pan polishing

[Bishop Creek]

There is just something about flintlocks that really appeals to me, the primitive flash in the pan to ignite the main charge, but with the very sophisticated mechanical design of the lock itself using a "rock" (flint) to ignite it.

[Hawg]

Thanks for linking my pic, Hawg! Woulda taken me half an hour to find it!

All I did was do a search for Lyman Great Plains.

[Zulch]

Hawg, is this Kibbler your first flintlock? I can't remember. After all is said and done are you pleased with the rifle and outcome overall?

[Hawg]

Hawg, is this Kibbler your first flintlock? I can't remember. After all is said and done are you pleased with the rifle and outcome overall?

I had one when I was 13. It was a nice looking maple stocked Kentucky in .45 caliber but it didn't spark worth a crap. I didn't know jack about them except for what I saw on TV and probably just needed a new flint. I thought it was a POS and it turned me off of flintlocks for many, many years. I'm very pleased with it. I've been wanting one for a long time but don't like the look of the CVA's/Traditions etc and a Pedersoli was always too much. Now that it's just me my needs are few and I don't eat much and I wanted one really good flintlock before I die.

[Zulch]

Hawg, is this Kibbler your first flintlock? I can't remember. After all is said and done are you pleased with the rifle and outcome overall?

I had one when I was 13. It was a nice looking maple stocked Kentucky in .45 caliber but it didn't spark worth a crap. I didn't know jack about them except for what I saw on TV and probably just needed a new flint. I thought it was a POS and it turned me off of flintlocks for many, many years. I'm very pleased with it. I've been wanting one for a long time but don't like the look of the CVA's/Traditions etc and a Pedersoli was always too much. Now that it's just me my needs are few and I don't eat much and I wanted one really good flintlock before I die.

I've had other things in the past that did not do what they were supposed to? Information wasn't readily available like it is today so I understand that completely. Just glad you are happy with the rifle. Were the older CVA's any different than today's CVAs or have they stayed the same? What was it about the CVA rifles that you did not like? just curious.

[Hawg]

I've had other things in the past that did not do what they were supposed to? Information wasn't readily available like it is today so I understand that completely. Just glad you are happy with the rifle. Were the older CVA's any different than today's CVAs or have they stayed the same? What was it about the CVA rifles that you did not like? just curious.

CVA never made anything. They're importers. All they import now are inlines. Traditions sells almost the same guns as CVA did.  I don't like them because they look nothing like the guns they're touted to be. I have a CVA Hawken but I've only fired it once and that's because it was loaded when I got it. For what it's worth it was loaded with Pyrodex for at least 12 years in a closet in a laundry room right next to the water heater. I capped it and it fired like it's supposed to. His powder measure was set at 90 grains and it felt like 90 grains when it went off.

[Captainkirk]

A gun has to look the part. I agree that some of the CVA and TC guns look very little like what they are supposed to represent. I found the Lymans to be more like what my mind's eye wants to see when I think Hawken or plains rifle.

[Hawg]

The Lyman is a pretty good representation of a plains rifle for a production gun. I could live with it.