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Your "odd" piece of maple has a several birdseye spots and some nice wide grain. I think it will look fantastic when finished, but please don't stain it dark!
Regards,
Jim
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Ruggles Patent Underhammer Pistol
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Your "odd" piece of maple has a several birdseye spots and some nice wide grain. I think it will look fantastic when finished, but please don't stain it dark!
Regards,
Jim
Enjoying this thread enfield, You are a perfect example of what a man can do in a home shop with basic hand tools an a little imagination. A tip of my Texas sombrero to you Sir, I wish you lived in my neighborhood.
Stock starting to get it's shape ... Since each single part , even bolts , screws . piston etc, has been made by myself from old material , old technics and tools , I plan to finish it also in old finish , rust browning the barrel and treating the stock with iron nitrate , heating and oiling it for a authentic finish , too . Thanks to Mr. Fordyce and Aldin Ruggles for this great draft of 1826 !
This gun will not be made for a beauty contest but for competition shooting !
I'm sure , it will ! ( But I'm still searching for a mould of .290 RB )
This gun will not be made for a beauty contest but for competition shooting !
I'm sure , it will ! ( But I'm still searching for a mould of .290 RB )
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Your project is coming along really nicely!
Speaking of Ruggles, I have a Ruggles underhammer drilling. 2xshotgun with rifle underneath. Barrel selection is made by a swinging hammer nose. Not the Ruggles who started the underhammer business, perhaps a family member.
Speaking of Ruggles, I have a Ruggles underhammer drilling. 2xshotgun with rifle underneath. Barrel selection is made by a swinging hammer nose. Not the Ruggles who started the underhammer business, perhaps a family member.
Got photos ?
Today , I started to finish the barrel and stock after sanding . Barrel will be browned with Homer Dangler Gun Brown , somewhat slow but very nice in the end . The stock has been wiped with iron nitrate , as they did in the old days , but instead of heating it with fire , I used a heat gun . Not that authentic , but I was a little impatient . Out came a very nice figure with some birds eyes , now I'll finish with tru oil . ( Also not authentic , but this gun is planned to become a shooter ! ) 
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A really interesting article, congratulations on making a beautiful under-hammer!Today , I started to finish the barrel and stock after sanding . Barrel will be browned with Homer Dangler Gun Brown , somewhat slow but very nice in the end . The stock has been wiped with iron nitrate , as they did in the old days , but instead of heating it with fire , I used a heat gun . Not that authentic , but I was a little impatient . Out came a very nice figure with some birds eyes , now I'll finish with tru oil . ( Also not authentic , but this gun is planned to become a shooter ! )
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Hello from the Lüneburger Heide,
I admire your work, but I wonder,
a little surprised, no grain, no rear sight?
And yet it has become a dark handle;
The old brown would also go well with light wood.
I once made a grip out of burl wood from a Japanese string tree (Styphnolobium japonicum).
Bought at "fine wood", the stock is breathtaking.
Let me insert a photo.
I admire your work, but I wonder,
a little surprised, no grain, no rear sight?
And yet it has become a dark handle;
The old brown would also go well with light wood.
I once made a grip out of burl wood from a Japanese string tree (Styphnolobium japonicum).
Bought at "fine wood", the stock is breathtaking.
Let me insert a photo.
Enfield, your project is coming along very well. It looks like you are setting it up for an attachable shoulder stock, is that correct? I have built up two underhammers and enjoy them very much.
Good luck ! It isn't that complicated but needs some patience , as I've learned .
Hallo ! Leider kann ich mir keine Baumkirchner leisten , meine Idee ist , eine Unterhammer nach dem Ruggles - Patent von 1825 möglichst originalgetreu mit altem Material , altem Originalwerkzeug und den alten Techniken nachzubauen . Der "Topstrap" mit dem Visier kommt noch ! Gruß zurück in die Lüneburger Heide ! Schön , daß es auch hier in Ol'Germany interessierte Schwarzpulverschützen gibt !
Hi there ! Unfortunately I can not afford a Baumkirchner , my idea is to recreate a underhammer according to the Ruggles patent from 1825 as true to the original as possible with old material, old original tools and the old techniques . The idea came from an original pistol in my collection and the great book of Herschel C. Logan " Underhammer Guns " .
Stock is kind of a Billinghurst , but will be completed with an attachable shoulder stock ( "buggy gun " )
The "topstrap" with the sight is already planned !
Greetings back to the Lüneburger Heide ! Nice that there are interested black powder shooters here in Ol'Germany , too !
I think , here comes the place to say THANK YOU to my good friend in Blotzheim , Alsace/France who lets me work in his home shop whenever I have some spare time to tinker with my project .
Seems , it will become an international project , being an old American pattern , built by a German in France ...
Seems , it will become an international project , being an old American pattern , built by a German in France ...
Actually two modified Baumkirchner and one Dedinski, all three used for small money bought from egun.
New guns would also be too expensive for me.
Yesterday and today , I filed the topstrap with its integral sight , made the screws and attatched them all .
The entire gun starts to look , like I planned it , and also starts to look , as if it is an original vintage one . The barrel has taken a great old times brown , and after tinkering a little with the finish of the stock , it also looks a little like a vintage 1830s , too .
I really don't want to make a top grade Billinghurst , please remember , it's gonna to become a new made New England "poor man's " gun . ( But with the best performance possible ! )
I'm very pleased with the grain of the stock , showing a rather nice surface after having treated it with iron nitrate and heating it .
Next step is to file the blade sight and the shoulder stock .
The entire gun starts to look , like I planned it , and also starts to look , as if it is an original vintage one . The barrel has taken a great old times brown , and after tinkering a little with the finish of the stock , it also looks a little like a vintage 1830s , too .
I really don't want to make a top grade Billinghurst , please remember , it's gonna to become a new made New England "poor man's " gun . ( But with the best performance possible ! )
I'm very pleased with the grain of the stock , showing a rather nice surface after having treated it with iron nitrate and heating it .
Next step is to file the blade sight and the shoulder stock .
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Just for getting an idea of my workbench ...
As all of You can see , nothing unusual , and even my old , over 100 years old lathe is sufficient with not more than ( most selfmade ) basic tools !
As all of You can see , nothing unusual , and even my old , over 100 years old lathe is sufficient with not more than ( most selfmade ) basic tools !
Chapeau!
