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Offline Allyn T

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Flint lock
« on: June 22, 2021, 10:38:11 pm »
A friend at work said he can't find any left handed flint locks or even kits. Anyone know of anywhere I can send him? Just fyi I don't even know what a flintlock is.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2021, 01:03:43 am »
They are out there!  A pretty penny, though!  Eric Krewson may have some contacts.  Flintlocks are fun,  I may have to bring my .58 cal to MoJam to further your education and enlightenment :-M!  Powder goes in first!  Also, contact Buckhornskinners.org.  I think there was a lefty on the site recently, I reserve the right to be wrong.  If he wants to spend the Bucks, Ray Ezinga may be willing to build him a custom rifle!  Several other makers may jump in as well!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2021, 09:54:16 am »
They are out there;

A lot of places are out of stock after covid, this place has one left but it is percussion.

https://  www. grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/ 10266

Kits, there are kits and there are kits, the assembly kits like Traditions are easy, the parts kits take some serious skills to complete, these would be Chambers, Pecatonica and Track of the Wolf kits.

The difference is with the parts kits you get a historically correct copy of a rifle made between 1760 and 1810 depending on the style. Chambers makes the best parts kits but none of the parts will fit in the precarved stock except the barrel, the pre-shaping is done but undersized so you have to inlet every part into the wood for a correct fit.

Precarve kits like Pecatonica can be real iffy, I got one and spent more time fixing flaws that their duplicator made than it would have taken to make a complete rifle from a plank.

Lyman or Pedersoli are close to a plains rifle but not exact, Traditions are way off the mark. The locks in the parts kits are far superior to the assembly kits which are OK but may have issues.

https://www .flintlocks.com/


This place has some;

https:// abes-general-store-co.myshopify.com/collections/muzzleloaders

If you just want a gun to shoot and don't care about historical accuracy or have the gunsmithing skills to put a complex kit together go with a Traditions, Pedersoli or Lyman.

They make two types of barrel rifling, one for round balls and a patch and one for conical bullets. Slow twist, 1 twist in 48" to 1 twist in 60 and up are for round balls. Fast twist, I twist in 28 to 32" is for conical bullets only.

A Lyman Great Plains rifle is a slow twist rifle made for shooting a patched round ball

A Lyman Great Plains Hunter is a fast twist rifle made for shooting a large conical bullet.

All the factory rifles have a model for each projectile choice, most have a right hand left hand choice as well.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2021, 10:32:07 am »
This place may or may not have a lefty in stock you would have to call to see. This is a good place I have done a lot of business with them.

https:// logcabinshop.com/catalog.php?path=search_183_149_144

Another maybe;

https://www. octobercountry.com/lyman-trade-rifle-50-54-cal/

A place like Tennessee Valley Muzzle loaders will make you a lefty, sell you a kit (parts kit) or finish the rifle in the white for you. In the white means the gun will be completed less stock and metal finish.

https://www. tvmnatchez.com/

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Offline Allyn T

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2021, 12:28:17 pm »
Wow thank you Eric I'll pass all that along to him! Hawk please educate me as much as you can, I was only planning on going for a day but maybe I should make it a 2 day thing
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2021, 01:31:06 pm »
That is a good idea!  A lot of things going on there!
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Offline Lefty38-55

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2021, 12:54:47 pm »
FYI:

If you ask, some places will SWAP OUT any of the RH'd parts to make a LH'd build. I've done this a few times. Of course there are constraints, e.g., lock style, extent of any pre-carved stock, etc.

I also bought the kit parts, for a LH build, from Dave Keck of Knob Mountain and he picked me a stock that gave the ideal figure on the cheek piece side, that a lefty would see all the time, as they held the longrifle!

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2021, 09:16:47 am »
This lefty just came up for sale today, looks well taken care of.

https://www. muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/lh-flintlock-tennessee-mountain-rifle-50-cal.133634/
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2021, 01:17:43 pm »
Tennessee Valley Manufacturing and Tennessee Valley Muzzleloaders (across the road from each other) both offer left handed kits, every degree closer to finished costs a little more and they will go all the way right up to finished.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2021, 04:02:48 pm »
TV Manufacturing is in Corinth MS, TV Muzzleloaders is in Natchez MS now, they moved.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Flint lock
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2021, 02:15:56 am »
Ain't neither one in Tennessee!  Times they are a'changin'!  'Course, I thought the Tennessee flowed into the Ohio!  As long as they are still in business, all is good!
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