In the spirit of 80 percent lowers I decided those are too easy, anybody can do those, so I made myself what I call the Mad Max blaster by welding a lower receiver together out of steel plates:
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Anybody else have any cool or eccentric home builds?
The welding required alone might help keep you warm in upstate NY.I just looked them up quick, I may have to try one this winter.
Okay first of all I think you win prettiest Homebrew second I'll bite how does this little guy lock the barrel in place. It seems like it should be locked by the steel bit of the frame when it's cocked but I'm not quite sure that's actually what's going on.
Edit nope I see the second pin now so that's not what's going on I'm back to stumped.
Oh sorry I should have been more specific I meant the tip up barrel on the little pistol.
I kinda get how rolling blocks work in a it's not quite voodoo way
I made every gun in these pics from scratch. I made everything but the barrels, the screws and the springs. The longer rolling block is a 45-70, made from 1045 and heated treated to 40 on the C scale. The shorter roller is a 30-06, made from 4140 and also heat treated. It passed proof @ 85,000 PSI. The two blued pistols are a .38 special in the foreground and a 45 P.I.T.A. 45-70 cut down to 1 1/2". The pistol in the white is a 22 Mag.
The 30-06 took seven years to make, an hour here and an hour there, after work .