Author Topic: Big bore pistol (Read 1254 times)

Kiehlroy · « **on:** September 28, 2005, 07:08:19 AM »

Hi guys, I'm looking for a cheap big bore single shot percussion pistol to shoot shot loads or whatever else I want to stuff in the muzzle. I keep seeing .50 and .54 caliber pistols but I was thinking something a little bigger might be more fun. Thanks for any help

kjeff50cal · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2005, 05:57:46 PM »

http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/album_pic.php?pic_id=1021

Top Pistol is a CVA .50 cal kit ($99) I built 4 years ago and modified to take a barrel wedge instead of the supplied pin. Also sports a custom brass ramrod. The bottom one is a semi-complete .45 cal kit I bought from a widow selling her late hubby's shootin' irons. This one set me back $20. Completed it and the first shot (fouling shot) cut the X ring @ 25 yards :shock:. I should of put it up and kept that target clean because the next 4 shots clustered into a 4" group.
The Lyman Plains Pistol is still avaliable in kit form and occasionally you will find a Junkar (made in Spain along with the Lyman & the CVA). CVA is out of the "Traditional Black Powder Arms" business (sheer folly) instead importing inlines. There are some companies making larger caliber single shots but I do not know their price range.

kjeff50cal

Kiehlroy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2005, 06:21:29 PM »

Those look very nice, and along the lines of what I'm looking for, size and style wise. I'm thinking that if .50 is as big as I can get for cheap then mabye I'll buy a Kentucky pistol kit and chop it down to size. It should'nt cost much over $100. :grin:

willysjeep134 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2005, 08:34:22 AM »

Shot loads, eh? You'd probably want a smoothbore then. Most any single shot black powder pistols you come across are going to be rifled. I have an old flintlock 14 gauge made in Japan for Dixie Gun Works in the 70's. I can shoot 1 ounce birdshot loads, buckshot loads, or even big .690 roundballs. It isn't very accurate or powerful, or dependable, but it can be fun to shoot. It isn't a hunting arm or a target arm though, so if I hadn't gotten it for free I probably wouldn't have it now.

A lot of the Dixie gun works kits for derringer kits are smooth bored. The Duckfoot pstol, the pepperbox, and a few of the derringers are smooth bore. Most of them have a .36 bore though, and that would be a pretty tiny shot charge. Most of the kits are under $100 though. It might be worth a try.

Cowpox · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2005, 06:06:02 AM »

Hello Kiehlroy, The only real big bore reproduction pistols I am aware of are the Tower Pistols. They are flintlocks, and depending on the maker, are .62 to .69 caliber smooth bores. New, they are in the two - three hundred dollar range. Watch the internet gun auctions, and you can find a bargain on one. Cowpox

russianblood · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2005, 08:01:36 AM »

I have a Towers Horse pistol in .67 cal (16 gauge). I load it with fine shot and use it for chipmunks that bother me while squirrel hunting. I also have .650 round balls for it but I can't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside with it.