Lock Options on Build.....

[dak47]

I have been waffling back and forth over getting into the black powder game for years now. No hunting season advantage in BC and the clean up during/after shooting seems to be what has held me at bay, but now that I'm getting older, I accept it as part of the BP ritual. We are lucky to have a home on both sides of the line now, so I have a season advantage now to boot, that is sealing the deal.

I'm in negations with TVM on a Flintlock Tennessee rifle build, we have everything settled but the lock. Stock for them is a Siler but - L&R offers a couple of locks that they advertise as having waterproof pans. The locks are their Late English and Manton locks, and Chambers Round Face English lock is advertised as having a waterproof pan. The excerpt is from their email, what would you choose? The logical part of me still says get a CVA inline and be done instead of waiting 7 months for a build but if I'm going into this, it may as well be the way I envisioned as a kid roaming the Okanagan hills......

Pretty excited, aged steel hardware, deluxe maple stock, swamped barrel in .54, the realization that all the accoutrements, while fun to acquire are a substantial chunk of change - just this one last detail on the lock as I don't want to do this again in 2021 anyways lol.........

 

[B_noser]

There will be no comparison between a CVA inline and a custom built gun using high quality parts - well worth the wait. Fifty four cal. is a pretty large bore for a Southern gun. Fifty cal. is by far the most popular today, and is suitable for deer sized game. Southern guns tended to be smaller calibers during the 19th and early 20th centuries since most larger game was no longer available.
Jim Chambers Flintlocks has the Siler line of locks today. I consider the Chambers-built locks to be superior to L&R. I say Chambers-built because others also assemble and sell Siler locks from kits. The quality of those locks is dependent on the skill and care of the builder, and can be spotty.

 

[sean69]

Get the Chambers "Deluxe" lock if you can .... I also find them far superior to L&R ... unless you can get a Roller lock or Kibler.

As far as waterproof, most any lock can be made to be water-resistant ... I doubt waterproof it's just a matter of fitment. If you are planning on hunting in a downpour probably look into an action cover. The humidity will wreak havok with your powder anyway. sooo
Another option would be caplock ..

.50, .54, 45 & 36 are good options for calibre as hornady sells swaged balls that are easily available. otherwise you cast your own or buy & deal with sprue.

 

[mooncoon]

if the gun is for hunting deer, I would go with the .54 cal. I suspect that deer in the US are larger than those we have here on the Island

cheers mooncoon

 

[dak47]

There will be no comparison between a CVA inline and a custom built gun using high quality parts - well worth the wait. Fifty four cal. is a pretty large bore for a Southern gun. Fifty cal. is by far the most popular today, and is suitable for deer sized game. Southern guns tended to be smaller calibers during the 19th and early 20th centuries since most larger game was no longer available.
Jim Chambers Flintlocks has the Siler line of locks today. I consider the Chambers-built locks to be superior to L&R. I say Chambers-built because others also assemble and sell Siler locks from kits. The quality of those locks is dependent on the skill and care of the builder, and can be spotty.

Yes, 10-4. Just needed a little reinforcement before taking a 2K US plunge..... Some of those inlines are pretty crazy these days but that's not what it is about for me anymore plus the primitive season is the only option in several county's......

Get the Chambers "Deluxe" lock if you can .... I also find them far superior to L&R ... unless you can get a Roller lock or Kibler.

As far as waterproof, most any lock can be made to be water-resistant ... I doubt waterproof it's just a matter of fitment. If you are planning on hunting in a downpour probably look into an action cover. The humidity will wreak havok with your powder anyway. sooo
Another option would be caplock ..

.50, .54, 45 & 36 are good options for calibre as hornady sells swaged balls that are easily available. otherwise you cast your own or buy & deal with sprue.

Chambers it is, with 2 back to back endorsements, just sent an email on the Deluxe. TMV did say the make no promises on the L&R waterproof claim, that already had my radar up. We are on the Gulf Coast so humidity is absolutely disgusting until right about this time of year but the season runs well into late Jan.....

if the gun is for hunting deer, I would go with the .54 cal. I suspect that deer in the US are larger than those we have here on the Island

cheers mooncoon

South Texas whitetail and Vancouver Island blackmails are pretty close with a slight edge to the Texan cousins, once in Louisiana though all bets are off. They get pretty chunky.....

 

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