Traditions Kentucky rifle kit build questions

[formernuke]

I've been wanting a flintlock rifle and got a free rifle kit.

The wood has been stained already and both the outside of the barrel and the plate where the flint strikes have some surface rust.

I fitted everything together and it fits, but I'm concerned about where the barrel meets the back of the stock.

Has anyone done one of these kits?

What do I need to do in order to make this a fully functional rifle?

 

[RobertIN]

From what I can see you need sights, a flint/leather, and maybe a ramrod. The spot where the barrel meets the back of the stock is called the breech, and the tongue is called the tang. That needs tightened up but if it doesn't want to go you might need to clean up the inletting. Show us an overview of that area and we can help out further. Don't worry about the surface rust steel wool will take it right off.

That's not too shabby of a stock for a traditions kit, I dig the grain and color.

 

[stubshaft]

Yup, it looks like the barrel/breech is sitting too high in the stock.

 

[ronaldrothb49]

The breech should be sitting up against the wood and the top of the tang should be down in the wood not sitting above it. You also have quite a lot of wood that needs to come off down the forestock, that top edge should be rounded over not square like it is.