Even after the barrel is made, it must be straightened and then. How to make a gun barrel gone outdoors your adventure awaits. This modern interpretation of the model 1858 brings a new dimension to black powder revolvers. The 1873 cattleman black powder model is produced with specs like the popular peacemaker models in cartridge calibers. I didnt size them and found that they are a very tight fit in the bore. Ball mills are also used in pyrotechnics and the manufacture of black powder, but cannot be used in the preparation of some pyrotechnic mixtures such as flash powder because of their sensitivity to impact. How to make gun powder the old fashioned way in less than 30. The modern guns most amenable to black powder cartridges would be the revolver, singleshot, leveraction, doublebarrel, boltaction or pumpaction. As stated, the powder charge is matched to each bullet weight to deliver not only the best accuracy, but the best terminal ballistics as well. This is one of those instances where the better quality. Cva wolf break action single shot black powder rifle. Daniel was franks brother, and they were both tutored in gun making by their older brother edwin wesson, who was a wellrespected gunmaker at the end of the percussion era. The barrel fits snugly into his steel carriage with brass wheels.
Online magazine and directory for black powder enthusiasts. For all these sins its author is unrepentant and unapologetic. The book covers a myriad topics including, but not limited to, making the barrels of muzzleloading rifles, shooting, the rifle in the american revolution, arms and. Shop muzzleloader barrels for sale midsouth shooters. Wayne, your book arrived intact this week and i am now enjoying every page. This revolver features american walnut grips, a balance 5 12 barrel and the weight and feel of a cartridge model. Makers of precision, high quality muzzleloading gun barrels. This is an interesting, what if exercise to ponder but i warn against anyone making their own black powder. If you spend any time in hunting camps, sooner or later you will hear amazing stories about the longrange performance of modern muzzleloaders. Today were testing out the traditional chinese recipe for making homemade black powder to see if we can get it to work.
May 01, 2017 today were testing out the traditional chinese recipe for making homemade black powder to see if we can get it to work. Choose the lowest price from our multiple warehouses. Before you load, make sure your firearm is unloaded. Black powder enthusiasts have universally praised dans personal favorite barrel cleaning solvent, butchs bore shine. Book ggc the gunsmith of grenville county, building the american longrifle illustrated instruction manual, revised edition, spiral bound, by peter a. In the thirteenth century, black powder was a rough handgrind of about 50% saltpeter, with 25% each of charcoal and sulfur. Muzzleloader gunsmithing dvds how to make a black powder.
Follow all the safety rules associated with shooting sports in addition there are some precautions unique to black powder, which are covered in the book. The snake oil bore butter concoctions of various animal fats and wax are better off left where they came fromthe pot of rotting miscellaneous flesh and animal carcasses bubbling at your local rendering plant. It consists of a mixture of sulfur s, charcoal c, and potassium nitrate saltpeter, kno 3. Baseball testing o using a baseball and 3 inch mortar use a measured amount of your black powder and shoot the baseball from the mortar.
We offer our highquality black powder muzzleloader rifle barrels in. The book starts out with a couple of short histories of the development of black powder and then goes into the chemistry and compounding precedures for the traditional form of black powder. Gun barrel blanks rifle barrels pistol barrels hammer forged gun barrels airgun barrels black powder rifle barrels cylindrical octagonal shotgun barrels contoured rifle barrel blanks dropin gun barrels ar10ar15 gun barrels 50 bmg rimfire custom made rifle barrels test barrels gun barrel accessories bargains achievements o. Black powder guns for sale muzzleloading rifles, revolvers. Browning m1885 black powder cartridge rifle book by wayne. The first step is to create a skelp from a bar of wrought iron. Please allow up to 5 days for your order to process. You can also find powder flasks, bullet molds, powder bags, and the iconic powder horn for sale on ebay as well. However, with enough ingenuity, a diyer can make every piece of a gun from scratch. Apr 10, 2009 to load, the complete package is pushed down the barrel at one time, eliminating the need to handle the bullet and powder separately. Sugar may recrystallize inside a barrel, as a problem to. The top barrel is true damascus, from a purdey 10 gauge. Muzzleloaders black powder rifles cheaper than dirt. The bottom barrel is twist steel, from an ithaca 12 gauge.
