Like I said, it is a kit, I consider a kit to be a box of parts. The sear is repaired.
The barrel appeared to be canted in the barrel channel. That took me half an hour to determin the problem and straighten it out. The inlet itself was fine, although a tad tightish on the sides of the barrel. The tang had a burr in the hook relief and the hook had a burr that impinged on it. A classic case of tolerance stacking. A little candle soot to show where things were wrong, a few strokes of the file and all is hunkey dorey.
The wedge was too big for the wedge lug, a few minutes of "spotting" the lug with candle soot and filing off the soot marks and the wedge now slides into place with just enough resistance to stay put. (I may slot the wedge and fit a retaining pin so I never have to worry abut losing it. That's for later.) The brass screws for the wedge escutcheons have found homes in the junque box,replaced by oval head steel screws I fire blued. The next thing is to turn and thread tang and lock bolts with "better" heads, the ones in the kit will work, but I just don't like 'em. I'f getting itchy to begin load development so I don't think this pistol will get a poured nose cap. A few more "fits" and the final sanding, staining, oiling and polishing and it will be "done".
Actually, I got a very good price from MidwayUSA, $207.00 shipped.
Three Hawks
Topic: Traditions Trapper Pistol Kit (Read 1070 times)