The holy grail of Handi Projects?

[trotterlg]

They have all the tooling to do it with, all they need to do is change the machining on the front of the Sidekick receiver to allow a wide underlug, then make up pistol barrels with the shortened lug.  Then the pistol barrels could not be put on a rifle or the other way around.  I think this gun in 357 Max would be really nice.  Larry

[45LCshoooter]

...i wonder if there is enough metal there to cut a little away and make a Bisley grip for it....

[trotterlg]

Think outside the box guys, I did this mostly because people said it could not be done.  If you can envision it you can probably find a way to do it.  Bilsey grip?  Just think what it should look like and how to fit it, you can probably find a way to make it happen.  Larry

[PHATINJUN]

Very nice job Larry. I sure wish I had the machines to make up some of these .I bet if I scrounged around I could come up with enough parts for at least 3.Your finished 22 Hornet would be the cat's meow sitin on a fresh dogtown or a hillside full of rock chucks. great job Kurt

[Swampman]

Could they be sold as a kit with the owner doing a little fitting to finish them?

[S.E.Ak]

Don't get me wrong I think what you have done is great and a fine job. The problem is no one lives forever and at some time its ownership will change

[trotterlg]

I would say this was a major failure of a project.  It shot badly (very), it was loud, and it had major pressure problems because of the large fireing pin.  If you do one you may have better luck than I did.  It did look good however.  Now, because I cannot sell it, I stripped the frame and cut it up, I have no use for it now.  Some projects just turn out better than others do.  I would say this is the end of the story, I learned some things and probably some other people did also.  Please lock it up Quick, and thankyou for letting it stay as long as it did.    Larry

[Spanky]

I would say this was a major failure of a project.  It shot badly (very), it was loud, and it had major pressure problems because of the large fireing pin.  If you do one you may have better luck than I did.  It did look good however.  Now, because I cannot sell it, I stripped the frame and cut it up, I have no use for it now.  Some projects just turn out better than others do.  I would say this is the end of the story, I learned some things and probably some other people did also.  Please lock it up Quick, and thankyou for letting it stay as long as it did.    Larry

Please tell us you're kiddin' about cutting it up Larry.
It's not the pile of parts that you're selling is it??



Spanky

[trotterlg]

Yep, I did it, and yes those are the parts.  Larry

[tacklebury]

Could they be sold as a kit with the owner doing a little fitting to finish them?

Blackpowder yes, centerfire no.  8(  At least not per my research. 

[S.E.Ak]

When we converted shotguns to rifle we bushed the fireing pin for propper pin size. I think the 22Hornet is one of the hardest to stop backflow of the primer

[billy_56081]

I loaded lil gun and 35 grain bullets and rem 6.5 primers. Seemed to stop the primer issue.

[trotterlg]

The primers and not being able to keep it on a 2 foot piece of paper sort of tought me lesson.  Larry

[quickdtoo]

Sorry to hear that Larry, looked like a good idea to me, maybe the Sidekick frame just isn't stout enough, it only needs to withstand recoil with a ML barrel.  

Tim