Big bore lovers only

[John Taylor]

This is a 72 caliber under hammer in the works. Still need to put sights on it. It has Forsyth rifling with a twist rate about 1 in 32, 11.5" of rifled barrel. Weight is 5 pounds but I may take a little of the barrel length as it seems to be muzzle heavy. The ball above the barrel is .710, the other one is .457 for comparison. And that's a 1911 below. Plan is to start with about 20 grains of powder and work up slow. Last one I made took two hands at 45 grains shooting a hollow base wad cutter that looked like a small chainsaw piston and weighed over 600 grains.

[Nobade]

Neat! Gotta love interesting projects. It would be good to see the look on the mugger's face when you pulled that out.....


-Nobade

[John Taylor]

Neat! Gotta love interesting projects. It would be good to see the look on the mugger's face when you pulled that out.....


-Nobade

All a mugger will see is a bright red light from the 1911, it's got more shots.

[missionary5155]

Good morning
Now that is a "handgun" of the first degree ! I am still working on a shoulder fired rifled 12 bore front stuffer. Maybe I have my sights set to high.
Mike in Peru

[dondiego]

Did you make that action yourself? I want one for a smaller caliber, as in .45.

[John Taylor]

The trigger, hammer and main spring are the same as what is on the H&A but have been modified a bit because they were damaged. The breach plug ( containing the hammer, trigger, nipple and springs) was made from 12L14 as was the barrel. The hammer , trigger and springs can be purchased from Deer Creek Products 765-525-6181. The screws, barrel and breach are made here.

[tacklebury]

That's sweet John. Would go well with my .72 cal brown bess musket.