Building a gun

[robinghewitt]

I started with a very heavy barrel turned from solid round bar. I drew up the complete gun in Autocad and then had the barrel machined to a tapered octagon with a flared muzzle.

Holy Crapinola Steve you sound like me

I have the Arquebus barrel blank drilled and honed, pictures in AutoCad.

I had to do it when I was pointed at pictures of a genuine arquebus, didn't think any had survived, but there it was.

Slightly tempted to fit an original lock, I have a snapper dated mid to late 15th century by that nice Martin Pegler at the Royal Armories. OTOH it could be the oldest surviving so probably best not

[pmercer]

I'm building a Gatling gun from scratch. I've been entering parts on my licence as I finish them. It's taking a long time to do it!