Gemmer great plains

[Crow#21957]

Do any ofyou have this rifle? I'm considering one. I had a lyman great plains which I believe is the same. Gemmer may have made a couple very Suttle changes. My concern is metal to wood fit since If I remember correct I read a couple not so great reveiws. I I get one I will go with the kit.
Just want a 50 for fun. May go for deer in the next yr or so but I've pretty much quit deer hunting. Anyway please respond if you own one.

 

[Gtrubicon]

Following this. I’d like to know more about this rifle.

 

[Crow#21957]

Following this. I’d like to know more about this rifle.

The description on the web site says the stock Is Oil finished Europian Hard wood.
So is it walnut or what?

 

[Thingamajiggy]

There's been a couple reviews of this gun on here, if you search gemmer hawken, you should find them. I've not owned a Gemmer but have seen several, would rate overall fit and finnish pretty much same as the Great Plains. Same company making them so no real surprise there. 1 review had a problem with the sights I remember but was a shooter, percussion gun though so nothing on flintlock reliability.

 

[1stnamebassist]

I built a left hand version of this kit recently. It was a lot of filing and sanding on the stock to get it into shape, but overall I was happy with it. Now if I could just get out and shoot it sometime!

 

[ETipp]

I built a left hand version of this kit recently. It was a lot of filing and sanding on the stock to get it into shape, but overall I was happy with it. Now if I could just get out and shoot it sometime!

That looks very nice. Congrats!

The wood certainly looks to be of a higher grade than some European hardwood I've seen.