first flintlock..

[tg]

If you think you may want to wear funny clothes and let yourself drift back in time the LGP would be the better choice, if you just want a flintlock ML the TC is a gun that the company stands firmly behind, often you can find a good used gun for that price but you need someone who knows guns well to look it over for you, I have picked up some nice plain guns built from various parts sets for less than the price of parts, now and then somebody leaves the hobby for one reason or another.I sold a nice "Hawkin" type with 36" barrel in .54 and a Siler lock a couple of years ago for around 400-450 that was what I gave for it a few years earlier, good bargins are out there but you have to be carefull with whom you deal.

 

[gmww]

The classifieds section here has some nice flinters that show up. You might check it out.

 

[410-er]

Lyman (new or older) and Thompson Center (older).

 

[jerem0621]

I have a good T/C New Englander in percussion so I'm by no means hurting for a Muzzleloader. I'm just itching for a flintlock. I've always saved my money for good guns in the past. I have no problem saving my money for a good quality flintlock. I see that TVM sells in the white kits for around $600.00 or so. That doesn't sound to bad. I would like to try my hand at browning the barrel and finishing the stock. I just know that I can't do one of the more complicated kits. I don't have the tools to do major inletting of barrels etc.

Thanks,

Jerem0621

 

[gmww]

At some of those places that sell kits, they will do the barrel channel for a fee. Just a thought.

 

[J.D.]

I have no problem saving my money for a good quality flintlock. I see that TVM sells in the white kits for around $600.00 or so. That doesn't sound to bad. I would like to try my hand at browning the barrel and finishing the stock. I just know that I can't do one of the more complicated kits. I don't have the tools to do major inletting of barrels etc.
Jerem0621

Every kit I have seen, even the ones that are merely parts kits use precarve stocks with the barrel about 90-95% inlet.

An in-the-white gun is, or can be assembled with relatively little inletting, right out of the box.
You stain and finish wood and metal.

Most of these in the white guns are too thick, kinda pregnant looking, so some wood needs to be removed to get those sleek lines.

Take a bit of advice and don't limit yourself to looking at one type of gun by one manufacturer. There are several very good manufacturers offering varying types of in the white guns.

You already mentioned TVM, but there are others too.

Tip Curtis Frontier Shop
P.O. Box 203
4445 Jernigan Rd.
Cross Plains, Tenn. 37049
(615)654-4445

Chambers offers the best quality kit gun out there. I don't know if they offer an in the white gun, but you can call Jim to find out. [url] http://www.flintlocks.com/[/url]

And there is always Early Rustic. Larry offers several styles of guns.
[url] http://www.earlyrusticarms.com/pricesanddescriptions.htm[/url]

Don has a good selection too, though a little more expensive than your budget may allow. Don's web page doesn't list in the white guns, but he can provide anything you might want.
[url] http://donstith.com/muzzle_loading_rifles.html[/url]