Damascus hornet double rifle...in progress

Bailey Conneticut Shotgun has just released a .20 gauge slug gun in a double rifle format

I do alot of deer hunting with slug guns and I would love to have a double in 2o gauge with rifled barrels

I have a .470 and a beautiful old .405 that lon paul redid

Any plans to go to the larger calibers or as I mentioned a 20 gauge slug gun
 
just saw this.........WOW, what an excellent craftsman!!!

amazing stuff bro!
andrew
 
Jim,

I do plan on making larger caliber rifles. I will have a single shot break action first, then medium and big bore doubles. That's my 3 to 5 yr plan anyway.

CSMC's 20ga. double is pretty cool. I handled a few at the Dallas Safari club show last yr. Not a highly finished gun, but definately worth what they are asking for them.
 
Bailey looking forward to seeing these progress to the larger calibers

P.S. you can call me Jim but my name is Joe:D
 
Sorry Joe,

I am lucky to have remembered my own name....been hit in the head to many times.....I think ...but I don't really recall...........what????
 
OK, Here is an update....Please forgive the drop in quality of the pics. I am using an older camera until my good one shows up.

This is a shot of the bottom of the shoe lump/barrels. I've been fitting the ejectors and retainers. The ejector system I am using is similar to what would typicaly be on an O/U. Your basic coil spring ejector set up.

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I've also been making and fitting the lock parts. I try to make mechanisms as simple as possible, which means as few parts as I can whittle down to. One way I accomplish this is to make the sear springs integral to the sear itself. The sear/spring also bears against the triggers making them return to rest after being pulled. The hammers will be driven by coil springs and are rebounding.

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And at this point, the stock gets a coat of oil every day, mixed with a little rottenstone. I never do keep count of the coats, just keep going until it looks right. I would guess I have a dozen or so coats now...

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BTW, Here is a shot of my mule deer doe I shot last week in Wyoming with the single shot 7X57r I built. 150 yd shot at the base of Crooks Mtn. She went about 10yds.

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Bailey Bradshaw said:
OK, Here is an update....Please forgive the drop in quality of the pics. I am using an older camera until my good one shows up.

This is a shot of the bottom of the shoe lump/barrels. I've been fitting the ejectors and retainers. The ejector system I am using is similar to what would typicaly be on an O/U. Your basic coil spring ejector set up.

036.jpg


I've also been making and fitting the lock parts. I try to make mechanisms as simple as possible, which means as few parts as I can whittle down to. One way I accomplish this is to make the sear springs integral to the sear itself. The sear/spring also bears against the triggers making them return to rest after being pulled. The hammers will be driven by coil springs and are rebounding.

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And at this point, the stock gets a coat of oil every day, mixed with a little rottenstone. I never do keep count of the coats, just keep going until it looks right. I would guess I have a dozen or so coats now...

040.jpg




BTW, Here is a shot of my mule deer doe I shot last week in Wyoming with the single shot 7X57r I built. 150 yd shot at the base of Crooks Mtn. She went about 10yds.

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Nice shot, but you better think about some claw mounts for when the eyes start to go in a few years. 150 yard shots with open sights are a young man's game. :D
 
Yeah...I know... I did practice a good bit before going up there. I was practicing shooting off hand at 150, and holding a 4" group. I figured I would enjoy good vision while it lasts
 
OK, I've been working like a fool on knives for Sporting Classics magazine. When time permits, I sneak in an hour or two on this one. I have the action cocking and ejectors working.

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I had to make a new set of hammers, and during programing, I mirrored the drawing not realizing I would need to make new spring struts to fit the new hammers. They needed a little tweaking anyway, so a new set was machined with improvements.

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Since the action is damascus, so the stock furniture will be as well. Here is the grip cap...

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and a quick etch on the action reveals a little of the damascus pattern....

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I have the skeleton butt plate ready to install and will get a couple of shots when I am able to do that. The action needs a little tuning, firing pins and then it is time to chamber it.
 
Bailey I really enjoyed reading that whole thead there and looking at the progress from start to finish. Its really amazing how it all starts out and what you turn all those pieces of raw metal and wood into. I cant wait to see it all done.
 
Jaw dropping, drop dead gorgeous. Mr. Bradshaw, you are one hell of an artist in steel. Thank you so very much for sharing this work of art in progress. I am impressed beyond words.
 
That's terrific Bailey - thanks for the link.

And I must say - that's a heck of a deal, too.

Roger
 
Big day today. Got her shooting without a hitch, and it was so close to being regulated, I went ahead and made two small adjestments, and she is shooting "barrel spread" at 25 yds. I didn't have the sights installed, so I left it there as a good place to start sighting in a final regulation.

So, now for pictures. First is the damascus skeleton butt plate.....and my feet :-)

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Next is the action just before heat treating. The action is forged from 1075 and L-6 tool steel. These will get VERY hard, and that isn't what I am after, so I austenitize at 1400. This is just hot enough to harden, but not full hardness. In order to eliminate scale, the action is coated in anti-scaling compound from Brownells. It works nice, but sure is ugly...

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and after the quench

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The compound is removed by boiling in water. The action is then polished, areas not to be acid etched are coated with laquer, and the action is imersed in ferric chloride to etch the damascus.

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the results are hard to photograph, but easily visable in person. Sorry for the fuzzy picture..

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Moving into the finishing step, so first up is the top lever. It will have a folding peep sight, so the center is left blank. not too much engraving, just a little touch of scrolls.
Pencil layout
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and after cutting

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The rifle will have QD scope mounts, so here are the bases installed in the rib, with the lower half of the rings slid in place.

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These rings are my own design BTW.

While cutting the dovetails for the bases and sights, I went ahead and machined in my name/location and caliber on the barrel rib.

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Last pic for this update is display of balance :-)

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