pearl front sight :
And this is , how she performed the first time shooting her free hand , 25m :
Now , after I've tinkered a slightly higher front bead sight , I think , I'll shoot her A LOT !
Thank You for watching and following my progress
Your's
enfield
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Now - please never ever underestimate any sample of an even odd antique firearm :
Even such an odd old cracker was built with some , if not much , brains , thoughts and arm grease - and can/could serve as a sample for a today project !!!
I hope , maybe I could have given You an idea , what would and could be possible , if You only get startetd , ( even as an amateur like me )
If there were any comments , they would be more than welcome !!!
only my 2ct , enfield
( sorry , if I should have once more waisted Your time and patience for following my tinkerings ... )
But I still don't know , who orignally built the entire sample
any information would be welcome !
Even such an odd old cracker was built with some , if not much , brains , thoughts and arm grease - and can/could serve as a sample for a today project !!!
I hope , maybe I could have given You an idea , what would and could be possible , if You only get startetd , ( even as an amateur like me )
If there were any comments , they would be more than welcome !!!
only my 2ct , enfield
( sorry , if I should have once more waisted Your time and patience for following my tinkerings ... )
But I still don't know , who orignally built the entire sample
any information would be welcome !
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Excellent! Enjoyed it so much.
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Excellent!!!! You did a great job not only on the build but on the documentation of it!
Thank you for sharing your pistol and your recreation of it. These types of posts always interest me. If you do a Web search for "Antique saw handle boot pistol" you can see many examples of pistols that are similar to your's. Maybe you can find out who made it.
Thank You very much for Your answer .
In fact , I found a very similar pistol on "collectors firearms "( AH5563 ) , the only differences seem to be the attached and linked ramrod and octagonal barrel , probably the caliber , too .
But when I tried to open , I had to learn , that I'm blocked by this site ...
In fact , I found a very similar pistol on "collectors firearms "( AH5563 ) , the only differences seem to be the attached and linked ramrod and octagonal barrel , probably the caliber , too .
But when I tried to open , I had to learn , that I'm blocked by this site ...
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If you ever decide to put these in production I'll take 1 or 2 or........ 
That was a very interesting post. Nice workmanship, and thank you!
very nice work , and very interesting
Finally , my small family of rebuilds of this odd sample is complete :
- a heavy target pistol in .362
- a buggy gun in hefty .290
- a not so heavy target in .362
Each single part , screws , springs , slabs , sights etc. , is completely made by my hands , having only used an over 120 year old lathe , files , torch , hammer and anvil , and LOTS of emery paper and elbow grease .
The hammers of the buggy gun and the "lightweight" , I've altered from two spare hammers , bent , filed and finally hardened and tempered .
The bores in the barrels of the targeters were made by Ueli Eichelberger in Switzerland and for the barrel of the buggy gun I took an old , but inside well preserved barrel of an incomplete Swiss Martini target rifle .
Now I think , I've made enough of them and am wondering , what could be my next project ...
Your's
enfield
- a heavy target pistol in .362
- a buggy gun in hefty .290
- a not so heavy target in .362
Each single part , screws , springs , slabs , sights etc. , is completely made by my hands , having only used an over 120 year old lathe , files , torch , hammer and anvil , and LOTS of emery paper and elbow grease .
The hammers of the buggy gun and the "lightweight" , I've altered from two spare hammers , bent , filed and finally hardened and tempered .
The bores in the barrels of the targeters were made by Ueli Eichelberger in Switzerland and for the barrel of the buggy gun I took an old , but inside well preserved barrel of an incomplete Swiss Martini target rifle .
Now I think , I've made enough of them and am wondering , what could be my next project ...
Your's
enfield
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Very nice work but way more effort and time than I'd be willing to spend.....
