From raw material to finished piece

Many interested people and customers often ask how my weapons are made.
In the following I would like to show the way from the raw material to the finished piece by using a breech tail and a trigger housing.

First of all, the machining of the raw pieces takes place on a conventional lathe and milling machine - without CNC controls.
The hand of the person carrying out the work is required already during this working step, without which the conventional machine does not move. Each size has to be set by hand and feed started by hand.
Although the machine does the hardest work, it cannot replace the skill and the trained eye of the master, however, and also not his love of detail. So it is and remains the finishing of the individual weapons parts by hand which is the most time-consuming working stage.

In this way, each weapon becomes unique - finished for you - quality for generations.
In contrast, a weapon made in mass production is a weapon without a soul. The weapon made by hand is full of life and the expression of the demands made by its owner.

manufacturing the breech tail(rifle)

	The material is delivered to me in lengths of 6 meters by the steel wholesaler. The material part is sawed first of all. Weight: 1.23 kilograms.
	This is then lathed and machined. Here a considerable part of the original material is milled.
	In the next step, the upper shape of the breech tail is sawed.
	Now the lower shape of the breech tail is sawed as well.
	To give the part the final shape, filing has to take place. The breech tail now only weighs 130 gram in this state!

manufacturing the breech tail for underhammerpistol Billinghurst

	The material rods are delivered from the steel trade in 6-metre lengths. First, the blank is sawn to length. Weight: 672 gram
	The blank has been over-turned.
	In the next step, the part was flattened on both sides by milling.
	The underside of the bascule and the rear radius were milled, the part was brought to its final length. The hole (fit) for the barrel pin has now also been drilled.
	The remaining milling and drilling work is done. The bascule weighs only 102 grams in this condition!
	The base and housing are filed and ground. The parts are ready for engraving or, in the standard model, ready for browning.
	After engraving, the parts go to surface hardening. This is the condition in which the parts return from the hardening shop.
	The surface finish is done, the parts can now be assembled..

now the trigger housing has to be made

	In this case, too, the raw part is first sawed. Weight 391 grams.
	Then milling and boring takes place.
	In the next step, the lower shape of the housing is sawed.

	Filing has to take place here as well, to give the part its final shape. The housing now weighs only 72 grams!