littlephil
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Hello all, don't usually hang out here too much, but I thought maybe this would be better suited here than the smithy. So kind of an oddball question, but has anybody ever built a black powder pistol out of a (muzzleloader) rifle? I have an older CVA (I believe) percussion rifle sitting around that someone at some point twisted the breach plug of of. I was going to drill it out and put a new one in, but from the looks of it, it's one solid piece and not threaded like normal. This is a real cheap model with a synthetic stock, so I suppose it's probably easier and cheaper to manufacture than threading for a plug. Anyway, I had the thought of chopping the barrel in half and using it and the lockwork to make a pistol. Probably not the easiest project, but I'm sure it can't be too hard. Has anyone else done something like this? The only real downfall that I can think of is that the dovetails are already there for everything and almost none of them would likely work. Any constructive criticism is appreciated. Worst case scenario I guess I'll just order a pistol barrel at some point. Thanks in advance.