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<blockquote data-quote="scottb42" data-source="post: 3308426" data-attributes="member: 27603"><p>My only experience building a BP firearm is with a Pedersoli "Kentucky" pistol kit. As somebody mentioned above, expect to invest a lot of time in it. As far as I know, T/C isn't making any of their traditional looking muzzle-loaders any more, so unless you can find an unmolested example on gunbroker or are willing to buy individual parts and make a custom gun, you're pretty much limited to the Italian or Spanish reproductions.</p><p></p><p>I'm no woodworker or machinist but ultimately mine turned out ok. The instructions left something to be desired (at least partially due to the marginal Italian to English translation) which resulted in a couple boo-boos that sort of bug me but probably pass unnoticed by anyone else. The brass bits were all in their rough as-cast condition so I had to remove the flashing and then hit them with the polishing wheel on my bench grinder, faithful, I'm sure, to the way they did things back in the 1800's. I also had to mess a little with the inletting of the wood to get some of the metal parts to fit.</p><p></p><p>Pedersoli sells this same style in both flintlock and percussion (and rifle and pistol). Mine was a flintlock when I bought it, and I found a place selling the percussion lock (and corresponding drum/nipple) that fit the model so I can easily convert between the two as the whim strikes.</p><p></p><p>It came along with me (configured as a flintlock) to an Eat-n-Shoot a while back, at Tri-City. A few of the folks here were brave enough to pull the trigger on it, I think I shared a bench with you druryj but I don't remember if you tried it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]149713[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]149714[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scottb42, post: 3308426, member: 27603"] My only experience building a BP firearm is with a Pedersoli "Kentucky" pistol kit. As somebody mentioned above, expect to invest a lot of time in it. As far as I know, T/C isn't making any of their traditional looking muzzle-loaders any more, so unless you can find an unmolested example on gunbroker or are willing to buy individual parts and make a custom gun, you're pretty much limited to the Italian or Spanish reproductions. I'm no woodworker or machinist but ultimately mine turned out ok. The instructions left something to be desired (at least partially due to the marginal Italian to English translation) which resulted in a couple boo-boos that sort of bug me but probably pass unnoticed by anyone else. The brass bits were all in their rough as-cast condition so I had to remove the flashing and then hit them with the polishing wheel on my bench grinder, faithful, I'm sure, to the way they did things back in the 1800's. I also had to mess a little with the inletting of the wood to get some of the metal parts to fit. Pedersoli sells this same style in both flintlock and percussion (and rifle and pistol). Mine was a flintlock when I bought it, and I found a place selling the percussion lock (and corresponding drum/nipple) that fit the model so I can easily convert between the two as the whim strikes. It came along with me (configured as a flintlock) to an Eat-n-Shoot a while back, at Tri-City. A few of the folks here were brave enough to pull the trigger on it, I think I shared a bench with you druryj but I don't remember if you tried it. [ATTACH]149713[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]149714[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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