Comments on: Peruvian home made blackpowder gun http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/03/08/peruvian-home-made-blackpowder-gun/ Firearms not Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:18:29 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 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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