Recent content by jricker3

Another thing I noticed is that the screwholes on the tang are not centered. Mass produced parts should be properly centered.

The slots are off center in some of the screws. Other than that I cannot tell if they are handmade or mass produced.

>>The fly is there to prevent the sear from catching on the half-cock notch when the gun is fired. It is a small bit of metal inletted into the face of the tumbler, behind the bridle. I'll take another look, but when I had the lock off I only saw one notch. Also, it looks like the sear is...

Thanks for all of the input. It sounds like regardless of whether it is an original or a repro, it was worth the $75 I paid. As for shooting versus hanging on the wall, I am a shoot it kind of guy. Hanging a perfectly good gun on the wall is like restoring a car then not driving it. What's the...

Sorry xxmaa, I just bought it today.

The bore is in pretty good shape. Definitely needs a scrubbing, but from what I can see does not appear to be heavily pitted. It is .36 caliber though, not .45. Did they make the kit rifles in .36 too? I'll check out Dixie Gun works. Thanks.

Greetings from rainy Oregon. If you look at the news you will see we are in the middle of a severe drought. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell mother nature and we have been getting rain for the past two weeks. It is great for the ranchers, but is really screwing with my range time.

Greetings. I am new to this forum and new to black powder arms. I own a few smokeless weapons, but have wanted to get into black powder for a while. To that end, I picked up a rifle that is a complete mystery to me, and may well become a wall hanger if it proves to be too much to refurb. I am...