Finished up a little blunderbuss!

[flintyboom]

I finally got around to finishing this little 11 ga blunderbuss. It feels like a really fun gun and would be really cool with a single point leather sling attached so it hangs down over your shoulder by your side. It's just a pretty basic no frills, English style gun. I had a big mess up when I had inlet the buttplate probably 98% and went to anneal it in my propane forge. I got distracted for a minute and stepped away, and when I opened the forge I had managed to melt it in half. Anyways, I had to order a replacement and spend the time to fit it. I think this is probably the first gun I've finished in about 3 years. I have 3 in progress that I'll finish up eventually.

 

[tiriaq]

Well done!

 

[SteyrM69]

Looks great, have fun with it

 

[Jon9021]

Very nice!

 

[gunlaker]

Wow! Nice work!

 

[flintyboom]

Thanks for the compliments, guys. It is for sale now in the EE

 

[burns k31]

Very cool

 

[flintyboom]

Thanks. I really like blunderbusses. I'm making a 4 bore blunderbuss with a miquelet lock next.

 

[Big bore dinosaur]

Good looking craftsmanship. Thx for the pics
Pretty neat , pocket pew.pew

 

[Smis Five Creedmoor]

very nice

 

[flintyboom]

Thanks guys

 

[dimeN]

Wow, this is great !
Hope you dont mind my asking but how did you get into making these ? Is it somekind of a kit ?
It turned out very nice ! Must be a thrill to shoot it

 

[flintyboom]

Thanks. It's not a kit. It's a collection of parts that I put together. I started by reading a few gun building books and turning $700 worth of parts into $200 guns. I got better with more research and practice. I joined the Montana Historical Gunmaker's guild when I lived there, and learned a lot from those guys.
Also this is a super helpful website:

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?board=2.0

 

[flintyboom]

Oh, also this is still for sale in the EE under blackpowder and antiques.