For fans of historical firearms, putting together a pistol or rifle kit can be one of the most-rewarding projects of their entire hobby, and it provides a great outlet to keep a gun guy satiated during cold winter months or rainy weekends when heading to the range isn’t a fun choice. Today’s manufacturers offer an incredible array of project options, ranging from relatively simple finishing kits like those offered by Traditions or Dixie Gun Works, to intermediate kits offered by Davide-Pedersoli, to expert-level options from Track of the Wolf or The Rifle Shoppe.
For this build, we tapped the folks at Italian Firearms Group, a U.S.-based importer that works with Davide-Pedersoli to import the Italian firm’s reproductions and kits into the United States. One of Pedersoli’s numerous reproductions is the Model 1805 Harpers Ferry pistol, a fairly faithful reproduction of the first martial pistol produced by a United States Armory.
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