Kentucky Pistol almost finish
 

Refinished the Kentucky Pistol that was given to me a few months back. Received the parts from I was missing from Deer Creek on monday, and snowed in for the last two days, I was able to get the gun refinished. I am waiting on the bluing kit. I will post more pics when completely finish.

Good job! Very nice looking pistol.

Looks good. Be nice to see it when it's all done.

looking good so far!

I have a pistol very similar to this that my great uncle built years ago. He probably only fired it a few times. I know nothing about it but I am interested in shooting it sometime. What kind of load would you use?

I have a 45cal just like that, did a refinish myself on it. I really like how your brass came out on it though. Mine has a little more shine to it, I wish I would have dulled it out a bit more.
I have only shot it a couple of times, I can't hit the broad side of a barn with it. I'm sure if I put a little more effort into shooting it I could be more accurate with it.

It should have an adjustable sear for the trigger. Have you adjusted it? Mine shot OK at 25 yards with 25 grains of FFFg Goex and a 225 grain .45 cal. Maxi Ball. Mine holds a maximum 40 grains but I never deviated from the 25 grains. I bet it would shoot well out to 40 yards with a maximum load. Is your's a CVA?

Didn't you ask me about a parts list for that pistol?

Yes I did, but mine is a CVA 50 cal. and some of the parts are different, like all the parts that I needed. This one has never been shot, nor put together correctly. I don't have any thing I can shoot out of it, so it will be awhile before I shoot it. I am now working on my CVA Hawkens 54 cal. I should have pics of it online maybe this weekend.

What is a sear? and how do you adjust it?