RE: MtMan-List: Start out with what you can afford...

["Mill, Kirk" <millk@aydin.com>]

My last rifle that I built was from Dixie parts. I had mixed results. The
Douglas barrel was good, no problems. I had ordered a P+ stock and they sent
me an SP, so that was a good deal. I had ordered double set triggers but I
did not know that I had to have a fly in the tumbler for this to work. The
lock I ordered had no fly. So of course when I finished the gun the half
cock notch caught the sear when I pulled the trigger. By this time I had
this sneaking suspicion that I needed a fly. When I called Dixie, they said
that I did not need one, that it was all "in the geometry" of how I built it
but they couldn't explain further than that. I ended up fitting a single
trigger instead. The lock sparked for about 5 shots and then quit. I sent it
back and they claimed to have rehardened the frizzen. It was good for about
another 10 shots. I sent it back again and this time they replaced the
frizzen. Since then it has worked like a charm. Would I by parts from them
again? Well, I know a lot more now than I knew then so maybe, maybe not.
Kirk Mill 

	
	<< In all of these messages, I haven't seen anyone refer to Dixie
Gun Works.
	Are they not a good company to deal with?
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