Pistol out of parts

[LAGS]

I had a bunch of spare parts just sitting around for a while.
So I decided to build a pistol out of all those parts.
The barrel is a Spanish made .45 cal.
That I think is from a Tower Pistol.
The lock is for a small rifle , but the hammer would not line up with the angle of the barrels nipple angle.
So I replaced the hammer with another one and Re Shaped it so it functions.
I built the stock from a block of African wood that I had laying around for years.
The pistol came out kind of nice.
It is kind of a combination of different designs kind of based around a Kentucky pistol design.
Now I can't wait to get out and shoot it.
Pictures will be posted a little later.
My computer is not posting pictures right now , but a friend will post them for me.

[Texas by God]

I’m looking forward to it!


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[bedbugbilly]

Sounds like a fun project! Looking forward to the photos!

[LAGS]

The photos will be posted in a couple hours

[armoredman]

Sorry, guys, had some issues. Here we go!

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Looks quite awesome to me!

[LAGS]

Thank you Armoredman.
As you can see.
I have another barrel cut off piece and some more locks and triggers , plus plenty of wood left.
So I will be building another pistol when I get around to it.
That barrel cut off piece is a .54 cal.

[Texas by God]

Good work as usual, I like the shape.
Horse pistol for sure!


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[armoredman]

Someone else looks at that and thinks, hummph, pile of junk not worth throwing away. LAGS looks and says, I can do something with that! It is very nice and well balanced.

[LAGS]

I am going to take it out and shoot it next week.
I may add a ram rod to it, but I rarely use the rod that is mounted on the pistols to load them.
I agree that it kinda looks like a Horse Pistol.
One of the hardest parts about this build was , I no longer have a Bandsaw to cut the stock to shape.
But things like this project can show you guys that You can build things with out having access to top quality power tools.

[tunnug]

Very nice, great job.

[LAGS]

I checked the dates on the pictures.
It looks like I started cutting the wood for the stock back on April 8 th .
So it looks like the pistol was done in one month.
I did not work on it every day.
Nor did I spend more that a couple hours each day that I worked on it because I have other projects constantly going on.

[armoredman]

I can confirm - he always has projects going on!

[bedbugbilly]

Super job! Anyone who has ever built a pistol or rifle from scratch can really appreciate the work poi put into that - looks great!

[CastingFool]

Looks like an awesome job to me! Well done ��

[waksupi]

I have a box of orphan parts here, thanks for the reminder! I should do something with them.

[Edward]

Excellent work!!!/Ed

[LAGS]

@ waksupi.
Inspiring others to build things out of parts that they have is the main reason I did this post.
Also doing things like this gives me a break from re building my TC rifles.
A friend contacted me about repairing a Italian Kentucky rifle that somehow the stock got broken in two.
He would rather that I repair the stock , rather than trying to find a replacement or spending the money to build a new stock.
I haven't seen the damage yet.
But I bet I can get it firing again and not look too bad.

[725]

Hey LAGS. Looks kinda familiar! Ha, Ha, Ha. Well done, as always.........

[405grain]

Wow, that looks great! Good job LAGS.