flint kit help

[Beater]

looking into a kit from track of the wolf, or somewhere like that.
i want to build a traditional flint 32 or 36 long flint gun. ive built the standard cap kits before without any trouble. i guess im just looking for a bit of guidence from someone who had done a flinter before. who is/ makes a decent kit. im not to scared about drilling/ taping holes, silver soldering, stuff like that. im not the greatest with wood working however.

 

[trevj]

Take a look at the kits that offer a pre-inletted stock, if you don't want to be doing the serious woodworking.
That leaves just scraping , sanding, or carving out what little remains, in order to assure a decent fit.

Track has a couple books worth having too. I can personally attest that I think the book Recreating the American Longrifle by William Buchele, et all, is worth having. Lots of great info there, and easy to read.

Cheers
Trev

 

[Smokepole]

One of the kits made up of parts to build a rifle, with a pre inletted stock would be my choice, rather than a kit put out by Lyman, for example. It costs a little more, but you will get to build a rifle that is more unique. I think that may be all that is available in the calibers you want to build, anyway.

 

[JacquesT]

Great challenge these kits, I built one from NorthStarWest
http://www.northstarwest.com/ Their trade gun in 62 cal..this was my first experience and I was very impressed with the owner (Matt Denisson) giving me coaching at every step of the way...

The second kit I made was from Track...a nice piece but there was no personal touch if I had questions...I looked up the Sitting fox site and they seems to have beautiful kit...many stocks need inletting, need to pay extra for this unless you are braver than the average!!

What I like from these kits is that the caliber is precisely what is advertise...no odd calibers that make you chase the odd size mold for the balls...
best luck!
J

 

[Beater]

im assumeing that there is no hassel bringing a flint gun across the border?
i have been looking at the kits from track, some are very very nice allright.

 

[billybob]

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[sail32]

Check Jim Chambers website, in their links they mention a school in Viriginia that offers a week course on putting one of Jim Chmabers kits together.
A group called the Washington Historical Gunmakers Guild, offers courses at Little Rock WA.

 

[trevj]

im assumeing that there is no hassel bringing a flint gun across the border?
i have been looking at the kits from track, some are very very nice allright.

Flint long guns are not firearms, they are deemed to be Antiques, under the regulations. Track is good about shipping up to Canada, too. The parcel will arrive by mail, you will have to pay duties and GST plus the $5 service fee at Canada post. (Beats heck outta $50-$70 service fees from a courier Co.)

I have not heard from anyone that has ordered a kit for a caplock gun, but I'd put it at about 50% odds that it comes in labeled as being parts (which it is) and you would be responsible for registering it when those parts are made into a firearm.

When, exactly that is...? I'd figure, about the point where the tube and the breech are fitted together with the lock, but....???

Anyways, that's an issue for the caplock kit builder to sort out. No worries with flinters unless it's a pistol.

Cheers
Trev

 

[crusoe]

I've built two flint rifles from Jim Chambers and highly recommend them. I've found them an excellent company to deal with and had no problem with shipment into Ontario (the barrels were shipped separately from Rice).

You will find that a fair amount of final inletting work is required on the stock, for example fitting the barrel, but with right high quality chisels and files you should have no problem. Most of my tools have been from Lee Valley and from Track of the Wolf.

I've only ever heard good things about the Track guns too. Before buying and building I learned a huge amount from the Muzzleloading Forum, whose regular contributors include some of the best builders around today. There are also a couple of basic handbooks on building American longrifles which I found invaluable, and you can find advice about that on Muzzleloading Forum too.

 

[Beater]

ok, muzzeloading forum,?