amen and TTT

There is quite a story to that gun. I've heard bit'sn pieces over the years.  I very seriously hope that we can borrow it from whoever inheirated it in order to get some high quality pictures and the complete story for a future issue of the J.

You list'n Leadball?

DWS

Actually, John Pappas lives somewhere over nearer Charlottesville, I believe; and yes that "barrel blank" started life as a rotor that John and Charlie were looking at and said that would make an interesting looking barrel.  The whole project was done by them to build a one-of-a-kind rifle for John, to whom it belongs (since it was his rotor and Charlie did the work for and with him.)

As leadball stated, the original piece of steel was bored and lined (I never knew when, how, or by whom) to .321 or so and chambered by Charlie for his .32-.357 (don't dare call it a ".32 Dell" or he'll GETCHA!!)  This may be the last rifle Charlie worked on and is almost assuredly the last he chambered himself.

The fore end was made in typical benchrest shape then hogged out to the major diameter of the rotor and "glass bedded" into place.  Getting a pair of scope mounts onto the "moving target" of the rotor was its own challenge, I seem to recall.  the butt stock of course was the only simple aspect of the whole project.

That's most of what I remember about the building of the screw gun except that many discussions were held and much laughter ensued over what the general reaction woud be at its unveiling.  Like leadball, I hope it makes it to E-G sometime as charlie would have liked to see the reaction there!  Maybe singleshot or Stevens52 will be able to add more to the saga.

Froggie

OK- here is what I have on it- Charlie had John Pappas send it out to be gundrilled- he put the liner in AFAIK. I brought it down here and set it up and surface ground three spots on the top to attach the scope rail, and 2 on the bottom for foreend attachment. The outsaide is hard chromed and is HARD, but the core drilled and tapped fine. Here are some pics:

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