I finally put my Hand Gonne together

deerslayer303 · April 22, 2024, 09:06 PM

I bought this thing from Beagle years ago. It had just been sitting in a cabinet since. I recently read a post on another board of a fella shooting his .75 cal Handgonne. That Post gave me the motivation I needed to get the thing out and put a tiller on it. I went down to a friend of mine's Grits mill, Grits is just one of the things my buddy does at this place. He has literally everything I believe

. Anyway, I walked into his wood shop with intention of turning a piece of hickory on the Lathe to make the tiller but I saw a piece of Purple heart laying in the corner. I asked about it and he said I could have it, and that it should make a great handle. He told me its as tough if not tougher than hickory. He wasn't wrong. Anyway we widdled out a tiller and installed it. I brought it home, sanded it to 320 and threw a coat of BLO on it. This wood is awesome looking. The Handgonne measures to .540" but I may bore it to .750 at some point. I'm gonna swing by a fireworks shop tomorrow and see if I can get some fuse. I may order an "S" lever to install on it and try a slow match. I'll report back if I can hit the broad side of a barn with it. At any rate it should be a hoot to play with.

ligonierbill · April 23, 2024, 06:03 AM

Nice. And it should be a hoot.

**4V50 Gary** · April 23, 2024, 11:28 AM

Minute of Mass accuracy. I want one and should have made one when I was in school. Classmate bought a small axe and made a golf ball barrel he welded onto the axe.

Old No7 · April 24, 2024, 05:32 PM

That's pretty cool! Nice wood on it too.

Gee, I wonder if it's my twin's Hand Gonne image that you saw, he's into anything that shoots blackpowder -- and he considers a flintlock as "modern" compared to all the older types he owns.

Old No7

deerslayer303 · April 24, 2024, 07:31 PM

It may have been. There is a pre flintlock section over there with some really cool stuff. Me" If it goes boom I like it. So may as well try one of these pole cannons

April 22, 2024, 09:06 PM	#1
deerslayer303 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Location: Leesville SC Posts: 2,704	I finally put my Hand Gonne together I bought this thing from Beagle years ago. It had just been sitting in a cabinet since. I recently read a post on another board of a fella shooting his .75 cal Handgonne. That Post gave me the motivation I needed to get the thing out and put a tiller on it. I went down to a friend of mine's Grits mill, Grits is just one of the things my buddy does at this place. He has literally everything I believe . Anyway, I walked into his wood shop with intention of turning a piece of hickory on the Lathe to make the tiller but I saw a piece of Purple heart laying in the corner. I asked about it and he said I could have it, and that it should make a great handle. He told me its as tough if not tougher than hickory. He wasn't wrong. Anyway we widdled out a tiller and installed it. I brought it home, sanded it to 320 and threw a coat of BLO on it. This wood is awesome looking. The Handgonne measures to .540" but I may bore it to .750 at some point. I'm gonna swing by a fireworks shop tomorrow and see if I can get some fuse. I may order an "S" lever to install on it and try a slow match. I'll report back if I can hit the broad side of a barn with it. At any rate it should be a hoot to play with. __________________ "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson

April 23, 2024, 11:28 AM	#3
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 22,273	Minute of Mass accuracy. I want one and should have made one when I was in school. Classmate bought a small axe and made a golf ball barrel he welded onto the axe. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

April 24, 2024, 05:32 PM	#4
Old No7 Member Join Date: October 21, 2007 Posts: 64	That's pretty cool! Nice wood on it too. Gee, I wonder if it's my twin's Hand Gonne image that you saw, he's into anything that shoots blackpowder -- and he considers a flintlock as "modern" compared to all the older types he owns. Old No7 __________________ "Freedom and the Second Amendment... One cannot exist without the other." © 2000 DTH

April 24, 2024, 07:31 PM	#5
deerslayer303 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Location: Leesville SC Posts: 2,704	It may have been. There is a pre flintlock section over there with some really cool stuff. Me" If it goes boom I like it. So may as well try one of these pole cannons __________________ "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson

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April 23, 2024, 06:03 AM	#2
ligonierbill Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2007 Posts: 2,637	Nice. And it should be a hoot.