Kentucky pistol kit

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MrDontPlay

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Today I got a traditions Kentucky pistol kit for me and my girlfriend to put together. I was just wondering if anyone has any quick tips or tricks for putting together, and shooting this pistol.
 
:D.. this made me laugh first thing this morning..

If you really enjoy the "building of a pistol", take your time and have fun doing it.... if you just want to "Go Shoot".. do yourself a favor and buy a finished kentucky.

I got one from a girl friend years ago. I had great hopes and spent every bit of spare time trying to get it together so I could GO SHOOT.

Very shortly my GF started complaining, "Thats all you ever do"... so I just hacked it together and went and shot it...(let's just say that a pistol with no trigger guard is very prone to AD's:rolleyes::eek:) It was never finished and the parts (that I could find) were sold on ebay years later.:D:D

Good Luck..
 
You did make one fundamental mistake,,,

You should have bought two.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away,,,
I purchased a pair of single shot cap and ball pistols at a garage sale.

My ex wife and I had a blast shooting those dang things,,,
There was something very pleasant about the shared ritual of charge, load, prime, & shoot.

An entire afternoon of shooting for less than a $20.00 bill,,,
And the cleanup was quick and easy.

I did find it amusing that after a while,,,
We both thought it would be a great idea to buy two C&B revolvers,,,
That turned out to be not such a good idea as we both thought it would be.

The revolvers were not nearly as much fun for us as the single shots were,,,
The whole leisurely aspect was defeated by the revolver's complexity,,,
It simply wasn't as much fun as with our single shots.

As for specific advice on completing the kits,,,
Take your time and work on the finer details until they are right.

Then go and have some fun.

Aarond
 
I have old CVA Kentucky pistol that my father & I built from a kit in about 1981. It may sound a bit sentimental, but it's more of a trip down memory lane than anything else. It's unremarkable quality wise, but it's still a fun item.
Take your time and enjoy.
 
Best advice already given. "take your time" + 2
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As previously replied and totally agree, take your time. .... ;)
I have put quite a few kits together and reworked other kit guns that were not finished very well. To some, the project starts out with much enthusiasm and finishes with as much relief. ...... :eek:

Now for a tip;
As best you can, fully assemble it to a point of being functional. Then note where you have to do some fitting. This way, you get a better idea of what is required and you become more familiar with it. Disassemble it, fit and finish. Some kits take more work than others. I have seen some truly fine work on kits and then not so much. ..... :barf:


Enjoy and,
Be Safe !!!
 
I kinda mocked it up last night and identified some places that need some dremel work. Over all the parts seem to fit pretty well.
 
Among the projectiles that can be fired in a .50 bore include a .490 ball with a .10 or .015 patch, and a .495 ball with a .005 or .010 patch.
A .50 caliber bore size conical can be loaded. Pure lead conicals are easier to load.
Like any projectile, it needs to be rammed and seated all of way down the bore until it rests on top of the powder.
And .50 caliber saboted bullets can be loaded. The .50 sabots come in different sizes to accommodate different size bullets including .429, .451 and .458. (click the link)
The bore often needs to be swabbed clean every 1-5 shots to help make loading them easier.

A mallet is sometimes needed to load really tight projectiles. Once they're started in the bore, it's required to finish seating them by pounding them in if necessary.
Patched round balls usually shoot the best and are the easiest to load.


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