An Airship Admiral's Sidearm. An elegant steampunk pistol.

Step 2 The Scope

The idea for this pistol came initially from the brass vase that I used as the scope. I had to hack the end off so you can see through it, then fixed a small telescope eye piece to the front end.

I invested in a mini tap and die set for this project, it really makes a world of difference. I was convinced that I wanted this to look as "real" as possible, so I have tried to avoid lots of unreliable glue etc when it comes to fixing the metal components together. This only real alternatives are soldering, (which can get a little messy) or fixing with small screws/bolts etc. So I went down to Maplins and spent some money on the mini tap and die set. Most of the screws and bolts incidentally came from a broken SLR camera I took to pieces.

Comments

[CaseBoy]

 so does the scope work or is it just glass

[TheMadScientist]

its likely one of those interchangeable telescope objective lenses, so yes, i'm guessing it works, but it's likely not a very proper lense for this application. too high of a magnification...