New to Black Powder
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vagrantviking
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- Southern Alberta
The occassional gun shop will have them. Not sure if Loyalist carries kits or not.
The good bit though is that you can order kits and most finished muzzleloaders (must be long guns) from the US without a hitch or even any paperwork.
Look at Track of the Wolf and Dixie Gun works to start. Lymans used to come as kits not sure if they still do.
The good bit though is that you can order kits and most finished muzzleloaders (must be long guns) from the US without a hitch or even any paperwork.
Look at Track of the Wolf and Dixie Gun works to start. Lymans used to come as kits not sure if they still do.
NorthCoastBigBore
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- Northwest BC (Rural) 103-I-##
Wholesale still has the Lyman GP kit - rifle and pistol.
I built my GP .54 over 20 years ago and while I don't bang it around, it has done it's service well - and with no signs of slowing down.
I don't know if they've changed the kits, but mine came with cast parts I had to file down, shape and polish; and the stock was inletted for the lock & barrel & furniture but was otherwise in the rough. I liked it that way - let me put my own spin on it.
Good luck
I built my GP .54 over 20 years ago and while I don't bang it around, it has done it's service well - and with no signs of slowing down.
I don't know if they've changed the kits, but mine came with cast parts I had to file down, shape and polish; and the stock was inletted for the lock & barrel & furniture but was otherwise in the rough. I liked it that way - let me put my own spin on it.
Good luck
NorthCoastBigBore
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- Northwest BC (Rural) 103-I-##
Here I found the links for ya:
WSS GP rifle:
h ttp://ca.wholesalesports.com/storefront/black-powder/firearms/great-plains-kits-unfinished/prod182255.html
Pistol:
h ttp://ca.wholesalesports.com/storefront/black-powder/firearms/plains-pistol/prod192240.html
NOW none of that is to criticize the good folks at Dixie or Track - excellent companies. And both sell kits painlessly across the border (long guns, as noted above). And I love browsing Track's parts list, I am building a .36 for my daughter over the winter with their parts...BUT I'd suggest building one or two from a kit first because, if nothing else, it'll save you a lot of back & forth getting parts and such you didn't know you needed.
TOTW (and Dixie) also have GREAT books and tools to assist you...something WSS does not seem to have (well maybe they do I just can't find them)
Good luck - and have fun
WSS GP rifle:
h ttp://ca.wholesalesports.com/storefront/black-powder/firearms/great-plains-kits-unfinished/prod182255.html
Pistol:
h ttp://ca.wholesalesports.com/storefront/black-powder/firearms/plains-pistol/prod192240.html
NOW none of that is to criticize the good folks at Dixie or Track - excellent companies. And both sell kits painlessly across the border (long guns, as noted above). And I love browsing Track's parts list, I am building a .36 for my daughter over the winter with their parts...BUT I'd suggest building one or two from a kit first because, if nothing else, it'll save you a lot of back & forth getting parts and such you didn't know you needed.
TOTW (and Dixie) also have GREAT books and tools to assist you...something WSS does not seem to have (well maybe they do I just can't find them)
Good luck - and have fun
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NorthCoastBigBore
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- Northwest BC (Rural) 103-I-##
Glad to hear it - make sure you update us!
It's a lot of fun
It's a lot of fun
