I've had a Traditions Frontier flintlock rifle built from kit for about six months and have spent some time working on making it better, mostly on the lock.
Up until recently, I had a particular problem with the crampped setup of the lock. The cock used to droop down significantly and made flint setup vertually impossible. It also meant that the lock had very poor geometry and thus chipped flints large amounts as well as gouging into the frizzen. I decided to do something about it and read in one of Kit Ravenshear's books that I could heat the "neck" of the cock and widen it.
This helped a lot and allowed me to setup the flint much more easily. However, the lock still isn't Ideal and there are other problems which still hinder ease of flint setup, poor lock geometry and other dislikes. Which is why I want to buy a good new lock.
:yakyak: :grin:
Anyway, my actual question is about L&R's RPL locks. I'm fairly confident that the l&r lock for the traditions kentucky rifle (and a few other brands) will fit onto the frontier rifle. The issue then was whether or not the lock would work well for a double set trigger, like how the Siler lock by jim chambers has a fly detent which allows for double set triggers (or isnt this important?). I also heard about how jim chambers' locks were some of the best around. From there I wondered: wouldnt it be possible to fit a small siler lock, with the same dimensions as the traditions lock, onto the gun?
And if so how much working on the stock would be required?
Hope someone can help
Thanks
Up until recently, I had a particular problem with the crampped setup of the lock. The cock used to droop down significantly and made flint setup vertually impossible. It also meant that the lock had very poor geometry and thus chipped flints large amounts as well as gouging into the frizzen. I decided to do something about it and read in one of Kit Ravenshear's books that I could heat the "neck" of the cock and widen it.
This helped a lot and allowed me to setup the flint much more easily. However, the lock still isn't Ideal and there are other problems which still hinder ease of flint setup, poor lock geometry and other dislikes. Which is why I want to buy a good new lock.
:yakyak: :grin:
Anyway, my actual question is about L&R's RPL locks. I'm fairly confident that the l&r lock for the traditions kentucky rifle (and a few other brands) will fit onto the frontier rifle. The issue then was whether or not the lock would work well for a double set trigger, like how the Siler lock by jim chambers has a fly detent which allows for double set triggers (or isnt this important?). I also heard about how jim chambers' locks were some of the best around. From there I wondered: wouldnt it be possible to fit a small siler lock, with the same dimensions as the traditions lock, onto the gun?
And if so how much working on the stock would be required?
Hope someone can help
Thanks
