Lyman kits

Oliver Sudden · January 29, 2018, 11:44 AM

A lot can be done to these to make them your own. The one has merely been finished and the other I got carried away with. Please note the bolsters.

IMG_0249 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Pahoo · January 29, 2018, 12:11 PM

Very nice work and I like the lines you have maintained. I have seen to many bad kit-jobs and your is one of the best. Thanks for sharing .....

Be Safe !!!

**4V50 Gary** · January 29, 2018, 01:19 PM

Looks much better than the Trappers we built at TSJC; but then again, building the Trapper was only incidental to the lessons they wanted to teach us while it was being built. I still hate mine and have never shot it.

Model12Win · January 30, 2018, 03:00 PM

About the only thing that'd make them more swell is a belt hook for field carry! Do these fine pistols wear them?

Also, I see the one in the foreground has an octagon-to-round bbl and a silver (pewter?) nose cap... how you managed those two features I don't know, but they are BEAUTS!!!!!!!!

Hawg · January 30, 2018, 04:40 PM

Excellent work. The nose cap on the bottom is obviously poured but I don't see anything unusual about the bolsters. Not sure why you used a brass ramrod thimble on that one but it looks good.

Oliver Sudden · January 30, 2018, 05:41 PM

M12, They both have belt hooks and you may note they've been carried some.

Hawg, The brass trigger guard needed a bit of balance for the eye. Look closer at the bolsters.

Kvon2 · January 30, 2018, 07:23 PM

I was just looking at these online today...the kits don't seem to be in stock many places.

Hawg · January 30, 2018, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Look closer at the bolsters.

Case hardened?

FrontierGander · January 31, 2018, 12:35 AM

color case and its been smoothed. Barrels are octo to round. Pretty neat.

Old Stony · January 31, 2018, 03:04 AM

Very nice work

**4V50 Gary** · January 31, 2018, 06:37 AM

That half round is neat. It really improves the look.

January 29, 2018, 11:44 AM	#1
Oliver Sudden Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 127	Lyman kits A lot can be done to these to make them your own. The one has merely been finished and the other I got carried away with. Please note the bolsters. IMG_0249 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

January 29, 2018, 12:11 PM	#2
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 7,181	Excellent !!! Very nice work and I like the lines you have maintained. I have seen to many bad kit-jobs and your is one of the best. Thanks for sharing ..... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

January 29, 2018, 01:19 PM	#3
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 19,727	Looks much better than the Trappers we built at TSJC; but then again, building the Trapper was only incidental to the lessons they wanted to teach us while it was being built. I still hate mine and have never shot it. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

January 31, 2018, 12:35 AM	#9
FrontierGander Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2009 Location: Boncarbo,Colorado Posts: 621	color case and its been smoothed. Barrels are octo to round. Pretty neat. __________________ Frontier Muzzleloading

January 31, 2018, 06:37 AM	#11
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 19,727	That half round is neat. It really improves the look. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

January 30, 2018, 03:00 PM	#4
Model12Win Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Posts: 5,271	About the only thing that'd make them more swell is a belt hook for field carry! Do these fine pistols wear them? Also, I see the one in the foreground has an octagon-to-round bbl and a silver (pewter?) nose cap... how you managed those two features I don't know, but they are BEAUTS!!!!!!!!

January 30, 2018, 04:40 PM	#5
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 14,670	Excellent work. The nose cap on the bottom is obviously poured but I don't see anything unusual about the bolsters. Not sure why you used a brass ramrod thimble on that one but it looks good.

January 30, 2018, 05:41 PM	#6
Oliver Sudden Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 127	M12, They both have belt hooks and you may note they've been carried some. Hawg, The brass trigger guard needed a bit of balance for the eye. Look closer at the bolsters.

January 30, 2018, 07:23 PM	#7
Kvon2 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2016 Posts: 686	I was just looking at these online today...the kits don't seem to be in stock many places.

January 31, 2018, 03:04 AM	#10
Old Stony Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2013 Location: East Texas Posts: 1,480	Very nice work

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