Almost finished.

[John Taylor]

12 gauge under hammer shotgun

201028

[rodwha]

Nice wood!

[tranders]

Very nice and beautiful wood


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[bedbugbilly]

Very nice John! Great looking wood! What did you use for your barrel?

[John Taylor]

Barrel was drilled and reamed by Jim Carpenter and I machined it half octagon / round. Hammer and trigger are from Deer Creek and I made the brass frame. Wood is from Pecatonica river long rifle and the finish was done by a local stock maker. I trade machine work for wood work. It's not because I can't do wood work, I just can't not make any money from it. Barrel was colored with plumb brown. Today I will make up a ram-rod and it will be ready for the customer.

[swheeler]

That is nice and the wood is beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[Harleysboss]

I hope to show this fine looking weapon to a turkey next spring.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Very nice, and very unique. You, sir, are a craftsman! :)

[rodwha]

I'm not familiar with underhammers. Is it common to make them smoothbores? The few I've seen on forums were rifled and usually a smaller caliber.

[pietro]

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Excellent work, as always, John - The new owner sure will be proud of it !


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[bob208]

the underhammer action ca be made in any cal. or smoothbore the owner wants. also they can be right or left hand.

[John Taylor]

the underhammer action ca be made in any cal. or smoothbore the owner wants. also they can be right or left hand.

Or flintlock.

[rodwha]

Or flintlock.

Flintlock? �� How does one keep the powder in the pan if it's upside down?

[John Taylor]

The first under hammers were flint, made about 1750. They actually fire faster than a side lock. I have one started and it is a learning experience to get all the parts working.

[rodwha]

The first under hammers were flint, made about 1750. They actually fire faster than a side lock. I have one started and it is a learning experience to get all the parts working.

Now you've increased my curiosity. How is it that it ignites faster?

I'm going to have to assume the frizzen (lack of the proper word) fitting is quite tight making for a very deliberate working of it open and closed. But that defies my understanding of how it operates at it needs to be easily pushed away by the flint to spark it and ignite the powder.


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I'm sorry I'm sidetracking your thread. I'll start one now.

[joatmon]

Harleysboss, That Turkey will be taken in Style!!
Aaron

[pietro]

Flintlock? �� How does one keep the powder in the pan if it's upside down?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXyybh-llLk

In an underhammer flintlock, the powder is sitting on the top of the frizzen ( in reality the underside of the frizzen in the position we normally think of).

When the flint strikes, moving the frizzen, for a few micro-seconds the powder is still hanging there in mid air - or is barely starting to separate and fall.

The spark travels very fast, igniting the powder charge, whose flame reaches the touch hole.

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[Harleysboss]

Indeed it will. I have the underhammer fowler in my hands now and it is NICE! I will give a full report after working up its favorite shot load.

[bedbugbilly]

John -thanks for the info on the barrel. The combination of the brass, plum brown, wood, etc. certainly creates an eye catcher! The octagon to round transition has really got to dress it up!