My original German smoothbore pistol

[Justin Urbantas]

Got out today with my original German pistol that I fixed up.  I fixed the stock, made a new sear spring, put in a new nipple, and polished up the bore.

I was shooting 3 shot groups from the bench at 15 yards, with 20 gr fffg and a.490 ball with .015 patch.
It shoots great groups, but I think I'll need to make a new sight for it to get it to shoot where I want.
I was using a 6 o'clock hold, and used some Kentucky windage to get it on target.
If I get it shooting where I want, I might bring it to rendezvous for the pistol shoot.

Not too shabby for a 170 ish year old gun.

[Woodbutcher]

 Mr. Urbantas: Wonderful pistol. Thank you for your post. Woodbutcher

[LynnC]

If I remember right you repaired a break thru the grip bringing this old gun back to shooting condition. Well done!

[alacran]

Glad to see you shooting it. It is good you finally came out of hiding.

[Justin Urbantas]

LynnC. Yeah it was snapped right through the grip. I cleaned it all out, glued it back together and drilled through the butt, gluing in a dowel through the whole thing for reinforcement. The crack is hardly noticeable now.

[Justin Urbantas]

anonymous photo sharing

[Daryl]

Glad to see you back in "action" Justin.  Cool old pistol and it does shoot indeed - so do you, buddy.

[Bob Gerard]

Those loading stands make me so nervous- looks like a sure-fire way to bust a handle.
Anyway, nice shooting!

[APG]

Wow, very nice. Great that even though it's well over a century old it still put out a nice group.