Before/After CVA Pistol

 

 I generally wont put much work into one of these, but this one has a lock that actually sparked well. I removed two inches from the original barrel, and put as much of a round on the front half as I could without having to restock or bed the barrel. I would have opened the bore from a 45 caliber smooth to a 62 or so but I didn't have the right tooling. The lock was cleaned up and some of the factory "engraving" removed. The muzzle cap, ramrod pipes and side plate where thrown in the scrap pile. I cut apart the old trigger guard and modified it. The existing trigger was reshaped. New ramrod pipes, side plate, belt clip, screws, wood and metal finish completed the project.

Lancaster Smoothbore

This early Lancaster smoothbore has a 48" 54 caliber tapered round barrel made by Larry Horrigan, the lock is a modified Chamber's Dale Johnson, it is stocked in curly maple(from a board) with brass mounts. The muzzle cap, side plate, front sight,tapered ramrod tip, and trigger assembly where hand made. The wrist inlay is a pewter polish falcon. Length of pull is 14 1/4", 1/4" cast off, 3" drop, 3/4 lb trigger pull, and the overall weight is 7.7 pounds. The stock has a scraped finish, stained with aquafortis, oiled with refined linseed oil then waxed after stock burnishing.