My next build is going to be a lever gun.
I just like the looks of them.
I only started on this one because I found some scrap metal that I needed to cut up anyway.
What model is that?
(02-03-2015, 06:50 PM)fix Wrote: [ -> ]My next build is going to be a lever gun.
I just like the looks of them.
I only started on this one because I found some scrap metal that I needed to cut up anyway.
What model is that?
1885 Highwall in 45/70
Since this is a thread now, I should probably fill it in a bit.
There is already a build thread on another forum, but here's some pictures of it for here.
This whole thing started because I found some scrap metal and wanted to practice on my mill by cutting the rust off of it. I then felt the need to make something with my new shiny metal.
It took two tries to get it where it is now. In the first attempt I had the block and hammer pins too close together (I'm building this from a picture, not plans). The block would have swung down and into the hammer pin. I had to start again, with new block, hammer, and side plates. It's a good thing the metal was free.
For the second attempt I realized that the parts pivot around the pins (duh). This realization allowed me to modify a cheapo compass and scrib the arcs for all of the mating parts directly onto the parts. When I filed them out the second time they fit like magic.
That one lesson was probably worth the extra effort.
Is that from the casting you mentioned on the guild? Or is it from scratch?
I've been looking at lever guns for a muzzleloader with 209 primer build. I'll have to take a other look at the highwall.
I just looked at the highwall pictures I have. It's a cool action.
I think it might be a little over complicated for my next build though.
I do like the looks of it though.
Although it did take me a minute to sort out the workings from the pictures I have.
yes it was built off of a casting for the action, most of the internals were cut on a flow jet but still left a ton of work. Barrel is from GM, it started out at 1.375 diameter, which was profiled down to a Winchester #6 profile. the rifle tips the scales at roughly 15 pounds, but handles nice. Pixman helped me out with a couple of the Tang Sight parts.
DA
Still working on it.
Got it drilled and threaded for the stock bolt, and got the stock bolted on today.
bench looks like mine, nice hunk if wood you got for a stock.
one question, how thick did you make the frame and internal parts?
DA
The frame started as half inch thick stock, but it was rusty and I milled the rust pits off of it. So, less than 1/2" now. The side plates are 1/8" plate.
It's all riveted together.
I think that a thicker reciever would probably look better, but mine is only a shade thinner than factory.
They just weren't really beefy guns to begin with.
The stock is black walnut straight out of my woods (well, after drying for a few years).
thanks, I'm wavering between 3/8 or 1/2 inch to build one out of. Seeing as how I'm thinking 22 Mag, 3/8 inch should be fine, plus a lot less metal to have to take the files too.
We have a lot of Walnut around here, only problem with the one I have in my backyard is that it needs about another 20 years to get some size on it.
DA