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When I saw the Allen Underhammer Action for sale on The Gunworks website I envisioned a rifle in my mind on the spot. After that I kept coming back to the webpage to stare at the action. I researched everything that I could find on it which incidentally, wasn't much. It wasn't long before I made the purchase followed by many other purchases for a suitable chunck of wood, a barrel, buttplate, thimbles, ramrod components...you get the idea.
At any rate, I'm proud of her and I wanted to share some pics of the build, the gun, and the deer.
She started out as a collection of parts and materials.
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Next step was to get to work on the stock to action fit and 2 dimenial shaping.
Some more shaping and some custom ebony accents.
Final shaping, fitting and assembly
A slow rust bluing job and a hand rubbed oil finish to the $36 eBay find, European walnut stock, drill & tap for scope mounts, a whole slew of other tasks like checkering, plating the hammer and trigger, building a ramrod, working the action (which needed very little) working up a load and she's ready for the deer woods. .50 cal, 1:28 ROT, Tips the scales at 7.5lbs scoped. Converted from #11 to musket cap ignition and missfires just don't occur.
Had this big bodied 2X2 offer a broadside shot to the shoulder at 40 yards. He was laying as you see him in the photo less than 100 yards from ground zero. This the fifth deer that's fallen to my trusty underhammer.
At any rate, I'm proud of her and I wanted to share some pics of the build, the gun, and the deer.
She started out as a collection of parts and materials.
Next step was to get to work on the stock to action fit and 2 dimenial shaping.
Some more shaping and some custom ebony accents.
Final shaping, fitting and assembly
A slow rust bluing job and a hand rubbed oil finish to the $36 eBay find, European walnut stock, drill & tap for scope mounts, a whole slew of other tasks like checkering, plating the hammer and trigger, building a ramrod, working the action (which needed very little) working up a load and she's ready for the deer woods. .50 cal, 1:28 ROT, Tips the scales at 7.5lbs scoped. Converted from #11 to musket cap ignition and missfires just don't occur.
Had this big bodied 2X2 offer a broadside shot to the shoulder at 40 yards. He was laying as you see him in the photo less than 100 yards from ground zero. This the fifth deer that's fallen to my trusty underhammer.
