Bull pistols

[Mike Brooks]

Bama let me see no butt plate, no toe plate, no patch box, no cheek piece, no cheek piece carving, only two pipes. Can't see how they are as much work as a rifle.

Go ahead and build one...or a dozen then.

[Mike Brooks]

Nice Bull pistols. I'm going to make a pair of Steer pistols soon as that's all we got to shoot around here. You can't kill a steer with a bull pistol, bounces right off.

[bama]

Build one or 12 then  now that’s the voice of experience. 

[alacran]

I have made five in the last five years. To date I have made 12.   I was talking to Little Joe yesterday about this same topic. The conclusion was that people build pistols as an afterthought. They don't like too build pistols because they don't like to shoot them. They don't like to shoot them because they are unwilling to invest in the time it takes to become proficient with one. Of course this is my opinion and I am talking about shooting pistols one handed.

[B.Barker]

You make it I'll shoot it. I don't have problems with shooting them although I can't shoot well one handed because of meds that I take cause trimmers. I don't like making them because they are just so darn hard to hold well once you have them close to shape. Shane Emig loves making pistols but not me. Just like some guys love putting together AR's and I can do that to but I don't care to.

[Daryl]

Love shooting pistols and revolvers, all.

[Craig Wilcox]

if it goes "Bang!", i'll shoot it.

First ML pistol I built was in 1971.  .45 cal Kentucky, shot a deer with it that fall, about 30 yards.

I had no problems with holding the piece while working on it - until a friend told me about how difficult it was to hold while rasping or inletting.  After that - could not hold one at all.

Grew up shooting a non-ML pistol, one handed.  Idle hand tucked into my back pocket.  Doubt I could do it now, too much spine damage.  Getting all the pieces to build a .54 cal pistol soon.  Flint for me.

[Notchy Bob]

Those pistols look really good!  Nice lines and fine workmanship.

Notchy Bob