Excellent video. A very nice looking rifle. I have a custom made Bedford county rifle with a 43" barrel. But your rifle is just as nice and graceful. I really love these old designs. They were perfect. The workmanship is a lost art.
Great tutorial here Hovey!! I built one of these along with a 50 cal Kentucky rifle and both are superb arms. I browned my barrels and used boiled linseed oil on the stocks. Cheers
Hey, man. Thanks for the vid. I was thinking of getting one of these kits because I wanted a small caliber muzzleloading rifle. Looks like too much hassle to me for the money. You just saved me time and frustration. Hopefully someday there'll be a kit, or assembled rifle, that I can find worthwhile.
O.K. If you got to, You need to secure the plate below the hammer in a padded vise so that the jaws do not touch the hammer and block the plate on the other side with wood so that the tumbler and opposite wood surface are even. Put penetrating oil on the outside of the hammer and work it so that it coats the spindle. Once everything is firmly fixed. take a wooden block and give it a moderate rap with the face of the block against as much of the hammer as it will touch. With luck a small gap will began to open between the hammer and the plate. With a padded set of vise grips grab the hammer shank and attempt to work it back and forth. If no movement give the vise grips a rap in the opposite direction. Repeat this process until the hammer slowly works off the spindle. This may take five or six tries before anything seems to happen.
That was a one-time order made by Traditions exclusively for Sportsman's Guide. SG took the entire run of guns. I have not seen them in their ads recently, so I assume that the order has been sold out.
I was going to get one kit thru bass pro, but I read so many bad reviews about the kits and now you confirm those fears , you shouldn`t have to fix and modify the parts , traditions needs to make a much better quality kit even if it costs a little more
Encountering all the "opportunities" you did. This video was very helpful. Can you remember how you removed the hammer? The screw came off of my son's easily, but I cannot seem to get the hammer off the square.
The hammers are tightly wedged on the tapered square, as you call it.. Only friction holds it, but getting it off frequently leads to scaring of the lock plate. I would leave it on tumbler and remove any small burrs on the tumbler while it is attached to the lock plate. One could build a special jig to fit a vise that would apply pressure to the hammer while supporting the lock plate, but that risks bending or breaking the hammer. In this case, best to leave well enough alone.
Hovey I have a traditions Kentucky rifle kit. I can not seem to get the trigger and lock to work together. When I put the trigger into the gun the lock will not half cock or full. When trigger is out the lock works fine. Help
This is likely a simple fix. What is likely happening is that the trigger plate is too tall and is striking the sear bar and not allowing the hammer to stay at full cock. The solution is to slowly reduce the height of the trigger plate until they just miss touching when the hammer is put at full cock and you screw all of the screws tight. You can also grind a little from the bottom of the trigger bar to the same effect. Go slow and don't grind off too much. I am 90% certain that either of these fixes will solve your problem.
Don't know why anyone would buy this poorly made gun. I would hope the manufacturing process was better. Sad. Sad. Sad. Would have loved to have one, not now
Excellent video. A very nice looking rifle. I have a custom made Bedford county rifle with a 43" barrel.
But your rifle is just as nice and graceful. I really love these old designs. They were perfect. The workmanship
is a lost art.
Great tutorial here Hovey!! I built one of these along with a 50 cal Kentucky rifle and both are superb arms. I browned my barrels and used boiled linseed oil on the stocks.
Cheers
Love you Hovey......You are so relaxing and entertaining to watch. You are even better than Mr. Rogers; and he was one of the greats.
great video this is a great build good luck squirrel season,cant wait for that video
Great Video hovey, you are a master of the black powder world
I've been checking out your crockett rifle series and I'm sold. I'm thinking I'll go with a kit just to make it a bit more personal.
Hey, man. Thanks for the vid. I was thinking of getting one of these kits because I wanted a small caliber muzzleloading rifle. Looks like too much hassle to me for the money. You just saved me time and frustration. Hopefully someday there'll be a kit, or assembled rifle, that I can find worthwhile.
Midway usa has this rifle complete on sale for 480 right now
Thank you for the quick reply. I need to heat and bend the lock approximately 3/16" to strike the nipper squarely. That's why I need to remove it.
O.K. If you got to, You need to secure the plate below the hammer in a padded vise so that the jaws do not touch the hammer and block the plate on the other side with wood so that the tumbler and opposite wood surface are even. Put penetrating oil on the outside of the hammer and work it so that it coats the spindle. Once everything is firmly fixed. take a wooden block and give it a moderate rap with the face of the block against as much of the hammer as it will touch. With luck a small gap will began to open between the hammer and the plate. With a padded set of vise grips grab the hammer shank and attempt to work it back and forth. If no movement give the vise grips a rap in the opposite direction. Repeat this process until the hammer slowly works off the spindle. This may take five or six tries before anything seems to happen.
Thanks dude!
That was a one-time order made by Traditions exclusively for Sportsman's Guide. SG took the entire run of guns. I have not seen them in their ads recently, so I assume that the order has been sold out.
I have pretty much the same gaps on my rifle assembled from the factory.
GREAT VIDEO BROTHER SUBBING GOD BLESS
I was going to get one kit thru bass pro, but I read so many bad reviews about the kits and now you confirm those fears , you shouldn`t have to fix and modify the parts , traditions needs to make a much better quality kit even if it costs a little more
Encountering all the "opportunities" you did. This video was very helpful. Can you remember how you removed the hammer? The screw came off of my son's easily, but I cannot seem to get the hammer off the square.
The hammers are tightly wedged on the tapered square, as you call it.. Only friction holds it, but getting it off frequently leads to scaring of the lock plate. I would leave it on tumbler and remove any small burrs on the tumbler while it is attached to the lock plate. One could build a special jig to fit a vise that would apply pressure to the hammer while supporting the lock plate, but that risks bending or breaking the hammer. In this case, best to leave well enough alone.
Hovey I have a traditions Kentucky rifle kit. I can not seem to get the trigger and lock to work together. When I put the trigger into the gun the lock will not half cock or full. When trigger is out the lock works fine. Help
This is likely a simple fix. What is likely happening is that the trigger plate is too tall and is striking the sear bar and not allowing the hammer to stay at full cock. The solution is to slowly reduce the height of the trigger plate until they just miss touching when the hammer is put at full cock and you screw all of the screws tight. You can also grind a little from the bottom of the trigger bar to the same effect. Go slow and don't grind off too much. I am 90% certain that either of these fixes will solve your problem.
Nice video. The problem is the ad could not be deleted.
There would be no video without the ad.
Does anyone know where to find the Traditions Blunderbus now?
I've discovered they are intermittently in stock at muzzle-loaders.com, but I've lost interest. Maybe it would appeal to you though. Happy shooting!
Don't know why anyone would buy this poorly made gun. I would hope the manufacturing process was better. Sad. Sad. Sad. Would have loved to have one, not now