Building Steam Rifles.
Concept of the portable boiler-powered semi-automatic rifle
Here is the painful process of building the steam rifle prototype and the pieces necessary to produce four identical units. The rifles themselves were manufactured by Replicas By Parris. Their products can be found at their store or from fine retailers across the country. They are the best wooden toy guns for the price. These were about 90% actual size which was big enough considering the extensive modifications I would be performing.
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- The assembly line
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- The original rifle
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- The assembly line from the muzzle
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- The parts trays
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- Listening to Leo Laporte
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- Unfinished pressure regulator
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- Unfinished breach
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- Finished gauge side
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- It’s a breathsavers case cover
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- The rear sight
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- The finished prototype
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- Long view from gauge side of unpainted prototype
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- The full unpainted prototype
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- The gas return system on the unpainted prototype
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- The gas return system detail
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- Completed prototype detail
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- Unpainted prototype from behind the breach
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- Completed prototype detail from front
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- The typical day I’m given when painting a large project
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- Painting Table
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- Painting Table with rain
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- Barrel assemblies
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- Pressure gauge assemblies
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- Pressure gauge assemblies again
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- Muzzle pieces
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- Barrel assemblies
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- Gauge assemblies
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- Gauge assemblies again
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- Gauge assemblies yet again
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- All the finished components
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- The components painted and ready
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- Detail pressure regulator assembly
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- Looking down the breach
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- Breach and sight
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- Finished prototype pressure gauge
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- Front sight assembly
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- The regulator side of the finished prototype
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- Four rifles at attention
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- Four completed rifles from the muzzle
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- Four completed rifles from the gauge
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- Four completed rifles from the gauge again
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- Four completed rifles standing
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- Ready to go
