Kibler lock question.

[FlinterNick]

Get a lock makers lock take the flintlock of the Kibler rifle transfer the lock plate out line to the kit plate and cut it out finish the plate, install a drum and vent, now you have the ability to change back and forth between percussion or flint.

Having a rifle that is integrated to percussion and flint is very complex. I’ve been asked to do it for rifle shoppe model 1816’s and have declined. Its not as simple as putting on a drum and nipple that fits the liner thread, getting the lock to integrate successfully requires a lot of modifying, through trial and error.

Personally I think it’s best to just do one or the other, there’s usually some type of cost to the build for having both.

Kibler rifles are really not designed for it.

What I would do is just get an Italian rifle, they design their’s to be converted between flint and percussion. Nearly all of their PA, Kentucky and Mortimer and Jaegers are designed this way.

If it’s what you really want…. When you buy a Kibler kit, Chambers Kit or even a TVM …. I’d contact them first and as if their designs allow for the integration of Percussion and Flintlock and ask if their conversion parts are available with instructions.

 

[rickpa]

There is one other measurement that hasn't been mentioned. The sear bar on another lock must end up in the same position as the original in order for the trigger to trip the sear on the new lock. Failure to take this into consideration will either result in an unsafe trigger pull or no trigger pull at all.

 

[TDM]

That’s a very good point @rickpa

 

[user 34300]

True, you have to make the new lock compatible with the existing gun. That is why I said labor intensive. IF one modified a Kibler lock into a percussion lock that is all done before you start. It would have taken me 1/10th the time.

As for lock maker locks and lock kits. Nothing is available right now. That is why I made mine from scratch, every part, except the hammer. Even if you can do the work, time has value. I may have been a better plan to modify a kibler. I wanted to do it as a challenge.