converting a GPR cap lock to a Flint

[REX]

I have a left hand Lyman GPR cap lock and I'm thinking ( hard to do) about making it into a flint, I looks like all I would need is a new flint barrel, a flint lock and some minor stock work to make it work. Is this a good move or should I just sell the cap lock and buy the flint. ::
By the way Zonie, I shot the Queen Anne using a 457 RB and a lube patch that mic about .025 and this feed down the QA barrel just fine , had a ball making smoke with it but couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. :curse:

rex (westcoastBPgramps) bp can be fun

 

The lock will cost you at least $100, barrel another $100.

Then there is the time necessary to make everything fit.

GPR kit will probably set you back $275, from what I see on the forum.

Why not save your pennies an extra couple of weeks and spring for a flint kit and keep the capper too?

You can never have too many guns, or knives, or enough extra flints, or caps, or extra powder...and you always need something that will shoot pyrodex....

:imo:

 

I can see a new lock but im wondering why a new barrel?
You should be able to re breach that barrel with a blank improved breach, inlet the new lock, drill for the flash hole with very little stock modifications, our am I missing something here?
However just a ghost put it for another 150 you would have 2 guns MMMMMMMMMMM id think on that one

 

[Zonie]

WCBP: If I were doing it, I would do as the others suggested and save up the money for a Left Hand Flintlock Kit.
IMO: Although a lot of people here praise the wonders of the Flintlock, it is not for everyone. It is a step back in time from the Precussion guns and has it's own set of challenges for the shooter to master.
Speaking for myself, there are times when I really want to shoot the Flintlocks, but there are also times I don't want to fool with them and would rather shoot my Precussions.
Now back to the subject:

I think the GPR has a LH Kit.
I know Dixie sold (in 2003) a Investarms "Hawken Rifle Kit" which looks similar to the TC Hawken in a Left hand Flintlock kit. It is a .50 caliber rifle and last year, Dixie Gunworks was asking $265.

Building these Factory kits isn't much different than building the Queen Anne was. There's just a lot more sanding and a little more fitting.

As for your comment, " had a ball making smoke with it but couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.", it helps a lot if your inside the barn. Don't forget to close the door before shooting :: and watch out for the bails of hay. They can ruin a good shot if you hit them! :: :: ::

Seriously, IMO a pistol like the QA, made without sights in the early 1700s was intended to be used at very close range.
If you really want to duplicate the situation, buy one of the full size mans torso type targets, set it about 10 yards away. Imagine it has a drawn sword and is threatening you and have at it. Any hit inside the mans figure scores!

If the wind picks up and the target actually attacks you, after you fire, don't forget the brass gargoyle on the butt of the grip. That's there for wacking the assailant up along side of the head.

Have fun!

 

[54ball]

I have thought about making this conversion myself with either my Thompson 45(its a Hawken not a chopper)or my GPR. Both guns are percussion. It shows the flint and percussion stocks being the same for the GPR. In theory it looks like you can order a flint lock and flint barrel to swap back and forth with the percussion. It seems that this would be a great option but if fitting and inletting are required I don't think it would be worth while. While the Thompson and GPR are massed produced guns I do not know if ignition types are interchangable. If they are I could GROW rifles. :hmm: For example: upgrade Thompson with iron furniture, replace the 45 barrel with a 32" flint 54cal,get a new tang with the barrel,Install an L&R drop in lock,get one of the P.C. type stocks offered for the Thompson. In my box of discarded parts is the brass framed 45 TC Hawken I started with. One rifle over time becomes two. :shocking: :shocking: I want a fullstock Hawken :shocking: :shocking: :shocking: a Vincent :shocking::shocking: :shocking: :shocking: a long rifle :shocking: :shocking: :shocking: :shocking: :shocking:

 

but wouldnt in the long run the cost be close to the same as buying the rifle you want ?
the time spent swaping barrels an locks would then be down to simply reaching in the closet and pulling out the rife that suits your mood

 

[REX]

Thanks for all your input, you all have great sugested, :thumbsup: :master: I've built (assembled) the Dixie LH flint kit a about 6 months ago, then got the flint bug bad and obtained the lyman deerstalker (the CEO & FINANCE BOSS hasn't found out yet). I guess the only differance is in the barrel length and maybe that won't make much differance, and ghost's thought about having a cap is a good one. :thumbsup:
Thanks again.

rex (westcoastBPgramps) bp can be fun