As a fellow Kentucky rifle hunter I think there’s a certain historic charm to being out in the woods with it and they’re both accurate and deadly. Love the channel Thrifty.
Nice video. If you don't mind I would like to make a couple suggestions. Never hit your Lee bullet mold on a stone. Use a piece of wood or a gloved hand to open the sprue and use the piece of wood to strike the large bolt on the handle to drop the ball. Unless you want to damage your bullet mold. Drop the ball into water or a soft surface so you don't deform the ball. Lead is very soft and another way to deform the ball is to slam the ramrod hard onto the ball. Once you get the ball seated where you want it with the powder charge you like put a mark on the ramrod so you know the ball is seated all the way each time you load it. You can also damage the nipple by dropping the hammer without a cap. If no one has ever told you these things, you would not know. Hope this information helps someone. Muzzleloaders can be a lot of fun. Just make sure you clean them really well after shooting. Dry them and oil them. My experience with Traditions was a bad one. It's sad that TC stopped making traditional muzzleloaders. Looks like even Lyman stopped making them.
The other day a friend of mine was out collecting scrap metal and he saw an unfinished rifle buttstock sticking out of a trash can. He pulled out an almost complete CVA percussion long rifle kit. He sold it to me for $20. It looks like it's been sitting in somebody's tool shed for 20 years. The barrel is coated with rust on the outside but i think the bore will polish out ok. The lock was installed and the ramrod is there. I cleaned and oiled the lock. I adjusted the sear engagement and the lock works fine. I put a dab of Gunslick lube in the sear slots. It's going to be a fun project. I think i am going to drive a wood plug in the muzzle and put a Teflon taped screw in the nipple hole. Then lower the whole barrel into a pvc tube filled with Metal Rescue rust remover. After a days soaking the rust will all be gone and a black phosphate finish will be left behind. I will put a coat of wax over that. I think it will look nice. I am thinking about tossing the brass plate and epoxieing the stock together permanently. Then epoxying the barrel into the stock permanently as well. I think this was set up for a single trigger but I hope to find a set-trigger for it. I might have one in my junk parts bin. How's that for thrifty?
I own three Kentucky rifles. One is my CVA .45 that was a kit my Grandfather put together in the late 70's early 80's. It's percussion and shoots very well. I have a Traditions flintlock .50 Kentucky rifle that is more or less identical to the CVA except for the lock. It is extremely accurate out to 125 yards with a .490" roundball, .010" patch & 55-60 grains of 3F powder. They shoot great and are as much fun to shoot as my .32 Pedersoli Kentucky rifle. For an entry level gun, the Traditions Kentucky rifle will do everything you can ask of it. I coned the barrel of my Traditions Kentucky rifle which does away with the need for a short starter and the accuracy hasn't been affected at all and was something that was common with original guns of the time.
I’m looking at buying my first flintlock and I found the traditions .50.. for $600 I was skeptical but im seeing a lot of comments stating that traditions is a good brand and they have good rifles. As much as I’d love a $2000 rifle (or more for a custom) I just can’t feesibly drop that much.. now.
I do not aspire to discharge a Kentucky long rifle, bur I enjoy learning about the shooting process. Several of my ancestors were documented as being long rifle makers in western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, so a video like this is a wonderful find. Thank you
my family has men in uniform all the way to the revaloution we have a long rifle from that era that was my 5th down great grandfathers. so i guess i could say thanks for you and your bloodline making such handy guns
@@foamywindow5799 Thank you for your message. These artifacts of out past are so interesting and deserving of study. Craftsmanship is something we can all appreciate.
I have been told the curvature of the Kentucky and Pennsylvania rifle butts were meant to be held against your upper arm, not so much against your shoulder. That may feel strange but will stop the bruising!
You are correct, I just posted the same before I saw your post. I had been shooting traditional BP for a while when an older guy corrected me and it made the world of a difference.
i replaced my wooden ramrod with a BRASS length,,and a small peice of cork glued between the stock an rod for some tension...doesnt move anymore...and strong.
The front trigger isn't setting due to the actuator lever is raised too high within the side-lock. Turn the screw behind the front trigger counterclockwise one full turn. The front trigger should release at 3.5lbs, the rear trigger set should set the front trigger to release at 7oz. pull.
You don't shoot those rifles off of your shoulder. You put the hook of the buttplate on the top end of your bicep. They are not made for bench rest shooting. They are made for shooting off-hand, standing up .
