Did my heart good to see Davy Crockett show up! Keep doing this! I started the same way 45 years ago and never stopped. I’ve made over 100 scratch built guns since.
Wow that’s a lot of builds! Really cool! We actually just ordered a smoothbore flintlock kit too and will hopefully use it for spring turkey season. Good chance this kit building endeavor has sparked into a new hobby. Gonna get one for Davy Crockett too and help him build it.
When I was researching the purchase of kit rifles, the regular comments were to advise that these kits do require a great deal of fine tuning. That may or may not be a good thing. I think a more appropriate title for them would be “project” guns, in kit form. Still makes them fun because the more of a perfectionist that you are, can still produce a decent flintlock. The arguments about steel quality and hardening quality, will always persist and, likely with merit. It was a pleasant surprise to see the youngin in a Davey Crockett outfit!! I thought those went out with my generation!!😁
Yea his grandpa got him that outfit. That boy absolutely loves Davy Crockett! And it’s true this kit does require some fine tuning here and there. As far as quality goes, we’ll see how well it holds up over the years.
Hey man I built a percussion cap model at the start of the year and I followed this along as.I built mine, I found it really helpful so thanks for putting this out there!
It still has a lot of play in it. Never found a solution to fix that. It still works but it’s rather annoying the way it rattles around. Might try to come up with a solution for that some day.
@@theoutdoorrealm1658 thank you. I thought I did something wrong. I know you say your stuff isn’t a tutorial, but it’s been very helpful. I’m working on one right now.
Why doesn't Traditions make a real kentucky long rifle? Real long rifles were about 6 inches longer than this one. Traditions barrel is about 33 inches, a classic kentucky rifle had a barrel about 42 inches long.
Don’t know. Traditions makes kits that are more affordable than most, and they are great for starting off and getting experience. But if you want a kit with a longer barrel, you’ll have to find a different vendor and you’re gonna pay more for it.
They used to be that long if i remember correctly. They chopped them down i think around 2018. I watched a shot show interview with them from around then and remember them mentioning they were shortening the rifles to make them a little cheaper to make, and more easy to handle while hunting. I prefer the longer ones myself though. Traditions are fun to learn on then once you build a couple and get the hang of it i suggest getting a kibler mountain rifle kit. They are some of the best but not cheap.
Did my heart good to see Davy Crockett show up! Keep doing this! I started the same way 45 years ago and never stopped. I’ve made over 100 scratch built guns since.
Wow that’s a lot of builds! Really cool! We actually just ordered a smoothbore flintlock kit too and will hopefully use it for spring turkey season. Good chance this kit building endeavor has sparked into a new hobby. Gonna get one for Davy Crockett too and help him build it.
I just started my build. Thank you for your videos!
When I was researching the purchase of kit rifles, the regular comments were to advise that these kits do require a great deal of fine tuning. That may or may not be a good thing. I think a more appropriate title for them would be “project” guns, in kit form. Still makes them fun because the more of a perfectionist that you are, can still produce a decent flintlock. The arguments about steel quality and hardening quality, will always persist and, likely with merit. It was a pleasant surprise to see the youngin in a Davey Crockett outfit!! I thought those went out with my generation!!😁
Yea his grandpa got him that outfit. That boy absolutely loves Davy Crockett! And it’s true this kit does require some fine tuning here and there. As far as quality goes, we’ll see how well it holds up over the years.
Hey man I built a percussion cap model at the start of the year and I followed this along as.I built mine, I found it really helpful so thanks for putting this out there!
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful.
Would like to see the entire progress. Thank you. Cheers.
There are a few more videos on the process on the channel. Hoping to finish out the rest of the series one of these days.
When you put the trigger in, you indicated it had some play in it. How did you get it from having all that play? Mine has the same problem.
It still has a lot of play in it. Never found a solution to fix that. It still works but it’s rather annoying the way it rattles around. Might try to come up with a solution for that some day.
@@theoutdoorrealm1658 thank you. I thought I did something wrong. I know you say your stuff isn’t a tutorial, but it’s been very helpful. I’m working on one right now.
I wanna build this kit I just can’t afford it.
Why doesn't Traditions make a real kentucky long rifle? Real long rifles were about 6 inches longer than this one. Traditions barrel is about 33 inches, a classic kentucky rifle had a barrel about 42 inches long.
Don’t know. Traditions makes kits that are more affordable than most, and they are great for starting off and getting experience. But if you want a kit with a longer barrel, you’ll have to find a different vendor and you’re gonna pay more for it.
They used to be that long if i remember correctly. They chopped them down i think around 2018. I watched a shot show interview with them from around then and remember them mentioning they were shortening the rifles to make them a little cheaper to make, and more easy to handle while hunting. I prefer the longer ones myself though. Traditions are fun to learn on then once you build a couple and get the hang of it i suggest getting a kibler mountain rifle kit. They are some of the best but not cheap.