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Investarems (same as Thompson) .58 cal Hawkins Hunter. This rifle is naturally a reproduction and was originally designed to bring down Grizzlies.

I don't care who you are.......... or think you are. This rifle will but a bruise on your shoulder in 4 rounds or less, with a full load and heavy hunting minis....... if you don't use any padding. It has done it many times.







I love casting lead for this rifle. As much fun to cast as shoot





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Awesome!

Very cool!! Question though, what is the yellow thing on the floor with the spark plug??

I love the fresh cast rounds.

Nice. I am always looking for a cheap .58

Nice rifle I average 40-45 rounds with the Brown Bess, .75 bullet with 80-110 grains of black powder behind it. I laugh when I hear somebody complaining about this "recoil" thing in something light like a Mosin carbine.

desdem12 wrote:Nice. I am always looking for a cheap .58

Something tells me you will not find it here.

Gsragtop wrote:Very cool!! Question though, what is the yellow thing on the floor with the spark plug??

I love the fresh cast rounds.

1912 Fairbanks Moris 1 and 1/2 hp gasoline engine. Old hit and miss. Mainly farm motors to run pumps, generators, hay balers, etc. So is the red one under there also.

There is a 2hp Stover under there also. They weigh about 100 to 150 lbs each. Solid cast iron!

One of my old hobbies.

I was just watching engines like these running on youtube

Junk Yard Dog wrote:I was just watching engines like these running on youtube

Every so often I pull one out and fire it off. Takes about an hour to set it up with the ignition and all.

But when I do, it always brings a smile to my face (if not a little laughter).

Jim can tell you how much fun these old early 1900's engines can be. These are even more barbaric than a model A engine. I don't have a lot of experience with a model T, but I'll bet they are very close.



I just went and looked at a model T engine, these are more crudely made. All the valves and push rods and also the crankshaft are exposed. At least the T is covered.



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Old "hit and misses" are very cool, I can't believe they were a mainstay back in the day..like you said very crude, and actually amazing they run at all..

dolk wrote:

Junk Yard Dog wrote:I was just watching engines like these running on youtube

Every so often I pull one out and fire it off. Takes about an hour to set it up with the ignition and all.

But when I do, it always brings a smile to my face (if not a little laughter).

Jim can tell you how much fun these old early 1900's engines can be. These are even more barbaric than a model A engine. I don't have a lot of experience with a model T, but I'll bet they are very close.



I just went and looked at a model T engine, these are more crudely made. All the valves and push rods and also the crankshaft are exposed. At least the T is covered.



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The early T engines made 1908-1911 had exposed valves, later on they closed it in with a cover. The crank is of course covered, it had to be to maintain the oil splash lubrication, primitive, but it worked amazingly well.

They came in larger sizes also

They also ran early Maytag washing machines, but not everyone could afford such luxury.

That thing can't kick as much as my AR-15 in 5.56...

Just joking of course, nice looking gun. The largest caliber rifle I have fired is my 45/70, which lets you know you are shooting something.

Fred_G wrote:That thing can't kick as much as my AR-15 in 5.56...

Just joking of course, nice looking gun. The largest caliber rifle I have fired is my 45/70, which lets you know you are shooting something.

The 50/70, and .577 snider, as well as the .577-450 Martini will punch a little more than the 45/70, but not by much. The real fun starts with the Bess carbine, a gun as light as a M1 carbine that can be loaded with 80 grains of BP and fire a bullet that looks like grape shot.

A Bess is on the boarder line of being a rifle or a cannon. Big Balls!

Left to right
Bess .75....Hawkins mini .58....Longrifle ball .44 cal....7.62x54r

The "ships" carbine is just a short 3rd pattern Bess, it seems the British did issue such guns back during the Napolianic era, I bet they would have been welcomed earlier. It's a very handy little blaster, I could probably go the full 90 grains on it as it's the same breech as the long gun, but the powder gets expensive.

Do you cast inside?

Ironnewt wrote:Do you cast inside?

Inside the bullet? or inside the house?

Didn't get it, but I cast all you bullets in the back yard on the old table I have out there for gardening.

I don't care much for lead fumes!

That photo above is "after" it is all over and in the garage.