Lyman Great Plains Rifle Kit Build

[duelist1954]

I recently completed building a Lyman Great Plains Rifle kit for an article in “American Frontiersman” magazine on guns used in mountain man movies. I thought it would be more fun to build the gun, rather than buying a completed model.

The difficulty level for putting this kit together is pretty low. Anyone, with enough patience, and a few tools, can do a good job on it. So it is a great first project build to use to learn the basics of wood and metal finishing.

But easy as it is, it still takes some knowledge to pull off a good job. Unfortunately Lyman provides absolutely no directions or educational material with the kit.

So, to help out first timers, I’ve put together a short video series that takes you completely through the build.

The videos on this YouTube Playlist will take a prospective builder from un-boxing, right through final assembly of the completed rifle.

I hope someone finds it helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHljRs6NHyZlfr-UMJ7xBABzYtC0Vtv5G

 

[Hoppy]

I've enjoyed your videos for years. I'll be watching these as well. Thanks for posting them. Builds are always fun to watch

 

[Roshi]

Nice work!

I built one in .54 caliber years ago and it became my primary deer rifle. Reasonably powerful and very accurate.

Thanks for your videos and enjoy that rifle.

 

[AKexpat]

That is some very NICE wood for a kit, Mike: flat-sawed, not quarter-sawed.

Excellent looking rifle! I like that it is a .54 caliber, especially for hunting.

I watched all of your YouTube segments and enjoyed them immensely!

I had no idea that you were such a good woodworker. Congrats, Sir.

If it was my project, I think Birchwood-Casey Tru-Oil would have sufficed with #0000 steel wool with lengthy drying periods between applications, but your application turned out very well, and I understand why you used those products.

Much better than a product turned out by any manufacturer.

I did a CVA Hawken .50 kit many years ago and it did not turn nearly as well as yours.

I hope your readers/viewers appreciate all you have done to turn out a very nice rifle and videos for the education for all of us.

As always, you do more than a yeoman's job.

Kudos!

Jim

 

[HPT]

Hi Duelist,

Thanks for posting the videos of making your rifle on Youtube!

I check your channel and a very few others daily for new videos

I am looking forward to seeing video of you shooting it

Keep up the good work.