Advise on new project.

[beleg2]

Hi,
Beg your pardon if this is a little stupid question:
I have some round .50 rifled barrels and two sets of back action shotgun locks that I can transform in percussion locks.

What kind of traditional rifle can I make with them?
Is there some kind of poor boy rifle that have round barrel  and back action lock?

Thanks
Martin

[Acer Saccharum]

Plenty of  mid-late 19th century guns used the back action locks. New York State guns, Massachusetts rifles, schuetzen target guns, etc all use back action locks.

Tom

[beleg2]

Thanks Tom.
Had those rifles round barrels?
I will try to find some pictures.
Thank you very much.
Martin

[Acer Saccharum]

Martin, is your barrel round tapered, or straight cylinder?

Tom

[beleg2]

They are straight cylinder and forgot to mention that they are very short on ml standard from 21" to 28".
I have a dozen of different length all have .866" diameter.

Thank you very much for helping.
I used them for some underhammer but would like to work on a different kind of rifle.

Martin

[Longknife]

Begleg, there were many over/under percussion rifles made with round barrels in the 19th century. You just need to make a longer "nose" on the left lock to reach the lower barrel....Ed

[beleg2]

Thanks Longknife.
The O/U double rifle sound like a good idea.
Never liked those asymmetric hammers, where they popular back on 1800s?

Thanks
Martin