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.