Lefty flintlock pistol- english lock??

[cmac]

I have a customer interested in a left handed English flintlock pistol. F&I war era. He really would like a left handed lock. What are my options??

[Rolf]

Being lefthanded myself, I've looked high and low for lefthanded locks.
The only lefthanded lock I know of thats small enough for a pistol  is the L&R manton

http://www.lr-rpl.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61:manton-model-1700-1800-1700p-1800p&catid=38:lar-locks&Itemid=61

I used it on these pistols. http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=14643.0

Blackley in England has castings for a lefthanded wogden lock, but its about 6-months wait to get them.
http://www.blackleyandson.com/acatalog/Lock_Sets_English_Flat_Faced.html

Best regards
Rolf

[Dave B]

I have seen guy's take a small siler lock and convert it over to an english style by rounding over the pan  and frizzen.

[cmac]

Yes I thought about going with the small Siler and reshaping. I just wanted to weigh the options

[Rolf]

Yes I thought about going with the small Siler and reshaping. I just wanted to weigh the options

Won't work. The small siler is only made as a right hand lock.  There is no lefthanded small siler.

Best regards
Rolf

[Bob Roller]

 The L&R small Manton is made as a lefty and eliminates the
idea of trying to file a Germanic lock into something else.
L&R has made two major upgrades to their line of locks and
they are forged mainsprings and a better quality of frizzen material.

Bob Roller

[bama]

I have used the L&R Manton in a lefty rifle and it is a nice little small lock that should be able to be used on a pistol.

I have had a few problems with these little locks but nothing major. The thing I dislike the most ablout these locks is that the fly is located under the tumbler and has a tendency to fall out during assembly.

They way I solved that problem is to use a grease lube to help hold it place during the assembly process. I also dislike having to completely dissasemble the lock to fit and polish every surface to get them clean enough to have a smooth working lock. Once you get the lock cleaned up and polished they seem to function very fast though. With the improvements that Bob has mentioned they should be a nice little lock.

[cmac]

Good to know about the small siler. I thought there was one.   Isn't the Manton lock late for F&I even Rev. war?