FK3270 Pedersoli Pennsylvania Rifle Kit - .50 Caliber Flint

arrived incredibility fast. Wood looks great need to sand it down a bit was a little bummed that they had done a lot of assembly work pinning in thimbles and barrel. Dis assembly was fun. hope it shoots as good as it looks

Still love this kit, (see my 2016 review) its a little finicky so I have to use a 5grn primer load before putting 3F behind the round ball. At 59 inches long its a lot of iron out front of you, I tend to "list down to the right" while shooting free hand. Little Yoga on the back muscles is fixing that. This is a beautiful weapon that always draws a crowd at the range. Think I might add some embellishments, cause why not make it pretty...

Got this kit for Christmas. Found it to be quite easy to shape the stock to what I wanted and the parts fit like a glove. Used a draw file to get the barrel ready to brown and it turned out great. The stock turned out darker than I would have liked but it was not because of a fault. What finished it turned out to be extremely good looking and it is the most accurate of my 6 other muzzleloader rifles. Very pleased with this kit. Highly recommend.

Good quality wood that cleaned up really easy. I reshaped the comb to make it a little closer to traditional architecture. Most of the brass was very good casting except for the butt plate. The butt plate had some shallow grooves that have proved to be hard to file out. Polished the pan it was a little rough in the beginning but was able to get it near mirror finish. After sanding down the \"shipping finish\"" the barrel rust blued rather nicely with LMF browning solution. Lock sparks nicely and hasn't been to rough on the flints so far. First shot ever was a bullseye :D Have had a few flash in the pans but I am confident that those will work out as I get to know the rifle. All in all I am very pleased with the rifle and would suggest it to anybody starting out. Gives you just enough \""trouble\"" to make the finishing process fun. It would have received 5 stars from me if it was more historically accurate and if the butt plate had been cast to the same quality as the rest of the brass."

I've built a few Pendersoli kits and they have always been of the highest workmanship. This kit isn't. The basic pre-carving is off, deep marks in the stock, brass work that is so rough it looks to be sand cast. The only reason I mention this is there are many more sharing the same experience in the drop in quality. Some of us surmise that in order to meet demand Pendersoli (and others) have gone into their warehouses and pulled the previous rejects to meet demand.