Patocazador
54 Cal.
I bought a Deer Creek Mountain pistol kit last month. It came with a parts list and no directions. I have only put together one other kit and that was 35 years ago.
The kit was pretty good except for the rusty barrel with 3 pitted areas which took lots of work to get through to the solid metal beneath.
Parts after rough shaping.
1st fitting.
2nd fitting.
Final assembly.
Left side.
The frizzen spring was so strong that a great deal had to be stoned off the spring and the bearing surface of the frizzen plus polishing before the hammer fall would even open the frizzen.
The trigger pull was ridiculous also so a bit of work on the sear was necessary too.
I used a product called "Express Blue" to blue the small parts and the barrel. It was supposed to be easy but I didn't think so. I had trouble with the barrel because there were lines and blotches where uneven heating with a propane torch and spots where tongs gripped the barrel caused a noticeable unevenness in the bluing.
I may redo the barrel later.
The kit was pretty good except for the rusty barrel with 3 pitted areas which took lots of work to get through to the solid metal beneath.
Parts after rough shaping.
1st fitting.
2nd fitting.
Final assembly.
Left side.
The frizzen spring was so strong that a great deal had to be stoned off the spring and the bearing surface of the frizzen plus polishing before the hammer fall would even open the frizzen.
The trigger pull was ridiculous also so a bit of work on the sear was necessary too.
I used a product called "Express Blue" to blue the small parts and the barrel. It was supposed to be easy but I didn't think so. I had trouble with the barrel because there were lines and blotches where uneven heating with a propane torch and spots where tongs gripped the barrel caused a noticeable unevenness in the bluing.
I may redo the barrel later.