A little project

[salukiwhippet 6]

I bought a hammergun at the CLA and it was in a bit of a state to be honest - stock was under a thick layer of filth, had a broken firing pin, one of the triggers didn't work very well, and it was generally sorry.....like an arse I forgot to take pics before I started work, but here are some in progress shots...

 

Stock nearly stripped:

 

 

Stripped and wire wooled, grain looking promising:

 

 

 

First coat of oil:

 

 

Firing pin was broken, so I made a new one from 6mm rod - Top is the raw bar, middle is the new one being formed, bottom one is the good original, in it's housing:

 

 

 

Test fit:

 

 

Hardened and fitted:

 

 

And the finished article:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James

[bigears 205]

very nice

[bob.243 7,627]

Lovely piece of wood, well done.

[gav243 1]

well done great looking job

[RicW 67]

Yeah, nice wood and a nice job done restoring it. Classy. Keep us updated with the rest of the project.

HOW IS IT TO SHOOT?

 

Ric

 

PS now I know why you ain't been posting on a certain wildlife site!

Edited October 18, 2010 by RicW

[stiggy 6]

thats cracking!!

[salukiwhippet 6]

Thanks chaps!

 

I'm quite pleased with it!

 

Ric (Bjorn?? ) - I haven't fired it yet, I'm out feeding the pheasants on Wednesday so will give it a bash then, I'll try to find one of last year's cock birds and give it a proper test!

 

James

[salukiwhippet 6]

As promised, took the gun for a little walk with the terrier on Wednesday - two shots later and this was the result -

 

 

James

[Mastiff 7]

Very nice James