Comfortably_Numb
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I think I may burst in to tears.
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The Romance of Flintlocks
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It happens to all of us
it is the history of our heritage when you touch one off.
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
Yep , and by the time you were 35 you were all used up and croaked soon after. Very romantic times.
The unvarnished truth.
Wow, then I might have it bad... LOL. Won't get rid of them all, have a .50 TC PA hunter flintlock that shoots lights out, a .58 investarm flinter that is just cool (and a good shooter) and a .54 Lyman percussion just to have. The rest have/will be sold to feed the customs I've found myself buying/ looking at.
Resistance....is futile! Just do it!
I'm seriously thinking about getting an L&R Flintlock Assembly and a Flashhole and converting my factory build Dixie G.W. Tennessee .50cal Mountain Rifle into a "flinter"! Has anyone on here had any experience doing that "lock change over" and were there any problems or tips I might need to know about before attempting the switch? Any info or support would be very appreciated! Thanks from NC!
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Yes, I did this many moons ago to the exact same rifle, at that time I used Dixie's conversion and the Frizzen was a very poor sparker and I ended up selling it to my brother for a wall hanger.
I would think the L&R will give you very good service.
Thanks for the info! L&R have them in stock on their website! Was glad to see they're still available for the Dixie Tennessee!
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The allure of the flintlock can't be doubted. We took our niece and her husband, both Army vets and skilled with modern guns, to the range. They fell in love with my traditional muzzleloaders, especially the flintlocks. After the range session we talked for hours about muzzleloader history and use. Their questions just kept coming. As my niece said, they felt more involved with, and appreciated, each shot.
Jeff
Jeff
Admittedly, every period of time had it's good points and it's bad points. My mother said for years the best thing about the early times is that they are gone, but yet they all had something that we've lost through this so-called progression of things getting easier. I too enjoy the comforts that come from a thermostat in my house, my car that's dependable, a grocery store two blocks away, but there's a lot of things gone that weren't all that bad.
DementedMindOfJac
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I started with a .50 percussion DP Frontier that had a bent hammer. I bought it for the stock, very flamey Maple. I removed the drum and screwed in a liner. For the K&R Ketland lock I had to inlet the stock a little bit. I'll be replacing the barrel with a custom in Jan-Feb when my turn in line comes up.
Most factory guns are easily converted with a liner and a lock. When you decide to use custom parts or parts from a different manufacturer you might have to fit them.
Edit: That's supposed to be L&R lock.
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Johnny Tremain
Silversmith in training
Not really, in hard times we can make the powder and ball, and even the patches.
its the perfect prepper firearm. In the south they were making them during the last depression.
All folks could afford.
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Guys are still doing it! They say the iron is perfectly suited for barrels, properly made, of course!
It's true , that all things go in a circle. Man comes from Above , and returns to the Above. I was blessed with a father that put a BB rifle in my hands when around five yrs. old. From there , I took a poor man's journey into shooting , involving , eventual competition , rifle , and shotgun trap. Hunting went hand in hand with all that. And since we had little money for expensive modern guns , Dad made what we needed. He was a dedicated amature gun builder , and had a friend that did modern rifle gun barrel work. Once the caliber was selected , and gunbarrel was properly head spaced , Dad did the stock work , checkering finishing bluing etc. , etc. , . We reloaded all out ammo , thousands of rounds. As a kid , I did most of the reloading under Dad's direction. This occurred up untill my 18th birthday , when I left home to get an education. The seeds of muzzleloading were planted by the Dixie Gun Works catalog , frequently found in the stack of magazines by Dad's easy chair . My circle of modern gun experience was complete , when a cousin brought his Dixie Belgian , 16 ga. import single barrel M/L shotgun for me to try . I fired it into a mud puddle , lotsa smoke , fire , noise , and water flew everywhere. That's where a 50 + year love affair with muzzleloading started. All my modern guns that I kept , have turned into "safe queens". I have no regrets , except that I wish I would have started muzzleloading earlier in my life. The circle of my muzzleloading experience , is almost complete. ..........oldwood
🗣Amen...
That is priceless and so true! I actually asked a stranger at the range if I could shoot his FLINTLOCK rifle one time years ago! I have never forgotten the chance or the experience! It felt like "time-travel!
