I believe this was discussed before, but I wanted to ask it again. I have a friend that has a percussion rifle, not sure of the make, can you convert it to a flint lock rile? PA, you know we have a late flint season and I wanted to convert the rifle over if pssible.

Please let me know what you guys think.

T

Anything can be done, the question is can it be done in a way that makes financial sense. If it uses a drum and niple, it is pretty simple to remove the drum and replace it with a vent. If the manufacturer has a flint model of the same rifle, and you can buy a flintlock to fit the lock inlet, you are home free. Then it can be done for the price of the lock and vent. If more work needs to be done, it will be cheaper to buy another rifle.

hey tomster how are you doing....i'm changing my flinter over to perc....buy getting another barrel and lock from T/C....then when i get my new stock for my hawkens i will redo my stock that came with the gun from T/C and make it perc....that way i'll have my hawken flintlock with the new 90% curly maple stock....i'll have my other one with the perc. setup with my redone original T/C stock....that way when i'm out in those really hard raining days i'll be ok during the buck season with the perc...................................bob

Bob 1961 has the right idea. Instead, I personally would just get a different rifle.

Hey Bob, how are you????

Where are you ordering your Hawkins from, Cabela's??

I was thinking of ordering their Hawkins kit and building one, but I need a new job first or my wife will shoot me with my Traditions flint.

Are you OK with the 1 and 48 twist or are you getting a slower or faster twist in the barrell? Also, I started shooting the PowerBelts in my Traditions and had really good groups, plus the deer I shot with it went down.

Let me tell you what happened.... I was hunting in the land next to mine which I am a club member also. I went scouting first with snow on the ground and found where they were eating some grass. So I setup just inside the woods and waited, an afternoon hunt. Just as the sun started going down, a doe appears but behind a small tree. I bring up my Deerhunter and waited for her to take a step forward. She then decides to trot back towards where she came but at an angle away, probably busted me. So I follow her with the rifle and shoot not wanting to loose her. Once the smoke clears, I see a tail down and I knew I had her, than 2 smaller deer were looking my way. I hit her high in the back and broke her spine, lost only a little of the back straps. I waited a little while but she hadn't died so I dispatched her.

This was my last hunt, sorry we didn't get together again. My wife drove me nuts again this year, the weather wasn't that good, and only hunted near home.
I'm going to start hunting again with the Bow and could use some pointers, maybe we get together in the Spring or Summer, do a little fishing, and you could give me some pointers since I have the same bow as you.

T

yeah that sounds like a plan....i'm also thinking of bowhunting for spring turkey....the 1 / 48" twist i like shoots prb good....the T/C's 240 gr xtp sabots shoot good....1.5" @ 50 yds --- 2.5" @ 100 yds w/80 grs 3f....i will be working on a prb load with my rifle sited in with the sabots so i don't have to change my site in back from each other....i might only need 60 or 70 grs of powder for the ball to hit the same spot as my sabots with the sites the way they are now....i still have your number so we'll be talking soon...........................bob

If it turns out that all you have to do is unscrew the drum, screw in the touch hole liner, and swap locks, you will have a "convertible" gun, which can be switched back and forth between a flinter and a caplock! Dixie Gun works once offered such a switchable gun. I don't know if they still do or not.

You didn't say what kind of rifle it was. Several years ago, before PA had a muzzleloader season, my cousin owned a T/C Hawken percussion rifle. When we he learned of the "new" muzzleloader season he contacted T/C and purchased a kit to conver it to flintlock. This kit consisted of a new breech which had the flash hole, a tool which fit over the octagon barrel, and a lock.
We had to soak the breech in kerosene for a few days then clamped the barrel in a vise slid on the tool and with a good amount of elbow grease, unscrewed the old breech.