Kits

[Mike Brooks]

Are there any gun kits that need to be brought out on the market? What isn't already out there that people would be interested in building?
Also, how much inleting do you think should be completed in a kit?

 

[oldarmy]

Mike,
I would love to build an american made brown bess in a kit.
I know TOTW has a kit, but you have to build the lock from casting. Why can't they or somebody sell a completed lock???
As far as inletting is concerned, I don't mind doing everything execpt drilling the ramrod and cutting the barrel channel.

 

How about an early 19th century light English sporting rifle, walnut halfstock, flint hook breech in 36 cal with a second barrel in 24 gauge. a light weight squirell/rabbit combo. A sporting gentlemans gun. Maybe even have plans for a case. Bill

 

[Swampman]

I'd like to see a Gun like the Early Rustic Arms Militia Musket with a Chamber's Round Faced Lock that could be had in the white. No buttplate, No entry pipe. The Italian made Short Land Pattern Barrel would be fine. I don't want to wait 14 months for it.

A correctly made "Type G" with a walnut stock would be good.

Correctly made French guns would be popular too.

A colonial buckaneer???sp.??

 

[aragorn]

Brown Bess 3rd model/India pattern, as used for example in 1812 and throughout the Napoleonic War. I agree, it's bizarre that there's only the TOW kit available among US makers for a Brown Bess, and it's offputting to many because of the lock challenge. I'd like to see a superbly accurate stock based on exact measurements of an original - so many of the repro Besses I've seen are just approximations, and that's no good for a military musket that was closely standardised!

Amount of inletting: what I'm doing in my Chambers kit is perfect for me, with plenty of challenge and hard work and some scope for variation, but with the big jobs 90% done.

 

[Swampman]

When Kit Ravenshear died, it left a huge hole in this hobby that no one has filled.

 

[pondoro]

I would like a Deringer. The one Dixie sells is reputed to be low quality.

 

[mikelange]

1817 Common Rifle. Thousands were made and they're correct for the Fur Trade through the Mexican War eras.

 

[tg]

I would vote for a very close repro of the Shrite gun and a good French Fusil with the correct large lock and 1 1/4" breeched barrel in .60 bore.

 

[bnail]

Hey Mike, you wouldn't happen to be doing market research would ya? :winking:
for my part, I'd vote for a good, common committee of safety musket. :thumbsup:

 

I've heard people in the past say they would like to see a sxs flint kit. pretty tough to offer a period correct one though. However, I suspect that most people that would buy one just want a sxs flint to shoot.

Cody

 

I've heard people in the past say they would like to see a sxs flint kit. pretty tough to offer a period correct one though. However, I suspect that most people that would buy one just want a sxs flint to shoot.

Cody

You got that right, brother! If there was an affordable sxs flint shotgun kit that was not PC I would buy it just because I want to have and shoot a sxs flinter.

I also agree it would be great to see a high quality Brown Bess kit with a finished lock.

 

[mikee51848]

for my part, I'd vote for a good, common committee of safety musket. :thumbsup:

I agree with that, and the comments about the Bess kit that TOW sells. Totally insane that you have to assemble the lock. At least make it optional. :hmm:

 

[MikeChapin]

My vote would be for a Derringer or Henry trade rifle. They are simple rifles and lend themselves to a builder who wants to go to the next level from a GPR kit. A decent lock and a single trigger would not overwhelm the new builder and it would be PC for these rifles.

As far as inletting goes, I would say have the barrel and tang inletted and a shallow inlet on the lock plate to give the builder a start on where the lock is supposed to go. The other parts should be marked.

I would not do anything on the buttplate. The reason I got into building my own rifles is that I'm tall and like a 15" pull. Most production guns are too short for me. Just give the builder instructions on how to measure pull and install the buttplate.

 

[big bore 75]

I'll go with all the above with the addition of bench rifles,and any type of side X side i believe many would love american made Sxs.

 

[CrackStock]

I'd vote for a good, common committee of safety musket.

I think that this is the greatest need at the moment.

I also think that a good quality US pistol would be a another suggestion.

CS

 

[crgabel]

I'm in for a SXS. I need one, I got to have one,
PLEASE

 

[chuck-ia]

seems like everyone I know that shoots muzzleloaders would like to have an inexpensive smoothbore. maybe available in flint or perc. I think to actually be able to sell these guns a lot of the inletting would have to be done, maybe similar to a gpr kit. lets face it, a lot of guys that shoot muzzleloaders don't have the passion to build a gun like say from a track of the wolf kit, or a chambers kit, but would be more than willing to spend around 40 hours on sanding and finishing the wood and metal. would have to be real affordable too. flinch

 

[roundball]

Are there any gun kits that need to be brought out on the market? What isn't already out there that people would be interested in building?
Also, how much inleting do you think should be completed in a kit?

Mike, a kit of a true Hawken design might be nice...I wouldn't want it completed all the way...I'd insist on hooking the barrel into the tang, laying it down in it's bed, and tapping in the wedge pin myself!
:rotf:

 

[Pork Chop]

How about something along the lines of a crew served, belt fed, bolt action, semi-automatic, side hammer muzzleloader with a synthetic folding stock. :rotf:

But only if it was a traditional weapon!