In my opinion, there is no good Harpers Ferry kit available. The last on I built was built using Track of the Wolf parts and a walnut blank. Specific details to my build were as follows. I hollowed out the under rib to help balance things out, made my own ramrod, and spent a bunch of hours modifying the Davis lock to get it to work, i.e. one position sear, for a single trigger. I also rounded the bottom barrel flats as were the early production models. A Harpers Ferry is not an easy gun to assemble. I have build numerous Hawken rifles years past, which many builders say is a hard rifle to build, and I would have to say that the Harpers Ferry was harder to get right than any of the Hawkens. There are many variations to the 1803 so you need to do your research. I don't think I found in my research 2 originals that were alike. They all had similar characteristics but were all different, just like a Hawken.
David
