Davis Golcher percussion to Flintlock???

[mountainman70]

Good evening all. I seem to remember someone on here converting a Davis Golcher percussion lock to flint,which I believe would be a great lock for the Southern guns we like so well.
I have a new said lock and and idea for a build using it, and I just cant  wrap my mind-what there is of it- into building a cap buster.No problem with percussions, just really like the flinters
Who was that person? Thanks and best regards Dave 

[redheart]

I wouldn't mind having a Goulcher Flint Lock myself Dave, and you're making me wonder if I've ever seen an original rifle that had one.
Apparently they're quite scarce and I'd sure like to see a few photos of them being used on original rifles of any type ,but especially Southern mountain rifles. Hint Hint ! 

[scottmc]

Here is a picture of a left hand goulcher flint on my Gillespie rifle.  Chris Hirsch has the castingsfrom an original to make this lock but unfortunately, not in right hand.  One of the few things in thIs world that is only left hand.

[redheart]

That's a beautiful lock and all around rifle. I'd buy one of those locks in a minute if I could find a right hander.
Thanks for participating in this thread and showing me what a Goulcher flintlock looks like. There doesn't seem to be much interest. 

[Craig Wilcox]

I don't think the trigger cares which finger squeezes it.  And really no problem reaching for the cock across the barrel.  Not like you have to work a bolt.

There are two problems with a righty shooting a leftie gun.  The first is priming - reaching across the wrist area to put a few grains of powder in the pan.  Not really a great problem.

The big problem is cast off.  Cast off for a rightie moves the barrel left.  Cast off for a leftie moves the barrel right.  both pertaining to how you aim.s

I've shot quite a few left handed rifles - with several the cast off was a bit too much to have the sights line up with my eye correctly.  Two had NO cast off at all, and really didn't have any problems hunting with one of them.  You gotta use what you can get your hands on.

I DO feel compassion for the left-handed among us.  Even anatomy books "point fingers" at them - the Latin term for LEFT is SINISTER!  Yikes!

But on personal experience A) I have rarely found a truly sinister left-hander.  B)  I experienced no problems shooting most left-handed guns.  And C)  I HAVE found a few sinister right-handers.