Dixie Spiller & Burr kit

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Greetings!

I'm posting this here as well as on the Darksider's Den, so pardon the repeat.

I've got a hankerin' for one of these beauties.  I understand that Pietta makes an assembled gun, but I'm thinkin' 'bout this kit.  Does anyone have any experience with their kits?  They call it "skill level 1".  I assume that's the easiest and the least to be done.  Also, several of their other kits specify - and show in the picture - that they come "in the white"; this one doesn't specify AND the picture shows a blued barrel.  Anyone know fer sure?  It's Sunday, or I'd call 'em.    Even if they DO answer, I'll bet the techs aren't there.

Anyhoo - do any of you have any experience wit #A) Dixie's kits, and #B) this gun/kit in particular.  My other Dixie dealings have been top-notch, but I don't know about the kits.

Thanks!

Jeff  "Steel Horse Bailey"

[St. George]

With a Dixie kit - you get what you pay for.

Knowing that you have a facility with metalworking experience - you should have no problem in the final finishing - and 'that' is where the amateur almost always stumbles.

As with any kit - 'patience' is rewarded.

The parts will go together in a straightforward manner, and relatively little will need to be done in the fitting, since if there were - they'd never sell, due to 'degree of difficulty'.

As ever - don't change factory angles, and go slow, and you should have a good Winter project.

I'd change the grips, though - to American Black Walnut - then oil and varnish, as the originals were.

Good Luck.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!