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Deer Creek Heritage Pistol Kits
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Deer Creek is ...............well, er..., ah, well, not really top notch quality. I bought one of the Deer Creek rifle kits in .45 percussion and never was able to get the thing put together. :curse:
The dove tail slots in the barrel were bigger than the dovetail in the sight base, not good. There was way to much wood inlet away so that the metal parts fit with gaps all the way round.
The lock was the old Manson design and poorly made. L.R. Locks makes replacements and it's a good thing. The Manson lock was awfull. The steel butt plate is of some alloy resembling Stainless but it isn't and you will NEVER get the thing blued or browned. :curse:
There were not enough screws or fastners to put all the parts on the stock and I eventually gave up on it.
The barrel however did take the slow rust brown and I learned a lot from this kit about browning the old way.
Over all on a scale of 1 to 10 I'd rate it a -1. Now if you want a real challenge, have access to a machine shop and don't mind a lot of extra work, I'd recommend the Deer Creek products. :bull: :haha:
The BEST Deer Creek black powder arm is the underhammer rifle. Why? 'Cause you really can't screw up an underhammer.
I think there are only 3 moving parts, now the barrels might be a little rough, but you can fix that easily. :winking:
Deer Creek is ...............well, er..., ah, well, not really top notch quality. I bought one of the Deer Creek rifle kits in .45 percussion and never was able to get the thing put together. :curse:
The dove tail slots in the barrel were bigger than the dovetail in the sight base, not good. There was way to much wood inlet away so that the metal parts fit with gaps all the way round.
The lock was the old Manson design and poorly made. L.R. Locks makes replacements and it's a good thing. The Manson lock was awfull. The steel butt plate is of some alloy resembling Stainless but it isn't and you will NEVER get the thing blued or browned. :curse:
There were not enough screws or fastners to put all the parts on the stock and I eventually gave up on it.
The barrel however did take the slow rust brown and I learned a lot from this kit about browning the old way.
Over all on a scale of 1 to 10 I'd rate it a -1. Now if you want a real challenge, have access to a machine shop and don't mind a lot of extra work, I'd recommend the Deer Creek products. :bull: :haha:
The BEST Deer Creek black powder arm is the underhammer rifle. Why? 'Cause you really can't screw up an underhammer.
I think there are only 3 moving parts, now the barrels might be a little rough, but you can fix that easily. :winking:
Don't ye jus hate someon who beats 'round the bush whan ye ask um a question? ::
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Heck I WAS being polite.
For anyone interested in an inexpensive underhammer the Deer Creek "kit" isn't bad at all for the money. It isn't much of a trick to assemble the underhammer kit as it just has the butt stock and very few moving parts. The barrel will brown easily enough and they shoot quite accurately. The write ups I've seen on these underhammers are generally positive with some complaints of rough bores that were smoothed out with the 0000 steel wool on a brush trick.
The other kits are pretty rough though. :curse:
For anyone interested in an inexpensive underhammer the Deer Creek "kit" isn't bad at all for the money. It isn't much of a trick to assemble the underhammer kit as it just has the butt stock and very few moving parts. The barrel will brown easily enough and they shoot quite accurately. The write ups I've seen on these underhammers are generally positive with some complaints of rough bores that were smoothed out with the 0000 steel wool on a brush trick.
The other kits are pretty rough though. :curse:
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