Great videos you got a new subscriber!! I was looking at your build of your 3-D printed IR illuminator. I just wanted to know I can’t find them on eBay anymore. Do you know if the degree of LED Emitter is 60 , 90 or 120 degree
Black powder and traditional rifles are great fun. Look up Jim Kibler, he make a very easy to assemble kit of a ''real'' Kentucky/Pennsylvania/Lancaster rifle. This rifle is modelled after a Hawken's Plains rifle. It does NOT look like a traditional Kentuckey/Pennsylvania/Lancaster rifle. From the time period where we recognizes these rifles they used flint lock rifles. Just a small advice what old gun people here we would never do, Casting bullets from a kitchen spoon, slamming the bullet mold on a rock, slamming the ram rod onto the bullet. If you want to harden the bullets, drop the finished bullet in water, it will harden them a little, pure lead bullets are very soft. Make sure never ever to get water mixed into your lead melt though, it will spill disaster and leave you with possible burn marks that you never ever saw the likes of.
@@thriftyoperator637 when you get bit of this ''virus'' it is hard to get healed LOL. I have been ''hobby'' gunsmithing for years and are an educated machinist among much more. But guns have always been a passion since I was a kid. I find that I fit in best with people who appreciate gun culture and history. I hope you have many years of great experiences with your rifle. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
You are holding your rifle incorrectly. The toe of the stock should not be touching your pectoral. The crescent moon shape is meant to be up against your upper arm. Not your shoulder. Then bring your head down to the rifle to get a sight picture. You’ll find this way is more comfortable and far more accurate. It will also have a much closer point of aim in relation to the point on impact.
Alot of experienced muzzleloader wouldnt be caught dead with one, but for entry level price n quality those made in spain barrels deliver in accuracy. You are giving nothing up in accuracy and function, just keep it clean. Very different from smokeless
This is a pretty fun and cool setup, a blast from the past. Not really useful though, unless your use case is purely sport/fun. For the price of a kentucky rifle you can get a bare-bones PSA AR. Good video though, very interesting
As a fellow Kentucky rifle hunter I think there’s a certain historic charm to being out in the woods with it and they’re both accurate and deadly. Love the channel Thrifty.
I agree, thanks
Nice video. If you don't mind I would like to make a couple suggestions. Never hit your Lee bullet mold on a stone. Use a piece of wood or a gloved hand to open the sprue and use the piece of wood to strike the large bolt on the handle to drop the ball. Unless you want to damage your bullet mold. Drop the ball into water or a soft surface so you don't deform the ball. Lead is very soft and another way to deform the ball is to slam the ramrod hard onto the ball. Once you get the ball seated where you want it with the powder charge you like put a mark on the ramrod so you know the ball is seated all the way each time you load it. You can also damage the nipple by dropping the hammer without a cap. If no one has ever told you these things, you would not know. Hope this information helps someone. Muzzleloaders can be a lot of fun. Just make sure you clean them really well after shooting. Dry them and oil them. My experience with Traditions was a bad one. It's sad that TC stopped making traditional muzzleloaders. Looks like even Lyman stopped making them.
Both those things drove me nuts to watch.
The other day a friend of mine was out collecting scrap metal and he saw an unfinished rifle buttstock sticking out of a trash can. He pulled out an almost complete CVA percussion long rifle kit. He sold it to me for $20.
It looks like it's been sitting in somebody's tool shed for 20 years.
The barrel is coated with rust on the outside but i think the bore will polish out ok.
The lock was installed and the ramrod is there.
I cleaned and oiled the lock. I adjusted the sear engagement and the lock works fine. I put a dab of Gunslick lube in the sear slots.
It's going to be a fun project.
I think i am going to drive a wood plug in the muzzle and put a Teflon taped screw in the nipple hole. Then lower the whole barrel into a pvc tube filled with Metal Rescue rust remover. After a days soaking the rust will all be gone and a black phosphate finish will be left behind.
I will put a coat of wax over that.
I think it will look nice.
I am thinking about tossing the brass plate and epoxieing the stock together permanently. Then epoxying the barrel into the stock permanently as well.
I think this was set up for a single trigger but I hope to find a set-trigger for it. I might have one in my junk parts bin.
How's that for thrifty?
Very! Sounds like a fun project.
I own three Kentucky rifles. One is my CVA .45 that was a kit my Grandfather put together in the late 70's early 80's. It's percussion and shoots very well. I have a Traditions flintlock .50 Kentucky rifle that is more or less identical to the CVA except for the lock. It is extremely accurate out to 125 yards with a .490" roundball, .010" patch & 55-60 grains of 3F powder. They shoot great and are as much fun to shoot as my .32 Pedersoli Kentucky rifle. For an entry level gun, the Traditions Kentucky rifle will do everything you can ask of it. I coned the barrel of my Traditions Kentucky rifle which does away with the need for a short starter and the accuracy hasn't been affected at all and was something that was common with original guns of the time.
