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Black Powder Gun Kits

Post by ArmyScout » Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:24 am

Back in the 70's I was into black powder and made rifles and pistols from Dixie Gun Works kits. I have a pic of some I made somewhere and if I can find it I will post it. A couple years ago I thought about getting back into it again, simply as a pastime. When I checked Dixie, I could not believe the prices of kits :o. So that thought went bye bye real fast.
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Post by ditto1958 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:22 pm

Supply and demand, I guess.
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Post by JEBar » Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:11 pm

since Thompson Center discontinued their 50 cal Hawken I figured their value may go up .... it seems the price of kits has and factory made ones are still all over the board ....
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Post by tx gunrunner » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:14 am

If you ever get near Union City Tn STOP in Dixie Gun Works it is well worth the drive . I've been in the store 100 time and I spent 2 hours in there every time I go there . There is 1000's of original muzzle loaders too see plus there car-museum too .
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Post by mlrifleNY » Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:38 pm

I have built custom penn. longrifles for many years. I used to pay around $250.00 for the best of the best back in the 70's and now the same grade of parts will cost around $1000.00. The last one I made a few years ago cost me just over $900.00. They were all flintlocks. I did make a percussion longrifle back in the 80's and it has fewer that 100 rounds through it. It was for those really bad weather days hunting. Now as I get older those same bad weather days are spent on the couch at home. LOL I have shot many deer with a Flintlock.

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Post by JEBar » Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:17 pm

ArmyScout wrote:Back in the 70's I was into black powder and made rifles and pistols from Dixie Gun Works kits. A couple years ago I thought about getting back into it again, simply as a pastime. When I checked Dixie, I could not believe the prices of kits :o. So that thought went bye bye real fast.
well understood, a while back I found the same thing .... with today's prices its highly likely that my 40 +/- year old TC 50 Cal Hawken will be the only black powder rifle I'll ever own
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Post by tx gunrunner » Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:26 pm

Here my flinter I scratch built . Only hand tool use to make it .


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Post by mlrifleNY » Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:11 pm

SANY0007.JPGGreat looking rifle. I have a few here with fancy maple wood. I used to shoot with the NYS flint team for a few years back in the 90's. [attachment=1]SANY0007.JPG
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I have a few longrifles here and still shoot them at local shoots. Back in the 90's I used to shoot with the NYS flintlock team. We would go to Kentucky and shoot every year as well as Penn.

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Post by BigAl52 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:43 pm

I wish you were closer Jim I would love to go shooting with you. Al
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Post by Vaquero » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:48 pm

tx gunrunner wrote:If you ever get near Union City Tn STOP in Dixie Gun Works it is well worth the drive . I've been in the store 100 time and I spent 2 hours in there every time I go there . There is 1000's of original muzzle loaders too see plus there car-museum too .
The last time I was in there they had this on display.

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