This week I received a LH flint .54 "Gemmer Hawken" from muzzle-loaders.com. It replaces the LH flint .54 Lyman Great Plains Rifle that I used to have but foolishly sold off years ago. Anyway, the Investarm rifles made today are not as nice as those made even 10 years ago, much less my GPR from the 1990s. In particular, the triggers were horrendous. Difficult to set and so heavy when unset as to be unusable. So, I ordered a Davis Deerslayer from the Log Cabin Shop and it arrived today.
Installation was painless and while the instructions mention removing wood, that wasn't required. (It may be required on a T/C.) The rifle now has an easy to set trigger that would be usable even when unset.
Pic before installing the new triggers:
Yesterday I added a couple coats of clear Watco Danish Oil to the stock, and I also replaced the vent liner with an RMC unit that uses an Allen wrench for removal.
The lock sparks well even with the cut agate flint that it came with.
The only other modification I have planned it to put slots in the barrel keys and install pins held in by the escutcheons so they can't fall out and get lost.
Installation was painless and while the instructions mention removing wood, that wasn't required. (It may be required on a T/C.) The rifle now has an easy to set trigger that would be usable even when unset.
Pic before installing the new triggers:
Yesterday I added a couple coats of clear Watco Danish Oil to the stock, and I also replaced the vent liner with an RMC unit that uses an Allen wrench for removal.
The lock sparks well even with the cut agate flint that it came with.
The only other modification I have planned it to put slots in the barrel keys and install pins held in by the escutcheons so they can't fall out and get lost.
