Building a flintlock?

[Furync]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if such a thing as making my own flintlock would be possible? Are there any blueprints somewhere that I could follow?

Any help or guidance would be much apreciated.

Thank you

 

[mooncoon]

It is certainly possible but the first question is how much do you want to make yourself and how much experience do you have with metal working and wood working?
I would strongly suggest starting with a quality store bought lock and probably starting with a quality kit and becoming increasingly independant with succeeding guns as you gain experience and knowledge. The photos above are of a pistol lock that I made from "scrap" metal in the basement but recognise that it still is a little lacking in function and more lacking in aesthetics and I have been puttering with files for a number of years.
The most complete book that I can think of is by Shumway et al on recreating an american long rifle. There are also how to books on building double barrel flint shotguns and on building wheelocks although you might have to search "abebooks.com" for them as I am not sure if they are still in print.

cheers mooncoon

 

[Furync]

how much do you want to make yourself and how much experience do you have with metal working and wood working?
I would strongly suggest starting with a quality store bought lock and probably starting with a quality kit

Well I figured I'm pretty good with wood, and if I screw up I can allways start over. and my friend is a welder by trade and knows a lot about machining and metals and things...

But I don't think I want to complicate my life too much buy building it from scratch. I was thinking of buying at least the action (the lock) and building the rest... but then again I havent looked much into kits... So I may be able to find a good quality kit that would fit my needs...

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a good kit? or at least info on it?

Thanks again!

By the way, that looks like a very nice lock, to you I raise my hat, I dont think I would have that much patience

 

[juanvaldez]

track of the wolf for kits, you will get an heirloom quality gun if you do your end

 

[juanvaldez]

Forgot to mention, it is way harder then it looks to fit everything correctly, fun though. Metal finishing is also nice to get into slow rust. I converted a T/C hawken to a full stock hawken with iron furniture and a rust finish. Came out great and built up my confidence. Wanna try a southern mountain riflr from track soon

 

[juanvaldez]

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/