Hand Cannon Project - Help w/ Stock?

[Mr. Scratch]

Originally Posted by fearn

I'm not an expert, but the one thing I've noticed about the examples is that the have a band in the middle of the barrel, to help hold it in the wooden stock. Since that band is missing in the specimen, you need to have another mechanism for holding the barrel to the stock.

Best,

F

I've got a very skilled blacksmith on retainer.

My hope is to wrap the band around the barrel with a tab at the bottom to join the band ends together. The tab will insert into a slot in the stock, and a rod will run through the stock and tab to hold it all together. The effect should be a band secures the cannon without having to attach on the exterior of the stock. Again, like I presume of the "pistol" example.