Was pushed to build another pistol

[.30carbnut]

Hello all, To make a long story semi short, a little more than a year ago my father brought me a 5 foot long piece of 304 hexagonal stock and told me to build him a gun with it, I said ok and told him it would have to be a pistol. Well I had been putting it off because of the hex shape, but a month ago they diagnosed my father with Multiple Mioma, so I figured I should get my butt in gear and get the pistol made for him for Christmas. I started working on it 11/14/2017 and finished it today 12/16/2017. to save time I bought the stock pre-shaped and inlet-ed it for the hex barrel and the lock that I designed and built from several other lock designs. Hats off and many thanks to John Lifer j.lifer@ozarklaserengraving.comfor the engraving,he did a wonderful job and got it done quickly so I could get the pistol done in time for Christmas. You think he will like it?
Here is the link to the whole build. https://postimg.org/gallery/21cxjqxmo/
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[merlin101]

"You think he will like it?" Oh yeah!

[Texas by God]

He will love it. Our prayers are sent for your dad. Cancerland is a crappy place to be.

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[Plate plinker]

Very cool. Thats a wonderful gift.

[smoked turkey]

You did really, I mean really good. Your dad will love it. My prayers for you and your dad. It is a rough time, but a good attitude about it will take some of the roughness out. Thank you for sharing this special gift with us.

[WJP]

Not too bad. Hope things get better for your dad and family in the new year. I'm sure he'll love that. Makes me want to do another one.

[map55b]

Nice work! Best wishes for your Dad.

[Multigunner]

Very nice.
I've seen a few Hex barreled rifles in the past. One that hung on the wall of a back woods grocery store had a very thick Hex barrel made of brass. It looked near as big as the old 4 gauge elephant guns.
A gunmaker I read about many years ago used six sided rock drill shafts as the basis for his barrels.
IIRC many of the early matchlocks used Hex barrels.
I figure barrel making of those days was a development of the hollow iron shafts found on some of the higher grade war hammers and morning stars. Some I've seen showed signs of being hammer forged around a mandrel.
I suspect that a Hex cross section is stiffer under load than an octagonal section. In the same way a tripod is self correcting and more stable than a four limbed framework.

Always good to do something for dad now and then.