Midsouth carries everything from the muzzleloader, rifle, or pistol you want, to the black powder, sabots, and bullets that go in it, in stock and for sale, from great brand like lyman, cva, traditions, tc, pyrodex, blackhorn 209, and many. Hi, i have a muzzleloader cva optima magnum 50 cal in line that i cast some lee minne type bullets for. A little about sleepy hill barrels home welcome to. Take full advantage of competitively priced muzzleloader kits, parts and black powder accessories from cabela s that are exceptional for creating a more reliable ignition system. Now that my mountain howitzer barrel was completed, i added details to make it look authentic. You are responsible for compliance with all laws in your area.
Also, i expect to find your reloading section a valuable resource in the future. It is simply this volume increase that is so useful with black powder. Because of its incendiary properties and the amount of heat and gas volume that it generates. According to the 1916 winchester catalog, both of those loads were still being made with lead bullets on top of 95 grains of black powder. I could feel a tight spot in the barrel where the stud was welded on the barrel to attach it to the forend. Building a kentucky rifle, part 1 with companion book dbkrs. Dec 30, 2016 if your future plans involve making your own black powder to use in a firearm, i would strongly suggest that you get involved with shooting black powder now and subscribe to some magazine dealing with same and join a black powder shooting club to get familiar with using black powder. It is a long and tiresome task if you make more than ten pounds at a time. Constructing the barrel is an integral part of the gun making process. Gunpowder, also known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
If your future plans involve making your own black powder to use in a firearm, i would strongly suggest that you get involved with shooting black powder now and subscribe to some magazine dealing with same and join a black powder shooting club to get familiar with using black powder. The bessemer process of making steel was not invented or used in the u. But if it doesnt burn fast enough it isnt very useful. According to my uncle gravy yes, this is what he is called, the current owner, to load, he takes a pipe cleaner and cleans the fuse hole. Make sure the diameter of the pipe fits your bullet snugly.
Testing black powder there are several ways to test your black powder and all of them will give you an indication of how fast or powerful you black powder is. Black powder has improved drastically over the centuries. Reading the magazines of the time, there was often a letter from a reader asking about this and the answer was always the same modern, smokeless powder shells will blowup the. Black powder or gunpowder is an energetic chemical mixture used in fireworks, science experiments, and for black powder guns. Book bpplss black powder, pig lead and steel silhouettes by paul matthews. By the time of black powder cartridge revolvers, the cylinders were still often made of plain iron, not steel. An early cannon called a veuglaire employed a separate breech which was loaded with powder and ball, and then mated tightly to the barrel by driving stout wedges between the frame and the back of the breech. I was interested in this book because louis lmour writes about his early characters making black powder from locally obtained materials in. Now that is rare and expensiveso they might be taking a vacation when you call. Dixie gun works was selling muzzleloading gun barrels so i purchased. The sulfur and charcoal act as fuels while the saltpeter is an oxidizer. Thank you for compiling so much information about doctoring these guns. It was well into the 1900s before modern steel was first used to handle the pressure of the then new smokeless powder. Both the 42 and 36 lengths ensure optimum ballistics while maintaining a comfortable balance for easy handling in the woods.
