Old Jukar Kentucky

[Cherrybow1]

A new friend recently found out that I liked tinkering with black powder rifles gave me an old Jukar Kentucky rifle that was in a bad way. It was an incomplete kit that he had picked up at an auction better than 30 years ago. It had been sitting in his garage collecting dust and rust ever since. After ordering a few missing parts from Deer Creek and about 10 hrs of removing unnecessary wood, filing the barrel, cleaning up the lock, polishing some brass and giving it a proper assembly, it came out pretty nice. I'm getting to like these old Spain imports. Total investment was about 45.00 It can still be done "On the Cheap" today!

[topbreak]

I have a more recent version of that rifle in .50 that I built from a kit. The lock was junk but I replaced it with and R&L replacement lock and it is now a reliable and fine shooter. CVA imported a lot of the Spanish guns and though they had their issues they all had good barrels and were accurate shooters. Nice job bringing that rifle back to shooting trim.

Don

[hotfxr]

I have one of these in flintlock. It is a dependable rifle but I just cannot stand that brass couple in the middle. I picked up mine cheap (not near as cheap as you did, well done) and in need of some TLC. It was a kit build and still needed some work with a sander. However, shortly after I picked up a mostly identical Japanese rifle with an actual vent installed and a 1 piece walnut stock that was pinned instead of screwed. That became my go to rifle for shoots until I picked up the Hatfield. For that reason, the Jukar sits in the safe, still needing some finish work. One of these days I'll get to it, maybe.

[beowulf]

my first mzzleloading rifle was the cva version of this , bought at a shop in maryland , called duffy`s gun room ,back in 1979 , cost whole $63 bucks.  first thing I did was toss that brass divider , and pin and acraglass it together at that point ! was`nt the best looking rifle , and I had problems with the frizzen being a tad soft ( case hardened it later ) but accuracy with the danged thing was amazing !

[Cherrybow1]

I also have 2 more of the Kentucky rifles, one flint and one percussion, that i am planning on re stocking. They were both incomplete kit guns that were picked up for a little of nothing. The stock LOP is just too short for me and the fact that the barrels are known to be very accurate make me think they are great candidates. Both of them will receive LR Manton locks on the advice given to me from Mongrel. The flint one is planned to be put into a nice curly maple blank that I purchased from Alan Martin. Some may think putting that much work into an old CVA isn't worth it but to me it is a cheap way to learn more of the craft and I just enjoy the finished products.

There is this Haines project that lurks also

[beowulf]

nice thing is , you can use just the barrel , and sell the other parts , get the lock and hardware you want and still have less tied up in it than a new rifle would cost !maybe a nice southern style with iron hardware !

[Hanshi]

I've owned more than one Spanish rifle and shot and hunted with all of them extensively.  I never had even one complaint about them.

[Patocazador]

I have that gun's ugly sister. Her pitted bore and 2-piece stock sit as a wall-hanger because she is not accurate. I paid double the $45 for it ~ 5 years ago before I got to inspect the bore.

Win some and lose some. 

[Cherrybow1]

This one had a perfect bore. There is no telling how many unfinished kits are out there just laying in a corner of a garage or barn somewhere. I think that is why these rifles got such a bad reputation, so many were poorly put together that folks thought they were junk. They are very accurate and reliable shooters.