defender blankfirer single shot .22 project

[AKAZZ]

I have recently been very bored due to being almost indefinably off work following a RTA so today I set about exploring the possibility if making a small .22cal blank firing revolver pictured here fire live:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/akazz69/DSC00078-1.jpg

Obviously there are measures in place to stop people doing this like a solid barrel and blocked cylinders:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/akazz69/DSC00079.jpg

So I removed the chamber cylinders and with the aid of my rusty dremel removed the barrel and the upper frame rail (pictured):

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/akazz69/DSC00081-1.jpg

I then cut 3.5ins from an old .22 air rifle barrel as a substitute and drilled out a chamber for the round to sit in and a small slot to aid extraction

The weapon has been test fired in a vice as it is not welded together yet on testing the weapon was loaded with an air rifle pellet and a .22 blank. Tests showed the pellet consistently being put though both sides of aluminium bin and roughly 8-10 mm into the wall behind.

Better pictures and test footage will follow as I progress further with the project apologies for the poor typing skills i am learning to type without the movement of my left hand.

[JakeGallows]

Sounds like a fun project...

Why did you have to detach the barrel and upper frame with the dremel? I've never seen a replica up close... Could you perhaps use a drill press to revitalize the barrel and cylinders? :confused:

[paul88]

Someone told me that the barrels of those blank firing revolvers are cheap metal. So he may have taken the barrel off as to avoid a potential grenade.