GMWW
05-22-2009, 01:08 PM
A gunsmith by the name of John Taylor has been making frames similar to the HA Underhammers out of brass. He made a small calib. frame which was engraved. I finished the stock for him. (Fig. 1 & 2) The underhammer above (Fig. 2) is an older HA which I had John machine the sides to give it that interesting cut. The bluing on John's underhammer was professionally done.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/IMG_7501.jpg(Fig. 1)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/IMG_7539.jpg(Fig. 2)
As you can see he also added a lollipop rear sight. I told him I wanted a brass underhammer frame capable of handling the larger calibers. He came through and made me a frame. (Fig. 3) He also made me a lollipop sight. The difference between the sight in (Fig. 2) from (Fig. 3) is that the later one is adjustable for windage. Based on the style of rear sight that use to come with the HA underhammers John made one up. He's had it a couple of years and I'd bug him to let me have it since it was just sitting in his shop needing an owner.
After bringing home the parts, I went to work the steel parts. I used the Laurel Mountain Forge (LMF) solution and rusted the parts. After four applications, I boiled them in distilled water to turn them black. I then did another three applications of LMF and boiled them again. The result is the dark black you see in the photos.
He altered the rear stock set up. He kept it round in the back and added pins to prevent the rear stock from spinning. (Fig. 4) Right now I'm trying to salvage someones attempt at stock making using a nice piece of Koa wood. I'm not too thrilled with the shape the previous owner did but I'm going to try and clean it up and mount it to the Underhammer.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/P5210055.jpg(Fig. 3)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/P5210057.jpg(Fig. 4)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/IMG_7501.jpg(Fig. 1)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/IMG_7539.jpg(Fig. 2)
As you can see he also added a lollipop rear sight. I told him I wanted a brass underhammer frame capable of handling the larger calibers. He came through and made me a frame. (Fig. 3) He also made me a lollipop sight. The difference between the sight in (Fig. 2) from (Fig. 3) is that the later one is adjustable for windage. Based on the style of rear sight that use to come with the HA underhammers John made one up. He's had it a couple of years and I'd bug him to let me have it since it was just sitting in his shop needing an owner.
After bringing home the parts, I went to work the steel parts. I used the Laurel Mountain Forge (LMF) solution and rusted the parts. After four applications, I boiled them in distilled water to turn them black. I then did another three applications of LMF and boiled them again. The result is the dark black you see in the photos.
He altered the rear stock set up. He kept it round in the back and added pins to prevent the rear stock from spinning. (Fig. 4) Right now I'm trying to salvage someones attempt at stock making using a nice piece of Koa wood. I'm not too thrilled with the shape the previous owner did but I'm going to try and clean it up and mount it to the Underhammer.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/P5210055.jpg(Fig. 3)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/gmww/P5210057.jpg(Fig. 4)