Show us your shoulder stocked cap and ball handguns

[Tallbald]

It would be nice to have a thread with photos of shoulder stocked cap and ball pistols and revolvers, to feed our minds and lead to thinning of our wallets. Don

 

[Berkley]

Okey-dokey.

 

[brushhippie]

Man Berk that is double EXTRA cool!

 

[BADUNAME30]

That's one beautiful hank o' wood there Brushhippie.
It's jist screeeeamin to be checkered.

Looks like someone's been makin cedar firewood too.

 

[arcticap]

Ruger Old Army

I'm reposting higene's prototype shoulder stock for the ROA that he fashioned from a Crosman American Classic air pistol stock because it's innovative and only cost $25.

Shoulder stocks for Ruger Old Army?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=519502&highlight=ROA+Stock

I just did it because I could. I noticed that it looked like it would fit the ROA so I disassembled both guns and set up the Ruger. There was a space at the top that had to be dealt with (I believe I fabbed up a clothes pin to fill the gap). It shot O.K. If one were to go forward with it one would have to cut on the stock and make modifications.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=519502&highlight=ROA+Stock

 

[Zoogster]

If you were to put a conversion cylinder in one does that turn it into an NFA SBR?

 

[arcticap]

Yes, that makes sense.

Short-barreled rifle (SBR) is a legal designation in the United States, referring to a shoulder-fired, rifled firearm with a barrel length of less than 16 inches (40.6 cm) or overall length of less than 26 inches (66.0 cm)....
...SBRs may be created by trimming down a larger rifle, by building a rifle with an original barrel shorter than 16 inches, or by adding a shoulder stock to a handgun which is fitted with a barrel shorter than 16 inches, thereby legally redefining it as a rifle rather than a handgun. Each of these processes must legally be accompanied by BATFE registration...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-barreled_rifle

However there may be exemptions for some of the pre-1899 antiques.

...Certain old handguns originally available with shoulder stocks, such as original broomhandle Mausers or Lugers, made before 1946, more likely to be valued as curios or relics than as weapons, have been removed from federal SBR restriction but may be restricted under local gun laws.[2] Certain "trapper model" rifles originally factory-made before 1934 with barrels under 16 inches have similarly been removed from federal SBR restriction (the BATFE publishes a Curios and Relics List of models and serial number ranges). While SBRs on the Curio & Relic List are not "firearms" regulated under the 1934 National Firearms Act, they are still "firearms" regulated by the 1968 Gun Control Act....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-barreled_rifle

 

[brushhippie]

Thanks Jim, that was a gift from east texas....just about the coolest gift I ever received and she is an awesome shooter. The Cedar shavings are from my plank making, I cant afford a sawmill so I use my chainsaw to cut cedar lumber.

 

[BADUNAME30]

Woodworkin and makin soot.

Caint git much better

 

[Fingers McGee]

Show us your shoulder stocked cap and ball handguns

OK

 

[StrawHat]

Normally, I don't post this photo until April 1st, but here you go.

 

[josiewales]

Berkley I love that Dragoon!!

 

[Majes]

Fingers, what is that Colt in the bottom of that pic? I don't think I have ever seen such sites on a colt of the BP ara..

Please tell us more.

 

[Fingers McGee]

It's a Pietta Schneider and Glassic Carbine made back in 1999. There have been a few pop up on GB in the last couple years. First time I saw one was back in the mid 80s

 

[sltm1]

Hey Fingers....I know where you got that LOL!! Here's another one you might like to own. Don't know if you remember Tony from Australia, but we were trying to make this beast of of a Walker at one time.
http://www.gunsinternational.com/Ar...18-Barrel-Shoulder-Stock.cfm?gun_id=100149977

 

[Fingers McGee]

Hey sltm1, Yeah I know you know. I remember Tony. I'd love to have the long barreled mdel; but I think Dr Davis is asking too much for it.

 

[Skinny 1950]

This is as close as I can get but I do have one that was made to accept a stock.

 

[Noz]

Fingers let me shoot the bottom rifle. Works much better than you would think.

It's nice to have friends with large cool collections.

 

[Foto Joe]

You guys are disgusting, have you no shame??

I'm not working yet this winter and my fun tickets are restricted severely until I get back down to Texas. I started a defarb on a '60 Sherriff (Pietta) that will hopefully result in a stocked, engraved Texas Rangers or Wyoming Territorial Marshals do-it-yourself commorative (haven't decided on the engraving yet). So....

I might as well start picking some brains though, what kind of nightmare am I going to have finding and fitting a shoulder stock to a Pietta??

 

[arcticap]

It may be tough to find one since EMF and Cabela's are out of stock. Dixie only has the Uberti 1860 shoulder stock, while Dixie and Cabela's only has the Pietta 1851 shoulder stock available.
Perhaps Traditions or another outfit has one in stock.
According to the customer feedback on the Dixie website for the Pietta 1851 shoulder stock, fitting doesn't seem to present any major issues.

 

[tom e gun]

I wonder how difficult it would be to make your own shoulder stock for one of these colts? Anyone ever done it 'round these parts?

 

[Berkley]

The wood part is easy enough; the rest is a little more complicated.

 

[tom e gun]

This gives me an idea! One could pattern a shoulder stock that would fit in place of the backstrap, yet utilize the triggerguard so as to not have to make brass fittings. (At least not as many I suppose since you will still need something to affix screws to.) Perhaps an old trigger guard and backstrap could be used to fabricate the connective area of the stock. Hmmmmmm..... that would be sweet on a walker

 

[kBob]

Tom,

last week on another thread I suggested permenantly attaching a shoulder stock to a spare back strap, either to the actual back or by a plate to the butt portion.

Been looking for a Pietta backstrap for a Confederate Nothing .44 with those in mind .....like I ever complete a project.

-kBob

 

[jeepnik]