wanting to convert flintlock

[birdshot8's]

Ok, I am not as much of a mountain man as I thought I was. So am now wanting to convert my Pedersoli Kentucky rifle from flintlock to percussion. I would be willing to trade my lock for a percussion lock from the same type rifle.

Anyone ever made this conversion in either direction? any advise?

 

[Col4570]

Flint to Percussion.

It is reasonably easy to convert from Flint to percussion by fitting a Drum and Nipple and a Percussion Hammer having cut the pan off the Lock.If the Gun is sold in both Flint and Percussion then the easy way is to change the Lock.The other way round can be difficult since many percussion Guns have the Nipple in the Breach Plug.If the gun has a Drum and Nipple then the Drum can Be removed and a Touch Hole Insert can be fitted.
As a footnote not many Antique guns where converted back to Flint since the progression was towards Percussion.

 

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I think your taking a step backward myself. A Flintlock has so many advantages
over percussion, but to each his own. Here is my simple way to change back
and forth between percussion and flint. You do have to buy another Frizzen
and a nipple. To change from percussion like what you see here, just put the
other Frizzen back on and put the piece of steel that is shaped like a flint into
the hammer. This system works very well.

 

[rodwha]

Interesting!

I'm growing more fond of the idea of a flintlock myself, but percussion is still my thing. But who knows what the future will bring one?

 

[goon]

My dad converted a percussion CVA Bobcat from percussion to flintlock. He bought a factory CVA flintlock lock assembly and a vent liner of the right thread. Then he screwed the original drum and nipple out, screwed the vent liner in, worked it with a file until he had a flush fit, and screwed the new flintlock lock on. I think he coned the vent liner just a little with a drill bit - just enough to radius the edge a bit. Works fine - my brother has it now.

I think if you look for some factory parts to make the conversion with, you probably won't need to do anything other than make a pretty simple swap.

But I have to admit that I prefer flint myself in any case.

 

[birdshot8's]

Thanks for the help. I got a flintlock, not wanting to be dependant on finding caps, but I seem to be going through flints faster than I would have ever imagined.

 

[44-henry]

I would recommend selling your flintlock and purchasing a complete percussion rifle. I would far rather convert a percussion to flint than the other way around. Basically it would involve removing the touch hole liner in the flint and replacing this with a drum. The tricky part is going to be getting the lock to mate up correctly with the drum and still fit in the original mortise.

If your rifle is in good condition my guess is you will be able to find someone to purchase it with enough money to buy a percussion version, probably with some extra to boot.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

OR, you could follow my lead and purchase a couple of each.....

 

[MEHavey]

"...Flintlock has so many advantages....."

Huh? (or were you speaking as an Artiste´ ?)

 

[EljaySL]

If going through the flints quickly is really the main issue...
1. You know you can reknapp them, right? And that it's not hard? If you ask I'm sure somebody will post both a description of how to do it with a hammer or other solid object, and there's also a way to do it against the frizzen.
2. You may also be able to play games with the angle the flint's hitting so it's not so hard on the flint.

 

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[4v50 Gary]

Contact Perdesoli for a replacement percussion lock. You have to fit a drum and nipple and time it to the lock. Do it right and you can always restore it to a flintlock.