I built 1 kit about 3 years ago, before that it was always a manu. rifle, now i just build my own. I built/rebuilt a CVA kentucky for my 7yo daughter, I built an early fullstock Hawken in .50 and also have a .62 barrel for it(this is the rifle I shoot all the time) I have built 3 pistols, a traditions kentucky(that will be rebuilt into an H.E. Leman fullstock) and am currently working on a Northwest tradegun(smoothbore) in .62/20guage for turkey this spring. It is definitley an addiction. I am already planning the next build, a flint longrifle, in .54 or .60 cal, still deciding on which particular school,though timeframe would be about 1790ish.