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Offline WKevinD

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Nice period conversion
« 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




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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 11:58:15 PM »
That's cool.  Here's my favorite period conversion

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2017, 12:40:46 AM »
burnt...

Really unique. A most excellent job from long ago.
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Offline Molly

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #3 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.
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Offline smokinbuck

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #4 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.
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Offline WKevinD

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #5 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
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Offline Feltwad

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #6 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
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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2017, 03:09:02 PM »
Interesting conversion, I would leave that one alone.
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Nice period conversion
« Reply #8 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.

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