How to make simple black powder rifle

How to make simple black powder rifle Video Clips. Duration : 6.32 Mins.

The point of this video is to show how easy it is to make a muzzleloading rifle. I didn't include exact measurements because this is just an example. I dont know how long it took me to finish this because i made it little by little. If you have any questions just ask. "Hey, thanks for the kind words. There is always a fear that the barrel could blow up, but you have to do proper testing before you put your face behind the actual gun. First you have to choose your caliber size. If you choose to have big a caliber like 1" or 2" the relative barrel wall thickness must be greater. I never trusted any charts about wall thickness, but it's recommended for beginners to check it out to have clear vision what it should be. Next you should choose the correct steel. In real rifled guns they use molybdenum steel or hardened high carbon steel. It's unneccessary to use this kind of high tech steel in a musket. The barrel has to be seamless steel (not welded). In my .70 cal musket I used a seamless cold drawn steel pipe. It can be purchased from steel shops by the name of hydraulic pipe or high pressure pipe. In Finland it was called material steel (ainesputki) but I think it's best to use the term seamless pipe. Now that you have got the barrel it should be tested with projectile if it holds the pressure. Put your gun in a bench and remotly trigger it with a string. Gradually increase the amount of blackpowder so that you can be absolutely sure that it will never explode when shooting ...

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