Pistol

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FredS
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Pistol

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My rather crude single shot 22 - made with a $50 drill press, hacksaw and files. In effect, this was a 30 year project. Back in the '70's my Dad bought a set of Jaco plans and I started to make this pistol. I think I was about 13 and I lost interest after spending 5 or 6 hours working on it. Then, 30 years later I ran across the same plans while surfing the net one night and decided to have another go at it.

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Holy Pistoles! That's really nice, Fred. Smoothbore or rifled? How does it shoot?

Have you got a link to the plans?
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Post by FredS »

I bought a rifled liner from Brownells and epoxied it into an oversized hole in the barrel. It shoots like you'd expect a gun with a 4" barrel to shoot - lousey. But it barks nicely and shoots fire more than you'd expect from a 22.

I don't have a link, but I do have the plans in pdf. I'll email them to you.
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KurtHuhn wrote:
Have you got a link to the plans?
X2! :D
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Post by FredS »

Found the link to the JACO Derringer plans. Use at your own risk because, contrary to what your DARE officer tells you, a pipe won't kill you - but a pistol can.
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Nice... :lol:
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