Muzzleloader books black powder hunting shakari connection. There is a possibility that the nipple on your rifle is defective. The cannon fires steel ball bearings using 100grains of black powder. Jun 21, 2006 almost 4 million hunters a year drop powder down their barrel, ram in a bullet, and accept the challenge of muzzleloading. The charge burns creating a gas which expands in volume. From the popular 1851 navy revolvers to rebel revolvers including a josey wales model, there is sure to be a model for you. Black powder muzzle loader barrels green mountain rifle. When determining if a muzzleloader is empty, never blow down the barrel, and never cap and fire the gun. Because the volume increase does no good if it doesnt generate high pressures and once the bullet is pushed from your barrel any gunpowder that has not yet burned will be wasted. How to make gun powder the old fashioned way in less than. For those of you who dont know of me, my name is jim mclemore, and ill give you the 10 cent tour. Looking to expand his business, he started making quality muzzleloader barrels in late 1973, about the same time grrw was gearing up to make their own barrels. The trick is to make a good barrel blank and thats where one must master welding to make a barrel.
These revolvers are great to take to the range, use in reenactments, or just for display. The blackpowder business, as they love to say in the industry, is booming. The preparatory manual of black powder and pyrotechnics first edition. Making black powder could also be in violation of the laws in your jurisdiction. The barrel fits snugly into his steel carriage with brass wheels, which was laser cut for an exact fit. Nov 16, 2014 as cool as cannons are, owning one is incredibly expensive and ammo is tough to find, however making one at 19th the scale is a lot cheaper provided you have the tools. Quick and easy black powder ball mill skylighter, inc. It comes off as biased towards the traditional muzzleloader, and references the ones available at the time, but the market for inclines was just getting started at this book s printing. Almost 4 million hunters a year drop powder down their barrel, ram in a bullet, and accept the challenge of muzzleloading. Black powder is and isnt hard to make depending on which end you look at it from.
Barrel making demo for a learning weekend in february, 1983. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Things like using a powder measure, never charging from the source powder horn, priming with a small horn, etc. Black powder becomes useless when exposed to water, but powder horns and cartridges protect black powder from exposure. Diy small scale artillery a black powder cannon florida. There is some books on black power shooting that can give you some information. If you want to build your own gun, most gun kits provide the barrel and lock parts, while requiring you to build the stock and assemble the other pieces.
Good black powder needs good charcoal, so i have dedicated three chapters of this book to making charcoal good charcoal the type best suited for making black powder. This work was initially written as a pictorial of known original pieces. The doityourself gunpowder cookbook mclean, don on. Filed under builder, tips and tools with fred stutzenberger leave a comment fred stuzenberger has published approximately 300 articles on the history and construction of muzzleloading arms in periodicals such as muzzle blasts, muzzleloader, the accurate rifle, precision shooting and the gun digest. If interested in books on building a longrifle, here are two i would suggest. Traditions offers a wide variety of black powder revolvers that are accurate reproductions. While none of these books on building these muzzleloaders is a stand alone volume, this book remains downtoearth and is perfectly suited to the needs of the. Crazy crow muzzleloader gunsmithing dvds are selected for quality, content and authenticity.
The size of the skelp is dependant on the size barrel but for a 46 rifle barrel 1 18 at the breech it would be about 38 long, 4wide and tapering from 12 to 38 in thickness. The exact origins of the formula are lost in time, but it is known that the chinese used black powder in weaponry at least 1,000 years ago. A lock is the mechanism that has a hammer or cock holding a flint in a half wrap of leather, which which stikes the hardened frizzen when the trigger is pulled, scraping hot metallic sparks into fine grained priming powder in the pan which ignites eventually sending flame through the touch hole in the barrel to the main powder charge. Crazy crow trading post offers a large selection of native american books and videos. Oct 11, 2019 making black powder, while safe in the authors experimental experience, can be dangerous.
The black powder handbook has undergone frequent revisions since this second revised edition, with the fifth edition now in print, so if you want the. Each black powder muzzleloader rifle barrel from green mountain features the ideal length to increase your bullets accuracy and retain its velocity. Discussion in blackpowder started by fw, nov 19, 2003. How to make a gun barrel gone outdoors your adventure. I was interested in this book because louis lmour writes about his early characters making black powder from locally obtained materials in wilderness situations. After dozens of hours of grinding, filing, and polishing, the mountain howitzer barrel was finished. Imgur user jefenry designed his dahlgren cannon using 4 seamless alloy stainless steel with a 1inch bore. Americas ultimate shooting sports discounter search field desktop. A comprehensive encyclopedic manual of over 1,000 of the most widely used pyrotechnic formulations. Price has written four books about making muzzleloaders one on. The life genius and legacy of major patrick ferguson. Black powder rifle barrels gun barrel blanks lothar. Ricky roberts and bryan brown sporting their ferguson rifles at loch norman at the. The fact that bill large and barret obermeyer took the time to teach me barrel making from black.
