A "thank you" to all the people who are helping with the Frankenpistol project. It is quite a lot!
Lawrie sent me some Van Dyke crystals years ago which i've used to stain the grips that Andy (airgunner .177) made.
Also --help from Cringe, PjBingham, Phil Russel, JohnBaz (Radlad and Norm on the other forum ),ccdjg ------------and a bit more idea bouncing around with various people.
It is getting very close to "fingers crossed" time when bits turn up and I hope it goes together.
It seems a bit of a stupid project as what I will end up with more or less is a Mk 1 with a stirrup catch and a none adjustable trigger ! But hopefully the bits will come together and give the feel of a Eastern European copy of a Webley .
A bit of an update. A few snags have cropped up and hopefully will get sorted. I'm really hoping the barrel and linkage work out.
Things have progressed -------------and stopped . By "borrowing" the barrel and linkage off a Mk1 , I put about 20 shots through it.
The pistol is going for finishing as a problem cropped up the pivot pin size and the amount of material in front of the pivot hole. It may be a case of using a standard Webley pivot and lockscrew, although I do like the idea of a plain pin.
If the frame had as much material in front of the hole as a Tempest/ Hurricane it would not be a problem.
So it is time to think/ chat about options-----and hopefully soon--- the thing will be working.
Even before this is finished, I'm thinking about another Webley based thing if anybody has any rough/ damaged/ broken frames about?
Thanks