convert from caplock to flintlock

[tom coffey]

Pardon me for asking if this subject is frowned upon here, but assuming some here shoot "storebought" muzzleloaders, has anyone converted an off-the rack cap buster to flintlock? Anything besides the obvious involved? Thanks.

[OldMtnMan]

Which gun?

[tom coffey]

I didn't have a particular gun in mind, actually was wondering which ones were the best candidates for conversion, I guess.

[OldMtnMan]

If you haven't bought a gun yet. Why not buy a flintlock? Converting some guns could be expensive.

What sort of gun interest you? Longrifle or Hawken?

How much do you want to spend?

[Roughneck]

I agree with OldMtnMan. Why not start with a flinter? I did buy an extremely nice cap gun for my wife when we started shooting flintlocks. She about slit my throat when I got it and she found out it was percussion. Luckily it had a small siler lock and drum. I bought a Chambers small siler lock and a white lightning liner and converted it to flint. I did have to take a lot of wood out to get it the lock to sit right and fit. It came out good and that little 32 is her favorite rifle. I might have just got lucky but that’s my experience. If that little rifle wasn’t so nice I wouldn’t have bought it cause I have no desire to shoot percussion rifles.

[Semisane]

I didn't have a particular gun in mind, actually was wondering which ones were the best candidates for conversion, I guess.

The best candidates are those with a drum and nipple set up. For example, Pedersoli has four models that are easily converted back and forth - percussion to flint and vice versa - by swapping out the locks and the drum & nipple/flash hole liner; the Frontier, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Alamo.

[oldtravler61]

  Save yourself the headache. Just buy a good quality flintlock at the price you can afford. You will be much happier in the long run. Yeah don't have to ask me how I know...  Oldtravler

[hanshi]

I once bought a Pedersoli flintlock and fitted a percussion lock so I could use either one.  Percussion to flint is much easier than flint to percussion.

[Huntschool]

Not to be a smart butt...... but why?

As stated above why don't you just by a flinter in your budget and be done with it.

[Daryl]

Taylor and I built this pistol for me for rendezvous.  It has a 60" .54 bl. and a Durs Egg flint lock. After the first rendezvous, we discussed 'this' and decided if I wanted to be competitive
in the pistol contests, I needed a cap-lock with a pistol twist, thus, the Durs(I think) Egg cap lock, drum and 18" twist .45 barrel. So- I went the other way, from flint to cap.

It is totally convertible, all I have to do is change the barrel and lock.