DIY Gun Making

[rhmc24]

A gun-wise diversion -- looking via google for a forum I once visited & didn't find, a choice offered was "home built gun" where I found hundreds of different types & designs, some pitifully crude & others interesting --

I was getting disappointed not finding any of mine, especially my DIY revolving shotgun -- but maybe the eighth page there it was, a functional close-up. Here in more detail --


Six shooter 12 ga., TG lever cocks & rotates it, loads like a SAA.

I then googled 'revolving shotgun' & found a huge number of them, various types I never imagined with several of mine included ---->

 

[Rpg]

Must be exciting when you hold the forward portion of the stock and touch it off: the cylinder-barrel gap sprays hot gas over your wrist and forearm. This has always been a design problem with revolving shoulder arms.

How did your design fix this issue?

 

[deadin]

How did your design fix this issue?

It didn't......

 

[steelslaver]

Interesting gun and you have to be a good machinist and love to mess around with stuff. Nice job.

I reworked a Brazilian into a revolving carbine. I have never had a problem with it spitting on my forearm as long as I wear a canvas shirt.

 

[BigBill]

Always wanted a revolving cylinder rifle. I remember seeing the older ones they had to be 50 or 60 caliber.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

During the Civil War, the 2nd regiment of Berdan's Sharp Shooters, One man in 10 had a sharps, the other 9 had Colt revolving rifles. The 1st Regiment found that Southern officers liked to through a charge of infantry or cavalry at a sniper. 2 snipers and 18 high volume rifleman discouraged that practice!

These are very interesting revolving shotguns, how does the Duck plug work?

Ivan

 

[Engineer1911]

That is beyond six shades of scary!

 

[steelslaver]

You have to stick plastic cases in for of the chambers of course.

There is a Ruger Old Army sitting in this gun counter of a shop in a small town I go through once in the while. The gun counter is only a small part of a combine shop. The owner of the gun counter is hardly ever there. Never so far when I am in town. Anyway, I want to get it and convert it into a revolving cap and ball carbine. I already have an Old Army, but want to keep it stock.

 

[rhmc24]

Must be exciting when you hold the forward portion of the stock and touch it off: the cylinder-barrel gap sprays hot gas over your wrist and forearm. This has always been a design problem with revolving shoulder arms.

How did your design fix this issue?

With any shirtsleeve it isn't noticeable. I've shot it about 150 times ---->