Canoe Gun COMPLETED....

[hotfxr]

That is a beautiful piece. But doesn't the primer fall out since you have to shoot it upside down to have the lock on the correct side?

[William]

That is a beautiful piece. But doesn't the primer fall out since you have to shoot it upside down to have the lock on the correct side?

You guys are incorrigible!

On behalf of all lefties, this canoe gun is a thing of beauty with the lock being on the correct side and all; LOL! 

[gunmaker]

HEY!!  (1.) the lock is on the Correct side.  (2.)  You can bet it'll fire upside down, any flinter will.---or throw it away.  200 year's ago there were flint underhammer guns, and the Brit's wouldn't except a Bess that wouldn't fire inverted.  Sweet turkey getter Razor62, but then I'm biased I've got 2 or 3 of those shorty's somewhere around here.  Left-Right or underneath--all same.    ....wino Tom

[Razor62]

Thank you folks for all of your kind words. Thanks especially to Tom, Mike and all of the others who've supplied advise, knowledge and encouragement throughout this project. It's definitely a better finished product because of your help.

Trying to post a link to a short video of the first trip to the range. The sound is off. You'll hear the gun fire followed by a long delay and then you'll see it fire. Unfortunately you won't be able to see the target well enough to see tell what kind of pattern it produces. After some adjustments I've got a good load developed now and turkeys beware.


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[gunmaker]

I think your check for all those MUST be lost in the mail, ya think?  HE-he !!  congratulations Razor62.  Now for a nice Turkey dinner.  Believe it or not we have a big pop. of those things up around lk. Mead on Az. bdr.  Have you weighed her yet?  The .570 I just finished up today goes 4.4 lb. empty.  She flies tomorrow !    You are good to go.   Stay with us friend.   ....Tom

[woody]

Kinda late on this, but she's a sweet little outfit. Really did a great job Razor. 

[bowcrazy]

 Real nice build, Razor. Also would love to hear about your loads that you have tried, I am going to
have a trade gun with this same barrel in a few months, and any information would be welcome, and appreciated. 

[Razor62]

Hey Tom aka Gunmaker!!! I was reading back through my build and I realized that you had asked me a couple of times what the canoe gun weighed in at. Well i decided to break out my postal scale and see what's what... Actual weight unloaded :     4.14lbs  not too hard to take, :-).

[beowulf]

I once heard that yellow mustard would age brass but it turns out to not affect it at all.  I think you'd be better off using powder fouling for that job.

The stock is gorgeous as is and I'd be happy just to let it age naturally, even with the lock having gotton a head start.

mustard wont do diddly to brass , but try it on high carbon steel !

[William]

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She's finished!

Made some mistakes on this one. Chalk it up to a learning experience. All in all I'm pleased with it as a first attempt at a flintlock. I know my next one will benefit from my goofs on this one.

Since this post was resurrected I thought everyone should get to see your canoe gun again.

[Razor62]

Thank you William!!!!

[William]

Most welcome Sir! 

[Hanshi]

Very good looking gun; you did a fine job.

[Razor62]

You guys are the best! I'm just gonna' keep stopping by every now and then to get my ego fed. LOL!!!!

[Hawken50]

   That is one nice piece of work there Razor.....love it,