wildcat junkie

It looks like CZ & they don't make 16ga SxS that I know of.

What kind of shotgun is that? Make, model, gauge?

Yeah when I was in the Amish cabinet/buggy shop they engaged some of the drives & the whole building rumbled & shook. All of the equipment they had, planers, joiners, etc was modern stuff W/the electric motors removed & driven by belts coming up through the floor. They had several independent drive systems attached to the diesel power. As far as fans in Buffalo? I live about 6 hours from Buffalo. I used to go to Alden for a traditional archery shoot every August when I lived in Indiana.

I've been looking for some PIX of old time (multiple) gun stock lathes. Those are really fascinating. Have you ever seen a picture of one?

I fixed that for you. Sounds like the local Amish cabinet/buggy shop except it is powered by Diesel!

I have a flint & steel fire starter kit. My wife & I used to participate in muzzle-loader shoots where we had to shoot, throw knives & tomahawks as well as start a fire W/flint & steel to light a candle. The fire starting part was timed & scored accordingly. I was taught to strike the steel W/the piece of flint ,(just lime the flint lock of a rifle) not the other way around. By striking the steel W/the flint there is more control over where the sparks go. We were told to hold the flint & strike the steel like we were trying to slice the paper off a soup can. We made the steel out of triangular files shaped like an elongated "O" with a gap to go around the fingers. I use a 1/2 pint steel paint can W/a hole in the lid to make cotton char cloth by heating cotton patches in the closed can on the stove while burning off the gases that escaped through the hole. That reduce smoke in the house!. We empoyed jute from old manila ropes to make our tinder nests W/the char cloth in the middle.

We got there at 1:00!

HERE IS A LINK that shows how it was done albeit the spiral grove was laid out W/oak strips rather than a chalk line. If the chalk line method is employed, the procedure would be as follows; Lets say that your wood pole is 15" in diameter & you want a 1 in 72" twist. You would lay out a right angle with the base 72" long & the vertical leg 15" long. A chalk line is them stretched across the hypotenuse and the pole rolled over it starting at the base. This procedure would be repeated at least 1 time for the guide pins. Muzzle loaders always had an odd number of groves so that the tool that cut 1 grove at a time would have material to rest on opposite of the groove being cut.

Barrels were being made way before the 19th century W/O lathes on forges where an iron strap was forge welded around a mandrel. The welded barrel blank was reamed until the bore was round then hand rifled with spiral guide whittled from wood. Beretta is the oldest manufacture of firearms on earth having started out making barrels in 1526, most likely smooth bores in the early days..Shotgun barrels were made by forge welding twisted wire around a mandrel. This is how a 'Damascus" barrel is made. In "Foxfire 5" it goes through every step required to make a muzzleloading rifle by hand forging all the parts. It also details how to lay out & make the "rifling roll". Basically one uses a chalk line laid out at an angle using the diameter of the wooden pole & the rate of twist. The pole is rolled over the chalk line leaving the spiral chalk line mark. The difficulty in building the gun that is the subject of this thread would be in making the complex shapes of the cylinder, receiver, etc. Around the middle part of the 19th century, arms makers like Colt, Spencer, etc started using some pretty sophisticated machinery. The stock duplicating machines were a wonder in themselves. The "primitive" aspect of their machinery was more related to how it was driven than capability. Until steam power became prevalent, water power was used W/complicated power transmission belts, pulleys, gears etc. I will try to find some images on how the hand rifling fixtures are made.

What video are you referring to? Is there something new?

I was in a quaint local "Mayberry RFD" court (the "judge" treats it as a social gathering) on a traffic ticket when a "loaded firearm in a vehicle" case was brought forth. The Judge specified that this particular charge was a misdemeanor, not a violation. Can a game law violation be a misdemeanor?

Gym locker room!

Unlike you ants I believe in equal rights for all. You seem to have a hard time grasping that concept. The difference here is armed & unarmed.

I've watched this over & over & I don't see how anyone could determine which agent shot him. Since he fell on his back it looks to me like the agent he was facing shot him, but I never could see any indication of muzzle rise from either.

He went for the gun once when he was facing the agent that ended up shooting him, pulled his hand away, turned & put his hand back into his pocket when he saw the 2nd agent. The 1st agent then fired, perhaps to defend the 2nd agent than might not have been prepared or lost his footing.

Try taking a bath.

One-off prototype? Quite probable. "Home built"? Not unless the guy had one hell of a machine shop in his shed.

If you can't take the heat, then stay out of the kitchen.

Oh really? An unarmed black teenager = "criminal thug". An armed militant that threatened to "not be take alive" = human being. How is it that this distinction is made?

He reaches all the way across his body with his right hand while his left hand is still near his left waist? (twice) And he's keeping his balance? It looks to me like people are grasping for straws here.

I can't find any "hammerless" designs.

Getting caught in the act of jacking a deer should warrant a felony charge.

Would it help if I got my granddaughter's crayons & drew you some pictures?

Yes please.