I bought this kit for a little twister derringer and i put it together all wrong, mostly do to the kits low grade! The trigger is stuck and completely useless, the spring loaded latch the keeps the barrals from rotating doesn't even have a spring! The hammer has to be drawn and released manaly, which totaly destroys anything begining to resemble auccuracy, and when you do that theres a 50% chance the cap on one barel will fire, and on the other barrel the caps will NEVER fire! I only live fired it once, in which i used a .35 roundball and paper towel wadding. With about a grain of fffg, the ball didn't even leave a visible mark on a hardboard, indeed even the soft lead ball didn't even have a mark! I think since the only nipple that does fire is smashed and deformed not enough spark is getting in, and probably just blowing the powder out without igniting it!
My question is what could i use it for, since it seems fairly useless!
(I attempted to put it in a display, but its sheap plast
2007-12-10 14:19:40 · 6 answers · asked by Midnight-Expressman 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Auctually it wouldn't make a bad paper weight or decoration, It has a cool form and design, it's just virtually non-functional!
2007-12-10 14:29:51 · update #1
There is NO gun that has ever been made (and assembled properly, of course) that can't be made to function as it was designed.
Perhaps you need to strip it back down to its parts and begin all over again?
It sounds like the one nipple wasn't seated all the way and it's protruding out so far that it's become damaged. The other sounds like it's seated too deeply for the hammer to reach it.
Nipples are easily replaced. Springs are cheap and easy to come by.
And single action shooting (c*cking the hammer manually) is *the most accurate* way to fire a gun.
2007-12-11 11:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by randkl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Paper Weight.
2007-12-10 22:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the kit is really that bad, contact whoever you got it from, and ask for an exchange. If it was as bad as you say it was, they shouldn't have any problem replacing it. Just be sure it's the kit that's bad, and not that it was assembled improperly.
2007-12-10 23:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by fishtrembleatmyname 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you're on the right track. That thing sounds like it's only good for a conversation piece now. I wouldn't try to fire it again if I were you.
2007-12-10 22:49:28 · answer #4 · answered by john r 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it would make an interesting gear shift knob, just dont make any sudden moves if the cops pull you over!
2007-12-11 22:53:49 · answer #5 · answered by Who Dat ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Want to give it to a good home, or maybe sell it?
Doc
2007-12-10 22:59:20 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