The action could be useable for either a pistol or rifle. This book continues single shot rifles and actions, with indepth studies, illustrations, drawings, and descriptions of 45 obsolete single shot rifles not included in the first book. The history of firearms began with singleshot designs, and many centuries passed before multishot repeater designs became. The book is easy to read, with good plans and photos. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Guns international winchester model 1885 singleshot. Sell your single shot rifle for free today on gunsamerica. Building a single shot falling block rifle action by rgi media, inc published with permission this book, or more appropriately booklet at 41 pages, represents one of the best values ive received from a publication. I put one together several years ago using a marlin 39 a barrel that i had, its a tack driver. The chicopee rim fire is a easy to build action for 22 rim fire class rounds. The auto rim cartridges probably are not available as single shot rifles, which brings us to the. Stl files the liberator is a physible, 3dprintable single shot handgun, the first such printable firearm design made widely available online, designed by defense distributed. If you are just varmint hunting, it will do good on those. It was the late john amber, who edited my book single shot rifles and actions, who shook me into action. This is waaaaaay beyond me to build, but it was interesting to see that the muller single shot was a fairly close copy of a german. I just want something simple, no semiautomatics, or anything complicated. It originally evolved from our world champion long range silhouette pistol action and accurate gun making process. Single shot rifles are made in many styles from the two and a half pound pocket rifle to the sixteen pound schuetzen gun. Mueller book, building a singleshot fallingblock rifle action.
William morrow and company, new york, 1947, 1st edition, 8vo. Featured with clear crosssectional drawings are two chicopee actions, and two vault lock actions. From the gun digest book of gun drawings, this 54page digital pdf download. I would like to build myself a 50 bmg single shot rifle. The creation of a barreled action for a singleshot. Single shot rifles gun and game the friendliest gun. From the material to build it out of and what to get it hardened too, all the calculations to determine the safety of the components, this comes in handy if you want to. The most noticeable is it uses more of a conventional hammer over the old striker design. In its first iteration, it was an 11mm, single shot, black powder weapon and was adopted in 1880 the type. Weve built our name and reputation on americas favorite line of lever actions, and thats what most of the firearms world thinks of. Build a single shot gun makers manuals, cartridge rifle.
Falling block rifle plans bev fitchetts guns magazine. My book is the same as mentioned above, it is very good and will enable you to build a good single shot ie no magazine rifle on a small myford 4 12 type lathe. Theres something about hunting with a single shot rifle for big game thats kind of special and kind of different. It will securely store your guns, but will also allow you to showcase them as well. It shows the drawings and discusses 55 different single shot rifles. Hello bonny, nearly 50 years ago i decided i wanted a single shot sporting rifle based on a falling block action. In europe this style of arm is chambered for all the heaviest hunting cartridges, including the. I made the receiver tube a bit bigger and went with a thinner walled tube. The murata was japans first domestic manufactured military rifle. Capable of firing rifle bullets, shotgun shells and flares it was meant to be used for survival in a harsh environment the survival rifle for cosmonauts. It is stocked with a fancy piece of walnut, is fitted with it tapered octagonal barrel chambered for the. Gun designs website now dead and a book and video by bill holmes.
This gun cabinet is one that is basic yet pretty too. Single shots book of rifle plans on how to build single shot rifle actions. Singleshot rifles, page 2 discussion and questions pertaining to singleshot rifles. Drawings are available from the american single shot rifle association. Single shots book of rifle plans by frank dehass book condition. Whenever you see a hunter uncase a single shot rifle as he or she is about to load and begin to. Singleshot firearms are firearms that hold only a single round of ammunition, and must be reloaded after each shot. Reversible hammer spur makes the rifle ambidextrous. Taking larger game, you really will need some good bench time to know the limits of the gun.
There are several different plans available for sale, including. This survival gun, the toz had three barrels and a swingout machete. I really like classic american made single shot riflesohhh i might add that i built the peep sight on the larger rifledid a decent job of it but it aint perfection by no. Liberator download, contains stereolithography cad. Gasket s intake gaskets for plymouth fury, strike industries single rifle parts. It would be a fine selection if you want to do some layout and machining, then see your work in action shooting lowmid pressure cartridge such as a. Model 1873 leveraction rifle winchester model 1885 single shot rifle. The tssra is dedicated to the collecting, preservation, and shooting of single shot rifles.
Assra forum dropping block plansblueprints or patents. I have seen target rifles the naked barrel of which weighed twelve pounds. This 22 pistol is single shot with a 4 14 long rifled barrel that i cut from a 22 air rifle. Single shot rifle plans bev fitchetts guns magazine. I am looking for free blueprints on a single shot, or maybe repeater, rifle i would like to use for small game hunting. One of the most wellknown diy gunsmiths in the country, bill holmes, has made a good living for years by developing workable firearms built out of scrap steel, and then marketing the plans at a reasonable cost. Another thing that is interesting is comparing it to the walter b. The book you mention building a singleshot, fallingblock rifle action contains all the information you will need to build a singleshot action for any rimmed cartridge. The mystique of the single shot rifle by ed turner. A fourth john small rifleand the only one held in a private collectionthe kindig rifle was discovered in england in 1958 by joe kindig, jr. There are two other actions that are more attractive, but for smaller cartridges. Nearing the end of his editing job on this book, he called me with a request to write one more chapter describing what i thought was the ideal single shot action in view of the fact that i had found some fault with almost every action covered in the book. Never really thought about it before but i was frankly.
This lorenzonipattern rifle was presented to king louis xv of france in the mid 1700s, and is an exquisite example of firearms deemed suitable for royalty at the height of the european kings. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. So if youd like to have a traditional gun cabinet that can be built with your own hands and provide. Most include blue prints, production tips, machine alternatives and material specifications. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. Single shot rifles, rifled muskets, carbines, hunting and target rifles, repeating shot guns, hotchkiss magazine fire arms for military and sporting use, and metallic cartridges of all kinds. Detailed dimensional rifle drawings of winchester single shot, ballard, farrow, sharps 1874, remington no. My most recent purchase was one of those new downsized browning 191122 pistols.
Fluted, 22 or 25 416 stainless steel barrel minimizes weight. Here are some exploded firearms drawings and parts lists ive scanned. Singleshot rifles, page 4 discussion and questions pertaining to singleshot rifles. The book offers the reader 2 choices of receiver design. In my bench rest days it was single shot action on every thing. The 97d action itself is inherently accurate and simple. The 97d is a small frame single shot rifle thats suitable for big game as well as small game and varmint hunting. M reilly and co, but i wanted a single shot sporting rifle. Single shot bolt action pistol 020805 i took every ones suggestions and made some design changes to my pistol.
In the mean time i started looking around on the internet for ideas. The vault lock is not a beauty, but it is a good, solid action and capable of handling most available cartridges. However, with modern materials and equipment good rifle smiths are turning out single shots and repeaters that one would be hard pressed to see any difference in accuracy. Show a rifle i built from scratch the home machinist. A book for all singleshot devotees, gunsmiths, collectors and shooters. This has several actions that can be built with common shop tools.
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