Volcanic Pistol

[Hard Mouth]

Ran across these on YouTube:

Appears new...  Seems to load 8 smokeless rounds....  Who makes such a thing?!?!?  Looks like a boatload of fun!!

[Harley Starr]

 

[Queasy Dillo]

I recall reading something about this a while back.  If it's the same man, he scratchbuilt  a Volcanic clone that took cased ammunition in the form of a severely trimmed .40 S&W case.  I forget the bullet weight or load data he posted. 

Regardless...neat project. 

[Montana Slim]

Very cool...I ran across those videos a few weeks ago.
Closest to a shootable Volcanic as one will get today...but, keep in mind the original Volcanic pistol & rifle did not use metallic cartridges. I believe it was called a "Rocketball" cartridge, which was essentially a hollow-based conical bullet having a small charge of BP & a cap fitted into the base. The ammunition was found "lacking" & this kept the Volcanic from being a big hit...

Regards,
Slim

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

The builder of that pistol is a frequent contributor on the Levergun forum. He is obviously an extremely talented machinist. Here is a link to a thread on another forum showing in detail how he made the pistol. It is a long thread, but well worth looking at for the detailed photos of his progress.

http://www.homegunsmith.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=3;t=22531;st=0


He as also made a Volcanic rifle to go along with his pistol.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=22477&hilit=volcanic

It's not enough that he builds fantastic firearms, he also custom made the ammo for them. The original Volcanics used the Rocketball ammo which proved to be their downfall. Nothing more than a hollowed out bullet filled with powder and an attached primer. No shell case at all. This fellow made ammo from cut down 40 S&W rounds.

Last I heard he is talking about building a Henry.

P.S. More power to anybody who has an original. I handled one once at the showing before an auction. I seem to remember it went for around $40,000.

[Hard Mouth]

Well....  Guess I don't have to fret about findin' holsters then...

[kurt250]

this is the kind of stuff i love to look at. i really admire talented people like this that take this sport farther like this. why can't someone make a henry 1860 barrel that is chambered for 44 russian. kurt250

[Christopher Carson]

this is the kind of stuff i love to look at. i really admire talented people like this that take this sport farther like this. why can't someone make a henry 1860 barrel that is chambered for 44 russian. kurt250

Prob'ly easy to do, equally prob'ly not much market to make it worthwhile. 

FWIW, I think the closer size matches to the original .44 Henry Rim Fire cartridge -- with outside-lubed bullets -- are actually the .45 Schofield and the .45 Cowboy Short (if I remember that name right)... and of course those aren't rimfire cases and the bullets are inside lubed.

-Chris

[Henry4440]

Last I heard he is talking about building a Henry.

I think that CRM will have no problem with making a Henry, when i see what he made.


Can't wait to see the first pics of the Henry!

[Drayton Calhoun]

Now, if he just had the urge to make a Savage revolver...

[CRM]

 

This is what I'm shooting.