Traditions Crockett .32 kit observations

[airborne1]

Just about finished, the stock finishing requires the most time as I wait 24 hours between coats. Wood inletting was minimal although the trigger guard and trigger assembly was inletted on an angle lengthwise, which is noticeable when the rifle is turned upside down. The stock itself is plain beech with no discernible figure which did require moderate sanding to smooth out rough areas. The barrel flats were somewhat compromised from aggressive polishing, and I cold blued it with oxpho-blue. Although not nearly good as rust, or, hot blue, it came out pretty good.The lock and trigger function quite well, although I had to remove the hammer, heat, and bend to accomplish this (from what I hear, this is not unusual). Although I would have preferred a factory finished rifle, if the rifle shoots accurately I will be quite happy because none of the above should affect accuracy. After seeing some Traditions factory finished rifles, and the better looking stocks, and inletting, I wonder if the kits use parts that were not quite up to snuff for the factory finished rifles?

 

[faste350]

although i haven't owned a production gun for about 25 years, about 2 months ago i bought a new crockett for an alright price to make a longer range woodchuck rifle out of. my plan is to put a reproduction full length scope on it and see how far i can reach out there with it. the gun is really nice, with nice walnut wood, a good fit and finish. need to find the time to work up a load for it and see how it does.

 

[Crewdawg445]

hotoSmile:

Hehe

 

[pab1]

Not sure about the sub-par kit parts. Look forward to seeing pics of your rifle when its done. :thumbsup:

 

[hanshi]

Those Crocketts are a (forgive me) blast. Phenomenally accurate and cheap to shoot, they're hard to beat. Picture?? I'll give you one.

 

[jamesthomas]

Do they come in a flintlock? that would be :thumbsup: .

 

[airborne1]

I don't believe they do.

 

[RAEDWALD]

My observations of Traditions/Ardesa kits is that they put their reject parts in the kits.

Not reject as in unsafe. Reject in that they are poorly finished and dimensioned.

I have seen a flintlock Crockett but that involved grinding the bolster off and plugging and redrilling the touch hole. They do a flint lock complete that fits in place of the percussion one.