This book entertains four levels of blackpowder hobby. The first black powder infantry weapons mclachlan, sean, embleton, gerry, embleton, sam on. This is the secret gunpowder makers dont want you to know about. Last item to do was to enlarge the fuse hole to the proper. Black powder, also known as gunpowder, is an explosive that has been around, literally, for centuries.
Here at stonewall creek outfitters we specialize in supplying the black powder shooter and gunsmith with virtually everything they need to assemble and repair their muzzle loading guns. The 12 octagon barrel and adjustable sights makes the bison model different from all the rest. By trade, i was a structural ironworker in chicago. Find muzzleloaders and black powder rifles in all calibers from a variety of manufacturers at ctd. The author and do not endorse making black powder, and you do so at your own risk. Muzzleloading guns books muzzleloader gunsmithing books. How to make all natural black powder survival manual. Making your own black powder, however, is not unlawful. Inletting an octagon swamped rifle barrel dvd mark silver. Cva wolf break action single shot black powder rif.
The gunner of the day had to thoroughly mix each batch just before he loaded. Book cbbpcr cast bullets for the black powder cartridge rifle by paul matthews. You cannot normally load an early firearm underwater or fire any firearm underwater without magical aid. Book cpbbpc casting premium bullets for the black powder cartridge rifle by paul matthews. This book is considered the manual by which most contemporary builders base their study upon. We stock locks, stocks, barrels, triggers, trigger guards, buttplates, traditional sights. We stock locks, stocks, barrels, triggers, trigger guards, buttplates, traditional sights, lock screws, thimbles, nose caps and ramrods. Jun 18, 20 177 pellet rifle to black powder conversion. Black powder cartridge news published quarterly spring, summer. Muzzleloader maker david price new hampshire magazine. Nov 04, 2014 with a smooth bore black powder weapon of this design, just about anything that would fit down the bore would be a viable projectile. Im wanting to build a couple black powder shotguns and a punt gunwall gun but im having trouble finding specs for the barrel steel, i was thinking of using seamless 4 tubing. Theres a couple of instructional books on how to build and operate your own rifling machine.
You have made a genuine contribution to the black powder shooting sports. All our black powder barrels are engraved to reflect the use of black powder only. Mar 27, 2020 if you are new to black powder you should purchase sam fadalas book. The thing is, i have been messing with these guns for more than four. Black powder shotgun barrel material practical machinist. Some of the guns that use black powder include pistols, rifles, and shotguns. It was almost like swagging and the bore when i loaded a projectile.
One reason for the growth is that most states have special muzzleloaderonly hunts. Breechloading blackpowder arms have been produced in one form or another since the 15th century. Out on the west coast, as in some southern states, the trend by the government is to prevent its sale with mountains of red tape. Technically, black powder burns by a process known as deflagration. As has been pointed out, even the most modern black. Muzzleloader building a kentucky rifle, part 1 with companion book. Shop online for black powder guns and supplies at hinterland outfitters, including black powder rifles, pistols, revolvers and bullets.
Black powder guns are a whole different ball game compared to shooting standard firearms, but are still used for sport, reenactment, and enthusiast shooting. You can also find vintage hunting black powder, black powder gun parts, black powder rifle barrels, and more on ebay. We stock a full range of muzzleloading supplies, including bullet starters, cappers, cleaning gear, flasks, and more. Metric threads were installed on some barrels in place of the proper. Keep busy with projects for all levels of competence, from.
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