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Title: Pocket Pistol
Post by: gunmaker on January 13, 2016, 12:08:38 AM
 A while back I bought a big box of ML stuff from a builders estate.  All the parts for this pistol, except a scrap of maple were in that box. A 6" stub of .45 rifle barrel., i think grn. mt. a little Italian lock that sparks nice, maybe a bess forward pipe and sea service guard, anyway this is her 17 oz.  click to see few more, thanks for lookin and comments taken 2nd tuesday of the week......Tom

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q577/tomknight1943/Pocket%20Pistol%2001-2016/P1030730_zpszvyqbaxq.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/tomknight1943/media/Pocket%20Pistol%2001-2016/P1030730_zpszvyqbaxq.jpg.html)
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Post by: beowulf on January 13, 2016, 12:13:09 AM
see what you can do with leftovers  thmbsup that really turned out nice !
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Post by: Patocazador on January 13, 2016, 01:10:27 AM
Was it already inletted for the lock?
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Post by: hotfxr on January 13, 2016, 01:56:32 AM
When the games begin, I am choosing you for my team. Nice work.
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Post by: gunmaker on January 13, 2016, 03:18:21 AM
That was just a little chunk of maple left over from a rifle build, no inletting or anything.  I drew it out and removed all the wood that didn't look like a pistol......
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Post by: crazell on January 13, 2016, 01:57:24 PM
Nice job. I really like the look of it. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: sweed on January 13, 2016, 06:14:04 PM
What a beauty gunny!!!!! Have ya shot it?? Huh? huh?   pnic

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Post by: Hawken50 on January 13, 2016, 06:23:01 PM
 thmbsup  Cool little gat.
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Post by: Hanshi on January 13, 2016, 09:03:17 PM
Nice little pistol, IMHO.
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Post by: mongrel on January 14, 2016, 01:58:24 AM
I like that a LOT. The gun itself is a neat little piece and the "recycling" aspect of course really appeals to me. I have a mess of cut-offs from rifle barrels breeched and mounted into pistol stock blanks that are almost all the leftovers after cutting rifle stocks from various blanks. What I don't have is time to do anything with them.
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Post by: mtnmike on January 14, 2016, 09:32:28 PM
Anyone would be proud to tote that. good work there Sir ;D
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Post by: woody on January 14, 2016, 10:01:39 PM
Nice little pistol Tom. Just feel like building a pistol every now and then.  ;D
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Post by: Creekside on May 23, 2017, 02:28:06 AM
Really love the wood on this on  nice job
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Post by: Watauga on May 23, 2017, 02:34:29 AM
 thmbsup Nice!