Pistol case plans

[smallpatch]

I've recently built a Hawkenish pistol that appears to be a potentially great shooter.  Just won first place in our club rendezvous with 55 out of 60 in my first outing.
Now I need a box to store and haul it in.
Does anyone have plans for building one.  I could wing it, but know I would waaay over build it, guessing at the dimensions.

Any ideas?

[smylee grouch]

Google it.   

[smart dog]

Hi Dane,
A typical case for a pair of English duelers had internal dimensions of 7" x 17" x 2 1/2".  The case for a single pistol could be a little smaller because the gun can fit diagonally in the case rather than the barrel being parallel to the long dimension.  Cases were usually made of mahogany or oak.  Boards 3/8"-1/2" thick are plenty for the case.  If you have any interest in it looking historically correct, 2 stop hinges would be used (not piano hinge) and a standard single bar case lock.  The case would also have external hooks and loops or studs to hold the lid down along with the lock.  In case you haven't seen it, I did a 5-part tutorial on building an historically correct English pistol case.  It starts with this link:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=5339.0

dave

   

[Tim Crosby]

 This may help, there are 5 Pts to it in the Tutorial Forum.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=5339.0

 Tim C.

[smallpatch]

Thanks Dave!  Nice tutorial

[Tim Crosby]

 Whoops! Dave beat me to it, I figured sooner or later he'd head you in the right direction

  Tim C.