I finished this .22LR 1873 trapper length carbine to my own satisfaction. Still lacks the dustcover and the lever holdup wing...This started as a rusted relic that I TIG welded on for literally hours to fill deep pocks and to build up the front end where receiver meets wood was rusted away to just a wire edge....
.I bought the trigger, sear ,bare receiver and lower tang on gunbroker.. I made the lever, cartridge carrier with its lever , made the hammer, carved the wood .Cast the bronze buttplate..Made those side covers and made the toggle links and the firing pin assembly..The barrel is off a Ruger 10-22 that I machined to do duty here....
.Nice little gun..Fun to bring one to life and be able to empty a magazine as fast as can bust cap and lever out the empty and lever in a fresh one.......Someday I may finish similar builds that I have started in . .32-20 , .38 special .45 Colt..and another in .22 LR.
This is my hunter plinker..It wouldnt win any awards for appearance... It still has lots of little defects from the rust so I tried giving the whole gun a used appearance .I am real proud I actually got this one working this good.