Milsurp After Hours

Got the kit gun I had an urge to get. The Lyman Great Plains rifle in .50 cal. Got a day off today so I will start on sanding the stock shortly.

You will note the barrel was made by Investarms in Italy. And you will also note that other than some finishing, and some wood that needs to be pared down in places, all of the major metal fit has been done already when it arrived.

Did a lot of sanding. Long way to go to stain the wood and brown the barrel and the iron hardware and put a hand rubbed finish on it. But it struck me how large it is. It's about as long as a K98 and a few inches longer than one of my Hawken rifles..

Kit Gun?

so its a DIY repro?

How much work does it take?

How much Finishing does the wood need?

You talk about staining why? Is the wood poor quality with no figure, it looks OK.

Do the metal to wood parts need fitting, does the lock parts need filing, stoning assembling.

The metal is in the white, do you get blueing/browning stuff with the kit?

Is it cheaper to buy than a made up one?

Ooooh. Its gonna be a nice one.

your gonna love it when it's done they are very good shooters.

Adam, the wood needed sanding and some trimming so the wood to metal parts would fit right. The metal needs some smoothing also, except for the lock. The blueing or browning doesn't come with the kit. The wood needs to be stained and finished to look right. The cost is $90 cheaper than an already finished rifle. But.....when you finish it and put it together you get some satisfaction in doing so ... kind of like when you say you get satisfaction out of loading your own amunition. And you know when you are finished with it, for better or worse, that it won't be confused with a ready made one if for no other reason than the finish you give it.

That's neat Robert! I'd love to take a crack at a kit gun some time.

What type of sights does it have?

Brass Rat, this kit is really pretty simple. I've put together harder ones before. And the kit comes with an adjustable buckhorn rear site and also a tradtional fixed one as well.

Here's a link that tells and shows you a lot about this particular kit gun.

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categorie ... PERCUSSION

All the best with the project. The great thing about doing it yourself is the satisfaction that you're using one that you put a bit of yourself into.

Another advantage of muzzleloaders is that you can 'load your own' all the time.

Eoin.

That's true Eoin about the load your own. And... you don't waste much powder and ammo that way since it takes a little time between shots to load.

I have not had time to work on it this week. No days off between Christmas and New Years!