American Smoothbore Double Rifle? Not Exactly

[rhmc24]

Not exactly a long rifle but my DIY perc O/U shotgun ---







1960s our group 'Long Island Black Powder Rifles' decided to shoot shotguns.  Friend had given me a 12 ga. Belgian 12 breakover double with stock broke off I decided to convert to perc. The pictures are pretty much explanatory, where the stock slides up between the two parallel tangs, etc.  Locks were new-old-stock from Dixie & the triggers,etc. from the old shotgun.

Engraving I did about '75 when I decided I had to learn to engrave.

"In for a penny, in for a pound" I might as well show it all - patches:

[mack700]

Nice work. Is the bottom barrel reliable with the long flash channel?
 

[rhmc24]

I had trouble with it back in the day & found it worked OK with some hot Italian caps. It would have been better to make an extended hammer to reach a lower nipple but never got around to it.

[tallbear]

RH

Thought you might like to know the LI Black powder rifles is still in existence,barely but still shoot on the first Sunday of the month.Can't be too many of us with one of those patches still around .

Mitch Yates