Great Info! Thank you. I always thought they would be really good shooters with the shorter than musket length barrels and of a really good size diameter. (I don't care for full length musket barrels for offhand shooting as the wind really catches them and you have to fight them to keep them centered on target.) I had an extremely good friend who offered to take me on hunts at different times in South Africa, Rhodesia (as it was known then) and that area. Though not quite a 4 Bore rifle, I figured it would have been plenty of rifle for any African Game I was interested in shooting. I just could never get leave when he had muzzle loading hunts organized over the years.
OK, going back on topic, of the Greenwood Muskets, etc.
FlinterNick,
As you probably know, barrels on U.S. Flint Muskets were a bit thin in diameter to convert for rifling until the M1840, which was made in mind to eventually be converted to a rifle and thus had a slightly larger diameter barrel. However, I have no idea where you can get a copy of a M1840 barrel.
OK, here is where I have to say I've seen problems with guys using original Flint Muskets converted to percussion by the Drum method. I don't think I would go to the expense of building a repro musket that way unless you really want to make a copy of a Greenwood musket. The muskets converted by placing a nipple on top the breech work well, but I have to say that conversion concerns me a bit unless you use lighter target loads.
Have you thought about a M1842 musket converted to rifling? Lodgewood has a couple of original barrels and parts.
Barrels:
http://www.lodgewood.com/Barrels_c_260-2.html
Parts:
http://www.lodgewood.com/M1842-SpringfieldHarpers-Ferry_c_27.html
S&S has parts as well:
http://www.ssfirearms.com/products.asp?cat=82
OK, also have to say I'm a HUGE fan of original Locks, because the parts are so much better in them than in most repro's. Original replacement parts are also not too difficult to find.
However, if you want an already made .69 Cal. M1842 Musket, Taylors has the Armi Sport models.
https://www.taylorsfirearms.com/184...9-42-white-finish-walnut-stock-model-126.html
Now, feel perfectly free to disregard most of the above information, if you really want to copy a Greenwood musket.
Gus