Thread: Self isolation gun projects

Not a proper gun project, but I had an old slug gun and wanted to teach my daughter to shoot in the backyard. The old iron sights were janky as and not useable. I had a crappy old Simmons scope and some old rings. With no other way to attach to the rifle, I reached for my trusty cable ties and duct tape. Seems to be holding up so far, shot about 30 or so and still holds zero

I’ve got on of those rifles ( sadly swapped a BSA Meteor 22 for it in a moment of stupidity) and tried using Araldite to stick on a home made dovetail scope mount.
It didn’t end well.

Have pp all my bullets and luded resized ,so a head there. I had the last length of 12/15 steel so set it up in my lathe for gun drilling a .444" hole in it. Will end up being a .45 cal black powder barrel with a twist of 1-48", six groves cut rifling, 27" long, you know, my normal stuff. Well one has to keep busy and looking at my plans for the Remington rolling block I have a large block of 10/45 Steel that may be ok for the action but it`s round, will have to machine off 40mm, that will keep me busy for a while.
, All up and running, drills going in.
, Oils going in at 400 psi blowing out the chips.
, All do hickeys working.

ok curiosity has got the better of me and my pride will survivethe hit thats sure to follow asking this......
what is a .44 1/2 I know what a .44/40 is and what a .44 magnum is.....please enlighten this poor uneducated heathen.

So, after 120 grit, hand sanding the stick to bare wood and shaping the hand grip area with a rash and sandpaper, to 240. That was the toughest bit, because the 120 grit left quite a few deep scratch marks for the 240 to take care of. Then it was another go with 400, then repeat with 600. Not there yet, because next up is 000 steel wool pad, then 0000. Now, the wood is smooth, almost like its been polished. My arms are sore from the few hours of sanding and buffing! Here's the results - bare wood with a dab of oil on the comb to show its colour after oiling.

And here it is, reassembled.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

ok curiosity has got the better of me and my pride will survivethe hit thats sure to follow asking this......
what is a .44 1/2 I know what a .44/40 is and what a .44 magnum is.....please enlighten this poor uneducated heathen.

@Micky Duck

44 1/2 It's a model not a calibre

Does cause some confusion
The last evolutionary step in Stevens rifle line up
They stopped making the 44 1/2 because it was expensive to make with a forged steel receiver etc
Stevens continued to make the model 44 for a while after that but sales continued to fall

All the returned service men from the first world war had been using bolt action rifles and that was the beginning of the end for single shot rifles.
Some target single shots held on for a while and then the great depression closed all but a few of the USA gun makers

Bol T, bloody lovely job, should look a treat with some oil rubbed in.

I have a question for you @homebrew.357 those paper patched rounds you rolled up with oil in the paper. Will the oil not sweep into the powder?
I know it’s only a little, just asking.
Cheers S

Thanks for everyone's interest and encouragement and for dissuading me from carving a hook into the stock. An old English gunmaker used to say you should oil a new stock once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year forever. I'll try it and see how we go.

thanks for that explanation...isnt it a funny thing that the single shot is sort of making a comeback again.....

Made up a biltong drying box this afternoon,got some venison marinating overnight,4days from now should be tucking into it..

Originally Posted by The bomb

Made up a biltong drying box this afternoon,got some venison marinating overnight,4days from now should be tucking into it..

Don't worry about the photos, just send out some free samples!

Sideshow , no should be no problem, such a small amount of oil will not even lube, that's why I roll them in a bit more and a card wad goes in first.

I took my bottle of marking blue off the window sill to mark out a wee job and the bottle disintegrated in my hand when I tried to unscrew the top. Luckily it was over my bench and I only got it on my hands and not my clothes. What was left has now been transferred into a glass bottle. Moral; Don't leave plastic in the sun!