Little Guns?

[Papa]

Thanks Hotfxr. This is a .22 cal with a 23" tapered octagon barrel, 3/4" to 5/8". Single trigger with 10 1/4" length of pull. Cherry stock and old Italian pistol lock. It shoots skirted pellets with a .22 long rifle case of FFFg.
Mark

[hotfxr]

I have a dandy little 24" tapered octagon barrel I have been saving for when I could talk a friend of mine out of a rifle, but the entire rifle died in the fires in Oct. It would be nothing for me to thread the breech for a tang, and maybe drill for a vent hole. I could have the cutest little flinter on my entire street.

[Papa]

Hotfxr, thank you. This little gun has a 24" tapered octagon barrel, 3/4" to 5/8", with a 10 1/4" LOP. The full stock is cherry and the lock is an old Italian pistol lock. We shoot skirted lead pellets with a .22 long rifle case full of FFFg.
Mark

[hotfxr]

I have a small Siler flintlock as well as a couple of antique small flintlocks that I think would make the barrel into a dandy small flintlock that could come in useful. Kind of like a primitive mini gun. I would assume that using pellets or even .22PRB's (if my eyes could even see them) it would have a effective range that far exceeds it's tiny size.

Doggone you Papa, I thought I was done with projects for a while.

[Hanshi]

Last one.

That's a neat little booger; .22, WOW!

[Hanshi]

Oh!  I should probably "fess-up" and mention that possible the most fun little gun was a Traditions Crockett.  That was some little .32.  Astonishingly accurate, easy on the eye, so sweet to tote around and capable of power only a .32 owner would believe.  Alas, I wanted a .32 flintlock and am still not sure I made the best decision when I sold the Crockett.  But the flint .32 I got shows some major promise, I have to admit.

[Papa]

Hotfxr,
With the powder charge I mentioned a pellet will go through a 3/4" pine board across the basement, about 30'. Haven't really shot it for accuracy or any appreciable distance.
Mark

[flintboomer]

I used to have a couple of 32s, the flinter wouldn't go off consistantly with less than 35 gr 3f (Pedersoli Blue Ridge with too big of a powder pocket for its bore.) and the lock was too big for the bore. It sparked good but I could feel the lock shake the gun as I fired.
The Traditions 32 was a nice little gun and a decent shooter but a young lady needed a starter gun and I told her that it would make a better shooter out of her than a 50 would. She later told me I was right, but got a 50 sold the 32 to an older lady who needed a small gun. I don't know what has happened to it since.

I still have a drop in 32 barrel that I had made up for my TC Renegade and it is a decent shooter, but will not shoot a group with more than 18 gr 3f . I tried 2f and 4f in it just to see if either would work better but neither one helped.

These days I mostly shoot a TC Hawken with a 40 Green Mountain drop in or my Mike Lange built flint 40.

[beowulf]

was thinking of building a .22 flinter several years back , several "experts" told me it was`nt possible . and it would be dangerous . should have gone ahead and built the dang thing ! lol just to prove them wrong !

[Hawken50]

The only small one i have is a frankenstein i built. 32 cal Green River barrel in a Lyman trade gun stock....

[hotfxr]

Of course you realize that if I built a .22 and it worked, that Hanshi would just go ahead and build one in .17.

[Hanshi]

  .17.  Could use BBs in it or the little .17 pellets.  Maybe even .17 rifle bullets.  The possibilities are endless.  Now, what about a .14? 

[Papa]

I've got a lonesome little tapered round .22 barrel with a lot of dust on it. Even been tapped for a breech plug and the bolt to make the plug from is
Installed! Just don't have a need for it.
Mark

[graybear]

If it loads from the front, you don't have to have a need for it, just wanting it is a sufficient reason to get it or make it.   

[Hanshi]

If it loads from the front, you don't have to have a need for it, just wanting it is a sufficient reason to get it or make it.   

That's the Gospel truth!