Sitting Fox Customs ordering

[TravAce]

Hey just wondering if anyone has ordered a flintlock kit from sitting fox customs, specifically one of their blanket gun kits.
Would love a fun little project, but not to sure about the import situation right now.

 

[cdnrokon]

I have been talking with builders on other forums and they say they are hit and miss on quality

 

[tula]

An absolutely horrible kit. I would avoid them at all costs. It’s easier to build a gun from scratch. Assembled two in the last 10 years.

 

[sean69]

An absolutely horrible kit. I would avoid them at all costs. It’s easier to build a gun from scratch. Assembled two in the last 10 years.

I have been talking with builders on other forums and they say they are hit and miss on quality

What is the specific problem? - these components don't look any different than anyone else's L&R locks for the most part - not my first choice. I see only one barrel maker specified (Jaeger/Rice) but it's easy enough to call and find out.

My experiences with "bad kits" are the castings - each supply house seems to have someone different casting their parts (not all the same) and other than (expected) rough sand castings all the issues I had were with German silver parts - must be something unique about casting GS.
Other than that "pre-carve" stocks are always sketchy and take more time to fix than starting fresh....

 

[Leg]

I always thought that a short NW trade gun would be a cool way to get into building black powder rifles. No idea where to start though, so I’ll be watching this thread to see what people recommend.

 

[TravAce]

An absolutely horrible kit. I would avoid them at all costs. It’s easier to build a gun from scratch. Assembled two in the last 10 years.

Fair enough, I'd be up for one making one, do you know where i would get a 10-14 inch muzzle loader barrel?

 

[tiriaq]

Go to the KOS Auction, Item 138. Pretty close to what you want to build.

 

[flintyboom]

I would definitely avoid them. I ordered a NW trade gun kit a while back, and had problems with it.
The barrel was inlet 1/2" too far back so the touch hole would end up 1/2" forward of the breech face, and the lock inlet was too big in spots.

 

[Ol' Flinter]

I have had very good luck with Pecatonica River B P supplies for stocks and whole gun kits. Check their website.

 

[Beater]

sitting fox need to add an H in there. very poor from my experiances