Playing Houdini on some hinge pins.

[B. Dudley]

I find myself having to make 3 invincibles from repro A-1s. Two 20s and one 12.

I had previously done the upper rebates on the frame as well as the radiused corners on the trigger plates.

A major hurtle was doing the flush hinge pins. This required machining away the pin recess which is pretty large. And then turning a thick washer to weld in place of the removed material. Then new pins and pin screws were made and fitted.

The remaining tasks to do are the water table beads and the breech side clips.

I will likely update progress accordingly.

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[Robert Delk]

Can hardly wait to see the updates and finished products of this project.

[Brett Trimble]

Brian,

Spectacular work, thanks so much for sharing this!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Looks good Brian! That is a lot of work to make those hinge pins flush fitting. Was that done on the Invincibles to add more engraving surfaces?

[B. Dudley]

That is the idea I think. For full coverage engraving.

[Bill Murphy]

Awesome work on the hinge pins, Brian. I can only imagine how the flush pins would look on a 00 frame.

[Mike Poindexter]

Brian, at what point do you change your moniker from "Gunstock Craftsman" to "Gunmaker?" Your metal working skills have equaled or exceeded your wood working skills based on what I am seeing here. Exceptional work, indeed!

Mike

[William Woods]

Looking forward to seeing the progress this project.

[B. Dudley]

Today was about bending the tangs up and reworking the top levers/tops of the frames.

Getting rid of what I call the “Repro Hump”.

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[B. Dudley]

Side clips are done on the frames. Now I need to fit the barrels to them. And each gun is a 2 barrel set… fun…

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