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GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« on: October 24, 2011, 01:03:09 PM »
Here is my newest product . A GB gun with 3 chambers .
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31" long without the tiller.
 

 
This one will leave soon .
 

 
Last photo before paint .
 
Feel free to comment . Armorer77

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 01:10:51 PM »
Yup a WHOLE lot easier to see here than on the camera.

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 02:06:51 PM »
Armorer77, is this going to be more than a "one of a kind" build? Looks pretty nice, even before paint!  ;D , BoomLover
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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 04:43:11 PM »
Looks really nice, bet it's fun to shoot too.  What does something like that weigh and (gulp) what do they cost? 
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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 05:00:28 PM »
When is the fire and smoke? :)

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2011, 11:47:41 PM »
As you see it , the weight 46 lbs , the chambers weigh 11 lbs each . I can build another like this for $600 . Ed

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2011, 04:05:59 AM »
That is cool! What kind of tollerences do you hold for chamber fitment?

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2011, 09:55:29 AM »
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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2011, 10:53:14 AM »
The chambers are tight .  .007" dia.  Length + or - .003" The fit was resolved by a sliding breech block which has behind it a wedge with a mating taper cut into the breech . Providing as near as possible , 100 % support of the chamber .  Ed

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 10:57:36 AM »
armorer77,

Is that a free cylinder that rides in a pocket behind the removable chamber, pressing the chamber tight to the bore with a sliding wedge?
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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 10:59:53 AM »
You read my mind! :o :D
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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2011, 01:11:59 PM »
That is it . My design dilemma was how to allow the chamber move forward far enough to seal while allowing enough travel  to slide back far enough to come out while maintaining reciever integrety between the loading window and the wedge slot .  The answer was a spacer .  :o  Ed

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2011, 01:15:54 PM »
Ed,
What is this piece?
 

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2011, 01:19:06 PM »
You are looking at the small end of the wedge .

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2011, 01:32:38 PM »
Nice job Ed!  I like the floating block design.  Dom

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Re: GB Swivel Gun with Chambers
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2011, 05:37:38 AM »
I'm gonna wanna see some fire and smoke... asap hahaha