Just finished my Lyman's Great Plains .54cal Kit

[StarGazer]

Just finished it a few days ago. Can't wait until I can get off work early enough in the day to test fire it!

 

[guitarpicva]

Just finished it a few days ago. Can't wait until I can get off work early enough in the day to test fire it!

you guys are driving me nuts! I have to wait until next year to get my kit.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

beautiful work

were you happy with the kit?

 

[guitarpicva]

more questions...did you cold blue?

 

[cayuga]

That is a beautiful job you did there.. I bet that will be a great shooter and something you can hand down through the family. Nice going.

 

[1874sharpsshooter]

Just finished it a few days ago. Can't wait until I can get off work early enough in the day to test fire it!

beautiful job but don't lay it on the bare floor there or you may not find it.

 

[ewald]

Decent piece of wood for a kit. Ya done good.

 

[StarGazer]

Thanks all! It is the "PermaBlue" cold bluing. The trick to making it even and also making it look "aged" is to use a rag slightly damped with CPL to apply the bluing. We do it all the time at the gun shop I work for. The kit was actually about 10 years old when I got it as part of a gun sale deal sweetener, but surprisingly all of the parts were still there.

 

[Semisane]

What's CPL?

 

[wvjoetc]

Very nice work!

Joe

 

[Anonymous]

That is a nice stock for a kit. Did you special order or just luck of the draw?

 

[StarGazer]

CLP is a type of gun oil. Cleaner, Lubricant, Protectant. It is usually easy to find at Walmart in the hunting section. Just dampen the rag and rub vigorously to "work" the bluing into the metal. As for the wood stock, I guess I got lucky... according to a cabinet maker friend of mine, it is a european mohogany. I used a wipe-on poly stain.

 

[Semisane]

Thanks StarGazer. Do you think another light oil would suffice, or is CPL "the thing"?

 

[StarGazer]

Any light gun oil will work. Sometimes I will actually apply the bluing with a dry rag, let it set for a few minutes, then blue it again using the oiled rag. It seems that every piece of metal blues a little differently.

 

[bloodhound]

Nice job...your gonna love that rifle

 

[gacop]

Beautiful job!

 

[ebiggs1]

... according to a cabinet maker friend of mine, it is a european mohogany. I used a wipe-on poly stain.

He is wrong! It is European Walnut and is pretty common over the pond. You can get it here but you usually have to order it. It is not as dark as American Walnut and can be problematic in getting it dark as some want it. Generally we use dye in the finish to darken it more.

 

[guitarpicva]

How much does one of those weigh??

 

[ebiggs1]

They vary but around 9 lbs.

 

[guitarpicva]

They vary but around 9 lbs.

Definitely building a carbine then. tired of dragging guns up the hills (and showing my age)

 

[ebiggs1]

It would be difficult to reduce the weight of a GPR by a significant amount.
You likely need to search for a different model.