kits

[zouave]

Looking to get a Traditions 50 cal. Kentucky rifle kit and just wondering how much finishing there is to do. I was told with the old kits you you even had to finish the brass. Is it just minor sanding of the wood or major filing? I
am thinking about browning the barrel. Thanks for any help.

zouave.

[Ramrod]

Most of the commercial kits require sanding and polishing of the brass. You will want to do it after you attach the various parts to the wood, to get them level with the finished surface. It's pretty simple stuff, just some elbow grease required. After one or two, you might want to move up to something more complicated, like a Chamber's or Track of the Wolf Kit.

[Plink]

I've built several Traditions kits, as well as a couple Lyman and Investarms. The Traditions kits are usually pretty well fitted, but you have a lot of hand work to do. The brass is as-cast and needs to be sanded and polished, which is pretty easy. The wood sometimes needs a little final fitting, or perhaps a screw hole relocated. That's no biggy, you just glue a toothpick in the old hole, cut it flush with the wood and drill the new hole. The stock itself needs some final shaping, as they're usually rough shaped, but again, that's easy enough to do also.

Your first kit always seems like a major undertaking and can be confusing. Just have patience and don't rush it. If you get stuck somewhere, ask others who have built them for advice. When you finish it, you'll realize that it really wasn't all that hard. You'll have more confidence and might want to build others. I love building them!

Traditions guns are good guns and shoot very well. Being so well fitted, they make a great first kit, also.

[CROWHOP]

I assembled 2 lyman GPR kits 1 cap and 1 flint,and it was a great experience.I browned the barrells on both.My kits are more special to me than the cabelas hawkin that came in a box.