Project Blunder, or Bust.

[Capn Jack]

 

[Capn Jack]

Not much of a range report..
Ccccold 30 Degrees and the wind blowing 15+
I got off one test shot. It went bang and the marble came out.

I promise to do better when it's warmer.

 

[Capn Jack]

I got to looking at that old broken trigger guard. I cut a little off and re soldered the broken piece on at a different angle. There isn't any pressure on the join, so it should hold and it looks good.

 

[Capn Jack]

I found some .050 brass sheet at Hobby Lobby and found a Dragon drawing I liked on the WEB.
Cutting it out with the Dremel was a trick. A few nicks, but they'll buff out.
Now the tricky part, will be inlaying it into the stock.
I also replaced all of the flat head screws with oval head. They look better.
I'm still looking for a butt plate.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

@Capn Jack
I will be at Greene's Saturday around 10.30 ish....
I have two butt plates you can pick from...if you think one of them will work.
Andy

 

[Capn Jack]

Thanks Andy,
My wife is having a foot operation on Friday.
I'll have to see how she feels.
No one here to take care of her but me.

The Blunderbuss butt really isn't down to any standard width. I left it pretty wide because I didn't have anything to work to except a T/C butt plate I have and it's too narrow.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Well the two that I have are fairly wide...wider than a T/C butt plate in any event.
If you can get swing by...I'll have 'em...if not....we meet up some other day.
Andy

 

[Capn Jack]

10-04 Thanks Andy,
Let me know if you're ever going to be in La Conner.

 

[Deavis]

What about a flat plate of brass? Trace, trim, drill/chamfer/screw in? Or are you looking for more style?

 

[Capn Jack]

Thanks, I'd thought about that, but I'm out of flat stock. And the weather has been too nasty to try Skagit Scrap.

 

[Deavis]

Your thread is super inspirational, but I lack the faculties and facilities to scratch one out myself. I have a commercial model en-route to scratch that itch though.

I recently got a .50 percussion gun that needed a lot of TLC due to rust in bore. It made me think there are others out there beyond saving as rifles and wondered about finding one as a donor to become a BB?

My thought was to use all the bits and pieces for the blunderbuss and chop the barrel off in front of the breach plug and maybe weld/mate the plug/original barrel stubb then machine that married part to become the plug in the new BB barrel.

Thoughts?

I thought it might be nice to use an existing tang, etc as well.

 

[Capn Jack]

Deavis,

What decided me to make the Blunderbuss was a large piece of bar stock I was given several years ago and the fact that they have a short barrel. If you follow my post from the beginning, you'll see that I filled two garbage cans with lathe turnings. My lathe only has a 1" quill stock and I don't have a mandrel, so I had to get creative to turn that large a piece. I bought the lock, breach plug and tang on e-Bay so, you've already got a good start there. The rest of the small parts, except for trigger guard I made. The stock was a piece of Mahogany gifted by a friend. I'm on the home stretch now and so far, I'm pretty happy with the results.

*Note:
Be sure to draw a center line the full length of your stock. I drifted a bit on my first try and had to start over.

 

[Waterdawg]

That's pertty darn cool.

 

[Deavis]

Deavis,

What decided me to make the Blunderbuss was a large piece of bar stock I was given several years ago and the fact that they have a short barrel. If you follow my post from the beginning, you'll see that I filled two garbage cans with lathe turnings. My lathe only has a 1" quill stock and I don't have a mandrel, so I had to get creative to turn that large a piece. I bought the lock, breach plug and tang on e-Bay so, you've already got a good start there. The rest of the small parts, except for trigger guard I made. The stock was a piece of Mahogany gifted by a friend. I'm on the home stretch now and so far, I'm pretty happy with the results.

*Note:
Be sure to draw a center line the full length of your stock. I drifted a bit on my first try and had to start over.

I did follow from the beginning.

I was just curious as to what you thought about my idea of repurposing a rusty bore victim.

 

[Capn Jack]

A lot of times rust will clean up and a few pits become irrelevant. If the barrel is a standard size, go ahead and build around it. If it doesn't shoot well, barrels are easily replaced.

 

[Capn Jack]

I finished inlaying the Dragon this morning and set it in place. I bedded it in Shoe Goo and then filled in around it with saw dust mixed with Elmers. This afternoon I sanded the surrounding wood flush and gave it a coat of stock finish. Not perfect, but I'm happy. The butt plate will be a piece O'Cake.

 

[Capn Jack]

KKG said, "My ALL SEEING EYE" says there's more Fabrication in your Future!!! "

I'm thinking about another project and I'd like him to throw, "The Bones."

 

[madladchad]

Man, I need to get a lathe and try something like this. I need a fowler to compliment my arsenal. ;p

 

[Capn Jack]

Man, I need to get a lathe and try something like this. I need a fowler to compliment my arsenal. ;p

Mine is an inherited 50's Craftsman, but I'm not making watches..

 

[EPS]

@Capn Jack .
I was just looking back at the thread checking up on it.
I got some round bar .
Stuff stainless steel I think I need some advice on what to do with it.