Is converting a Crockett to flint a hard job?

[Pittsburghunter]

Could the average built a couple of kits type of guy do it?

 

[Bob Riegl]

:v IMHO NO!!!!!!. I would foresee some machining needed and frankly if you are going to buy any sort of a decent flintlock---you've already outstripped the total value of the original gun. If you have some building experience then why not build one from scratch??? I too would like a .32 flinter, but I will wait until I find one or have one built. Three years back a Dixon's I found TVM had two guns I fell in love with----a .32 & a .40 flinter Po'boys. But I couldn't see over $2000 in one fell swoop---so I bought the forty. Next time I see a similar .32 it's mine---they didn't have a .32 flinter this year so I was disappointed. :hatsoff:

 

[Birddog6]

If it was easy & cheap, they would be selling them by the boatloads..........

 

[Pittsburghunter]

I figured as much with the snail styled percussion action it would be hard. Just checking though and thanks for the replies. The amount of money people want for little .32 flinters is way out of my gun budget right now.

 

[Birddog6]

Actually, caliber is usually not a factor in the cost of building a flintlock, unless it be a really unusual barrel. Barrels cost about the same for a .32 cal to a .54 cal.
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