Comments on: Peruvian home made blackpowder gun http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/03/08/peruvian-home-made-blackpowder-gun/ Firearms not Politics Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DMill http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/03/08/peruvian-home-made-blackpowder-gun/#comment-28486 DMill Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:33:56 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=5525#comment-28486 Looks to me that the barrel came from the same place that the lock did. And old musket type gun. Both look to be sandblasted to clean them up. There were a lot of those era type guns made, and he may have found an old one and just cleaned it up. If you look at the stock you can see also where a barrel band may have been. Looks to me that the barrel came from the same place that the lock did. And old musket type gun. Both look to be sandblasted to clean them up. There were a lot of those era type guns made, and he may have found an old one and just cleaned it up. If you look at the stock you can see also where a barrel band may have been.

]]> By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/03/08/peruvian-home-made-blackpowder-gun/#comment-7233 Matt Groom Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:33:18 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=5525#comment-7233 Black powder rifle barrels used to be made by heating and then winding heavy gauge wire around a rifled mandril and then pounding it into shape on a anvil. The mandril can be made on any kind of simple engine lathe and is usually reusable. This is where hexagonal shaped barrels come from. Hammer on top against a flat surface, then rotate and repeat. But this one probably is just a pipe. Black powder rifle barrels used to be made by heating and then winding heavy gauge wire around a rifled mandril and then pounding it into shape on a anvil. The mandril can be made on any kind of simple engine lathe and is usually reusable. This is where hexagonal shaped barrels come from. Hammer on top against a flat surface, then rotate and repeat. But this one probably is just a pipe.

]]> By: VXbinaca http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/03/08/peruvian-home-made-blackpowder-gun/#comment-7207 VXbinaca Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:16:35 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=5525#comment-7207 Have you explored P.A. Lutty's site on home made SMG's? Apparently you can make them with hand tools. http://www.thehomegunsmith.com/index.shtml If you like home-made firearms, his is a place to check out. Have you explored P.A. Lutty’s site on home made SMG’s? Apparently you can make them with hand tools.

http://www.thehomegunsmith.com/index.shtml

If you like home-made firearms, his is a place to check out.

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