Flintlock Pistol Build #1

[Bill Raby]

Here is my new project. I am building a pistol this time. I have never built a pistol before so this should be a fun one. It seems like it would be easy to do, but I am sure that I will be in for a few surprises along the way. I will be doing a whole series of videos of building it. I will go into detail of every step along the way. I will not be editing out any of the mistakes. Every weekend I will post a video on Rumble. Got kicked off of You Tube. They said I was dangerous to the community. That is something to be proud of! It is going to be a whole series of how to do it videos about something that I have never actually done before. What could possibly go wrong? Hope you like it! Here is the first one.

https://rumble.com/v70r7qw-flintlock-pistol-build-1-part-1.html

[Steeltrap]

Bill,

I watch part of your video. I sort of chuckled when I got to the buttcap part. That cast buttcap you show is (I think) the same one that I started out with. But I needed to bend that tail up a bit more. I heated it and on the first whack, it simply cracked.

So, then I had a buttcap model to use when I made my cap from .080 sheet brass. You may want to give this a try....then again....maybe not. The buttcap in the pic below I shaped from sheet brass. This one was my second attempt as the first one I beat the brass at the cap bottom (or top depending on which way you look at it) so thin that it just buckled on the install.

Anyway, if you want I could post the steps. I will warn you that this style of buttcap is "deep". Those are harder to form. Other pistol buttcaps are more shallow and far easier to make.

PS..I also made the TG via silver soldering three separate pieces of brass together. The TG was not in final finish in the pic.

FWIW

[Craig Wilcox]

Excellent intro, Bill.  Many folks fail to realize that small changes sometimes have to be made to match the actual size/shape to accommodate the metal bits on hand.

[Dave Marsh]

Bill, how do I sign up for Patreon.  I have tried and nothing seems to work.  Dave

[Bill Raby]

Bill, how do I sign up for Patreon.  I have tried and nothing seems to work.  Dave

Here is the link for it.  patreon.com/BillRaby  There should be a blue thing that Become a Member. Should be to sign up for it from there. Looks like you have to start a Patreon account to do membership to anything.

[Bill Raby]

Excellent intro, Bill.  Many folks fail to realize that small changes sometimes have to be made to match the actual size/shape to accommodate the metal bits on hand.

Better to make all those little changes before cutting out the blank! Glad to hear you like the into. Seems like people either really like them or really hate them. I have fun coming up with them.

[aaronc]

Subscribed and following on Rumble.