Lymans Plains Pistol from a kit

[RDavidP]

Here is the .50 cal Lyman's Plains Pistol my father and I put together. I have not shot it yet, but hope to this weekend. It was exactly what I was looking for in a first kit. I received it in the mail from Dixie Gun Works, and within 5 minutes all the parts fit into the stock perfectly. We did not have to do any inletting at all. We did some fine sanding on the stock and a little on some of the metal pieces. Then we stained the stock with Birchwood Casey walnut stain, put a few coats of Linseed oil on it, then blued the metal with Outer's Gun blue.

 

[john s mosby]

Your pistol turned out really nice. I like the color of the wood.

 

[RDavidP]

Thanks. That is mainly the walnut stain. The wood itself was white. While putting the stain on, we saw how some of the wood got darker than the the rest. Just how the wood took it. I like it. Gives it old time character.

 

[mastrsgt]

Your pistol looks good. I did one from a kit about a year ago and enjoyed the experience. When you get chance to shoot it, you will really enjoy that. They ar a ball to shoot.

Don R

 

[renovato]

That gun came out great! You two did a really nice job on it. Now make yerselves a Lyman rifle to match.

 

[Deadeye]

Looks good but your rear sight appears to be on backwards.

 

[PitchyPine]

Looks great, nice job. :thumbsup:

 

[TFoley]

Now THAT is very nice, with the minor proviso of the back-to-front rear sight.

You have made a very fine job of that kit, and I would be proud to own it. No kidding. The bluing also came out very well with that kinda satin-ny finish. All you need to do now is to

a. turn the sight around.

b. put a few gentle dings in the stock for appearance sake, and

c. go SHOOT it!!

I just wish there was a way we could build kits in the UK that did not involve the PITA rigmarole of the Firearms Certificate.

Imagine it - walk in into the gun store on a saturday morning, buy the kit, and go shoot it on sunday evening. All without a single piece of paper being involved.

Bliss! :thumbsup:

Best wishes from Tokyo

tac

 

[arquebus]

Yep, that's one of the reasons I now live in the U.S. & not Australia! Australia is a beautiful country & I could do a heck of alot of Muzzleloading Competition Shooting down there, but just having to jump through all the hoops to buy, own, &/or use any type of gun is more than I could bare. Back in the late 70s/early 80s, when I was working in a gun shop in Adelaide, we used to sell the CVA Cannons but had to stop as the lawmakers decided that, due to their barrel length, they were legally pistols & therefore concealable & could only be sold to pistol licence holders.....I'm not kidding! Back then, in my part of the country, a pistol licence only permitted you to own 6 handguns (4x cartridge, 1x Air, & 1x BP), so who was going to use up a spot on their licence for a cannon?!

 

[XXX]

I did mine in dark walnut too. Did you treat the belthook to get it that dark?

 

[RDavidP]

I think I gave everything about 4 coats of Outer's Gun Blue. For some reason, the belt hook just took the blueing differently.

 

[windwalker_au]

arquebus its still the same if you want a pistol like the lyman its club use onley .
bernie :cursing: