Polish em up bright and show them off here!!! (pic posting thread)

[CRM]

Yeah, I have a little Tabletop CNC Machine, I engrave em one at a time

[W. Stick McCullough]

Yeah, I have a little Tabletop CNC Machine, I engrave em one at a time

Oh my! Now that is dedication to ones hobby. If only everyone were as passionate as you must be. It is terribly unfortunate that these are not being produced for public purchase, as the videos you have made and the build thread and subsequent forum posts all point towards a very marketable/profitable item.

[kcub]

Thoughts:

I'd be real happy to have one in .22 short or anything.

What's particular about your cartridge and the .22 short working?  Short overall length?

Why not franchise the whole project to Uberti (or someone else)?

[CRM]

Why not franchise the whole project to Uberti (or someone else)?
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I'm OK with that.

I am trying.

I just have not met the right Folks yet.
I'm talking about someone who actually builds and not just talks about it.

2 things I hope happens here on these forums;
(1) To show it can be done.
(2) to generate interest in the Volcanics.

Then someone serious may come along and this beautiful little Gun (Pistol + Rifle) will be available.

[kcub]

I'm talking about someone who actually builds and not just talks about it.

It might require another party.

Hypothetically for example, Uberti says they will tool up and build it if N units are guaranteed sold.
Maybe they'll take some retail risk but not all required.

Then Navy Arms (or Cimarron or Taylor or Lew Horton or Lipsey's) gets interested, guarantees the N orders, and then it could happen.

[Dead I]

I really want one of those Henry's, but I also badly need a '76.  So I'm stuck.  If I even attempt to buy two then my wife'll string me up on yonder tree. 

[SGT John Chapman]

Dead I,...... Buy one for you the other for her,......

[Cold Creek Kid]

would you rather have a henry trapper model over the 24.25" barrel.

[SGT John Chapman]

I'll pack the weight,.....I like more rounds at the ready,....

[mr phil]

  Well here's mine  44-40.

[Forty Rod]

Right rifle, right finish, right caliber!!!   Can't beat that.

Welcome aboard.

[kurt250]

crm, i think it would be worth your wile to go to the next shotshow with your volcanics. there you would meet people who are in the gun business, and you would see retailers that can spread the word. you have proved that it can be done. i think they would sell if made reasonable and dependable. kurt250

[Cal Fornia]

Hey Guys,

I enjoy hearing you like these Volcanics (almost) as much as I.

I say almost because I have spent many thousands of hours to have them.

Research, Design, Machining, then fitting them together and hoping they work.

Even yet, I spend several hundred hours building one of them.  and then there's the Cartridge they shoot, I have to make them also.

It is not possable for this action (Toggle Link) to shuffle and shuck any available cartridge today except the 22 Short.

So, this special cartridge turns off the regular gun manufactures.

You Guys who really want this gun,
I want you to have it, -
but, I spend over 300 hours building one of them. Would you spend 3 to 350 hours of your time to have one?

I do this for the love of the Gun, and the challenge, not the money.

You stand a better chance of me giving you one, than hireing me to build one.

This Gun can be built for the same cost as a "Henry", for those already set up to do it. But it needs that Special Cartridge.
(Let those who build "Henry's" take note)

For you who would really like to own this Gun, I would like to see it happen.
I would like to see it happen for the love of the "Volcanic", I don't need the money.

If you ever shot this gun a few times, you would not want another Cartridge.
You would agree, this Cartridge, and this Volcanic, goes together.

I am Charlie, search for me and the Volcanic on the internet.

That little rifle (farther above) is absolutely gorgeous...

Unfortunately, due to my financial state, even if I wanted to hire you to build one, I couldn't.  But I can still dream, and a dream I've had for a long time would be to have enough cash to hire a gunsmith for the making of a scratch-built gun, something unique.  And so far, this it the most unique scratch-built gun I've ever seen... fantastic workmanship evident even in the photos.  Shame I can't handle it, to see how it feels.  With the smaller proportions, it should be lighter and much more handy than the "full-size" Henry.

I believe I read it in another thread, but am I right that you use shortened .40 S&W brass?  While I also agree with kcub that the .22 Short would make a fine chambering, I've also been wondering about a .32 Auto version, but I don't know if the length would fit.  Though I have been thinking a .32 ACP wadcutter would be fun, handloaded, of course.  Perhaps even (properly sized) round ball in a .32 ACP case, with some nice BP behind it?  Perfect little squirrel gun, I could imagine.

But I do like the .40 Volcanic you've created for it.  It does indeed look like a fine gun/cartridge combination.  I'm not one for "magnums", myself.  I prefer accuracy over raw power.  Just enough for the given job.  And for this rifle/cartridge combo, I see the perfect ranch gun, suitable for small-game, pests (ferel cats/dogs, rabid raccoons,etc.), and perhaps even the puting down of livestock.

Having a Volcanic rifle/pistol combo would be fantastic.

[jimk23]

Cal,

  Yup, that's right.  I just rounded it off.

James

[Cal Fornia]

Cal,

  Yup, that's right.  I just rounded it off.

James

Heh... still sounds like a good buy, when fifty rounds of .45 Colt are around $45.  (If I'm remembering right, from the one box I bought for a gun I no longer own...)

[SGT John Chapman]

Heh... still sounds like a good buy, when fifty rounds of .45 Colt are around $45.  (If I'm remembering right, from the one box I bought for a gun I no longer own...)

Unless your built of money you need to start reloading,.....try 45 Colts at about $5 a box,......Smokeless ,...Black,....large slugs,.....small slugs,.....Whatever you need....

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Very true, Sgt. John.  Reloading is the ONLY way I can shoot.  I have guns that have never had a factory round go 'thru 'em, but have shot thousands of rounds.

Of course, I have a couple that have fired tens of thousands (and more) from and ALL were factory.

22s

[Cal Fornia]

Heh... just noticed I double posted above.  Oops...  >.<

Unless your built of money you need to start reloading,.....try 45 Colts at about $5 a box,......Smokeless ,...Black,....large slugs,.....small slugs,.....Whatever you need....

I'd love to, but I bought that ammo for an Uberti Remington 1890, so I could get out and shoot.  Cheaper to buy a box than all the reloading gear.  Ended up trading that gun off for a Winchester Model 61, before I even got a chance to fire a single round out of the 1890.  Couldn't pass up the opportunity to own a nice, classic rimfire rifle, after having sold off all my past rimfires.  Ended up trading another gun for a Colt Woodsman Sport, first series.  So now I have a classic Colt/Winchester pistol/rifle combo... worth the sacrifice.

Very true, Sgt. John.  Reloading is the ONLY way I can shoot.  I have guns that have never had a factory round go 'thru 'em, but have shot thousands of rounds.

Of course, I have a couple that have fired tens of thousands (and more) from and ALL were factory.

22s

I've lost count of how many of those I've fired over the years.   

[CRM]

Here is a picture showing the "Volcanics" compared to an Itilian "Henry".



If you really want one, Get in touch with Larry Romano, and he will build one for ye.

Ph #315 695 2066

I don't know what he will charge you, as I am not in business with him, but I do know the man, and he is very good at building custom rifles.

Have fun.

Charlie

[Grapeshot]

Here's mine in .44-40. (.44 WCF)