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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: WKevinD on February 28, 2017, 11:24:52 PM

Title: Nice period conversion
Post by: WKevinD on February 28, 2017, 11:24:52 PM

I recently took a period fowler into my shop for a new mainspring. Had a nice surprise when I saw this conversion on an original Ketland lock
Kevin

(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1074.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw408%2Fwkevindougherty%2FKetland_zpsirwge4aq.jpg&hash=3f819436bef9c64db9f0c66105b92282e390609f) (http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/wkevindougherty/media/Ketland_zpsirwge4aq.jpg.html)


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Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: Shreckmeister on February 28, 2017, 11:58:15 PM

That's cool.  Here's my favorite period conversion

(https://s28.postimg.org/9zqg7opml/2012_08_20_07_41_11_59.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/z5reeiqwp/)image hosting 30 mb (https://postimage.org/)

Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: gizamo on March 01, 2017, 12:40:46 AM

burnt...

Really unique. A most excellent job from long ago.

Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: Molly on March 01, 2017, 03:16:21 AM

I have seen one other conversion like that or at least similar on a VA rifle.  Not to say the conversion was by a VA maker but the original maker on the one I saw was probably one of the Sites boys as I recall.

Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: smokinbuck on March 01, 2017, 04:12:20 AM

Burnt,
I did a conversion just like what you pictured about 4 years ago.  Saw an original Ohio rifle with a similar conversion since then.
Mark

Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: WKevinD on March 01, 2017, 04:43:18 AM

This fowler has a 46" oct/ 16/ round barrel about .69 cal, Ketland lock, curly maple stock, English style buttplate, Dutch style trigger guard. Nice story as it stands.
Kevin

Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: Feltwad on March 01, 2017, 10:44:23 AM

Enclosed is a image of a stand of UK flintlock fowlers and sporting guns converted to percussion using the drum and nipple ,this is part of history to a gun and should never be reconverted back to flint
Feltwad

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Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: Big Wolf on March 01, 2017, 03:09:02 PM

Interesting conversion, I would leave that one alone.

Title: Re: Nice period conversion
Post by: Hungry Horse on March 01, 2017, 04:25:46 PM

I did a similar conversion on a Dixie "York" flintlock rifle some years ago. I was given the gun, and since Dixie no longer makes the flintlock that was the upgrade for the worthless lock that was original to the gun, I opted to make a "field conversion" to percussion. I did decide to plug the extra holes with copper wire headed with a few light hammer blows in both sides.

  Hungry Horse