The Lyman Great Plains Rifle is a nice kit. It is not one where you have to be a master wood craftsman. Tradition rifles are nice but their kit is a cheap thing to get you into the sport. Some of their better rifles, like the Shenandoah and the Kentucky are good quality and they shoot well. I have a Traditions Flintlock in their Woodsman Hawkins series and it is a fast sparker and good shooter.

If I were going to get a kit, and did not want to break the bank, I would get a Lymans. Or I would get a hold of Larry Williams at http://www.earlyrusticarms.com/price...scriptions.htm and talk to him about his kits.