Making a Good Kit Muzzleloader Better with Some Custom Gunsmithing

By Jim Clary

by Lt Col Bill Finley, USAF(Ret) as told to Jim Clary
Photo courtesy of Bill Finley

USA – -(Ammoland.com)-I have known Col. Bill for several years, shooting next to him at the Zia Rifle and Pistol Club in Albuquerque, NM. Besides being a better pistol shot than I will ever be, he is a master craftsman.

One day in particular this past spring we got to talking about muzzleloaders. He told me about a kit-gun that he bought and modified several years ago. He had my attention.

The following is the description by Col. Bill of what he went through to turn a generic CVA Muzzleloader Kit Rifle into a true work of art.

The rifle in the title picture underwent major modifications from being just a kit to a “smokepole” that folks would say: “Where’d ya git yer kit?” This muzzleloading rifle was built, from scratch beginning with the kit as purchased and then using only the kit’s rifled barrel, drum, nipple, breech plug, tang, buttplate, stock, and the front …Read the Rest

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