I agree with Old Scout; with brass parts finished with 'Brass Black' after final fitting makes a classy appearing,
quality flintlock. I think the lock is top notch. Fitting is not difficult. The stock takes patience.

Reid obviously did not do any research before purchasing. The barrel and furniture are finished in CeraKote brown on the complete rifle. The kit is clearly noted as having barrel and furniture unfinished (kit!!) and shown as brass and steel. If he wanted a finished rifle, that's what he should have purchased. The kit goes together well and I finished it in browned steel and Brass Black brass parts for a dark brownish black finish that goes well with the iron parts.

Traditions uses this picture of the Mountain Rifle online, in their catalog, and even on the box the kit comes in, but it is not what you get in the kit. This picture with all the steel parts is what you get if you buy the finished rifle. In the kit, the thimbles & trigger guard are steel, but the butt plate & nose cap are brass. Only buy this kit if the mixture is acceptable. I would prefer all steel as in the picture, but you cannot get that in kit form. But you get the picture!

I’ve had Traditions kits before but it’s been years, so I I’m not sure if the one I got is representative of the current level (or lack of) quality. The lock assembly looks fine but everything else looks like it came out of the seconds pile. The stock is so poorly machined that it should never have been put in the box, the tang area had too much wood milled out making a tight, attractive fit impossible. The router bits used were obviously dull and worn out, sloppy with lots of chipping and fuzzing. When assembled, the hammer and nipple are out of alignment, probably because the inletting is so sloppy, so now I have to try adjusting the hammer by heating and bending with an oxy-acetylene torch. This was to be a fun project with my son. Nothing fun about struggling with a pile of garbage for a hundred hours hoping it will at least function when it’s done. No way in the world would a newbie or a young person be able to turn this into a decent rifle.