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(02-06-2020, 02:53 PM)ALPHAWOLF45 Wrote: One of the best hobbies I ever had and to win a shooting match with what you have built yourself is an awesome experience that I wish everybody could have.
Welcome to the forum Steven.
And I agree it is very satisfying to create something with your own two hands and be able to put it through it's paces. It is a good feeling indeed.
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Welcome to the forum Steven!!!
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(02-06-2020, 07:42 PM)Highpower Wrote: (02-06-2020, 02:53 PM)ALPHAWOLF45 Wrote: One of the best hobbies I ever had and to win a shooting match with what you have built yourself is an awesome experience that I wish everybody could have.
Welcome to the forum Steven.
And I agree it is very satisfying to create something with your own two hands and be able to put it through it's paces. It is a good feeling indeed.
May I say thanks for the warm reception.
There were dozens of breech loading rifles during the American civil war and they were all interesting. I built a few. I didn't get around to building a Burnside.. This is a special thread.
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Thought I should update this thread too.
Still working on the drawings.
Have most of them finished, doing custom screws now. Need those for the existing holes in the receiver which are oddball threads, close to SAE but a tad looser.
Also researching casting as I'm thinking of casting the lever parts, trigger and breech block parts from silicon bronze. Should be plenty strong since this is a black powder gun.
Probably try lost wax investment casting as I've done lost foam aluminum casting in the past.
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Sure try everything, You may come up with something few or none of us has ever tried.