Help Needed - Replacement Smooth Bore Barrels For Flinters

[maple leaf]

Hi everyone,
I wanted to pick your brains on being able to find a smoothbore barrel for a .45 Thompson Center Hawken flintlock or a .50 Euroarms hawken flintlock.

I contacted Thompson Center about a possible barrel, but they no longer make them. I also contacted Green Mountain, as they used to make a drop-in barrel for a TC in 62 caliber smoothbore. Unfortunately, they no longer make them neither. Track of the Wolf doesn't have a smoothbore flintlock barrel for these two guns.

So I've been combing the internet to try and find some of these older barrels previously mentioned - to no avail. Does anyone have any solutions? I really would love to shoot my flinter as a rifle and then switch it over to smoothbore for bird hunting. I suspect it may be easier to find a replacement barrel for the T/C, but I am really hoping for something with the Euroarms flinter as well. Any help is appreciated!

 

[petew]

Give Track of the wolf a shout.

 

[antiqueguy]

the gun works sells Oregon barrel works barrels they make them custom as for size,taper,bore,thread id get one made up

 

[joelvca]

Something that's been done somewhat frequently by folks on the Muzzleloading Forum is to find a poorly-cared-for rifle barrel for cheap, often on fleabay, and send it to one of the barrel guys to be rebored into to a smoothie.

Good luck,
Joel

 

[petew]

You can always buy a barrel blank, Breech plug, vent liner,& underlug and make up a barrel to fit. You might just be better off buying a complete smoothbore shotgun.