Thanks for the information
I’m looking at buying my first flintlock and I found the traditions .50.. for $600 I was skeptical but im seeing a lot of comments stating that traditions is a good brand and they have good rifles. As much as I’d love a $2000 rifle (or more for a custom) I just can’t feesibly drop that much.. now.
@@Dungeons_and_Crawdads for the money they seem pretty good
ja też sobie kupię Kentucky . 50
I do not aspire to discharge a Kentucky long rifle, bur I enjoy learning about the shooting process. Several of my ancestors were documented as being long rifle makers in western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, so a video like this is a wonderful find. Thank you
my family has men in uniform all the way to the revaloution we have a long rifle from that era that was my 5th down great grandfathers. so i guess i could say thanks for you and your bloodline making such handy guns
@@foamywindow5799 Thank you for your message. These artifacts of out past are so interesting and deserving of study. Craftsmanship is something we can all appreciate.
you MUST fire a long rifle 🙂
Nice job, good presentation too! Thank you for sharing
I have been told the curvature of the Kentucky and Pennsylvania rifle butts were meant to be held against your upper arm, not so much against your shoulder. That may feel strange but will stop the bruising!
You are correct, I just posted the same before I saw your post. I had been shooting traditional BP for a while when an older guy corrected me and it made the world of a difference.
Cool content as always bro! Congrats from Chile 🇨🇱
Thanks!
Hats off to you young fella pretty ingenious
Love your video thanks I would love to try to put together one of these kids prefer leah fifty four calendar
Absolutely do get a better rammer. The ones they come with are actually dangerous. Soft wood with a bad grain that can break and cut up your hand.
You should check out making your own powder. Use Cottonelle Toilet Paper for your source of carbon and 77/13/10 for your proportions.
Sounds fun
i replaced my wooden ramrod with a BRASS length,,and a small peice of cork glued between the stock an rod for some tension...doesnt move anymore...and strong.
@@quartermain642 that’s a good idea.
The front trigger isn't setting due to the actuator lever is raised too high within the side-lock. Turn the screw behind the front trigger counterclockwise one full turn. The front trigger should release at 3.5lbs, the rear trigger set should set the front trigger to release at 7oz. pull.
You don't shoot those rifles off of your shoulder. You put the hook of the buttplate on the top end of your bicep.
They are not made for bench rest shooting. They are made for shooting off-hand, standing up .
Great videos you got a new subscriber!! I was looking at your build of your 3-D printed IR illuminator. I just wanted to know I can’t find them on eBay anymore. Do you know if the degree of LED Emitter is 60 , 90 or 120 degree
60 I think
Black powder and traditional rifles are great fun. Look up Jim Kibler, he make a very easy to assemble kit of a ''real'' Kentucky/Pennsylvania/Lancaster rifle. This rifle is modelled after a Hawken's Plains rifle. It does NOT look like a traditional Kentuckey/Pennsylvania/Lancaster rifle. From the time period where we recognizes these rifles they used flint lock rifles. Just a small advice what old gun people here we would never do, Casting bullets from a kitchen spoon, slamming the bullet mold on a rock, slamming the ram rod onto the bullet. If you want to harden the bullets, drop the finished bullet in water, it will harden them a little, pure lead bullets are very soft. Make sure never ever to get water mixed into your lead melt though, it will spill disaster and leave you with possible burn marks that you never ever saw the likes of.
@@norseman5041 thanks for the good advice
@@thriftyoperator637 when you get bit of this ''virus'' it is hard to get healed LOL. I have been ''hobby'' gunsmithing for years and are an educated machinist among much more. But guns have always been a passion since I was a kid. I find that I fit in best with people who appreciate gun culture and history. I hope you have many years of great experiences with your rifle. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
the fit and finish being off is historical, they werent perfectly made back then
I'd really like to see them build a line of double and single shot shotguns with interchangable chokes
@@timothyfirth4809 that would be cool
You are holding your rifle incorrectly. The toe of the stock should not be touching your pectoral. The crescent moon shape is meant to be up against your upper arm. Not your shoulder.
Then bring your head down to the rifle to get a sight picture. You’ll find this way is more comfortable and far more accurate.
It will also have a much closer point of aim in relation to the point on impact.
Good to know! Thank you
Alot of experienced muzzleloader wouldnt be caught dead with one, but for entry level price n quality those made in spain barrels deliver in accuracy. You are giving nothing up in accuracy and function, just keep it clean. Very different from smokeless
Giving off Loyal 9 vibes 😂
Bring back brass on wood
Fuck ya thrifty get it!
You're gonna damage your nipple dry firing like that.
and
And it won't take long.
This is a pretty fun and cool setup, a blast from the past. Not really useful though, unless your use case is purely sport/fun. For the price of a kentucky rifle you can get a bare-bones PSA AR. Good video though, very interesting
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