been lurking this forum for a while, checking out the craftsmen like Runastav and others.
I have an old english fowling barrel in 12 bore. it is from a percussion gun, and i would like to convert it to flint. the plan is to build a full stock smooth bore. i have the original breech plug as well. the issue is that i want to cut or ground off the snail, plug the remains of the vent, and drill a touch hole for a flintlock. i don't want to cut off the snail and rebreech, as i don't think the threads in the original breech plug could ever be matched, plus, i`d like to keep the little bit of decoration at the breech end of the barrel.
Runastav`s restoration of a Brown Bess brought this back up for me with his plugging of the bess`s percussion nipple hole.
what makes me think this will work is not only his example, but also threaded in vent liners that many flint barrels have.
Thoughts?
I know the correct answer is buy a new barrel, but many of us would not be on this site if we all thought that way.