Recommendations for first flintlock

[Hatman/2nd line]

Looking to buy my first flintlock, preferably full stock and .45 caliber. Would like to stay under $1000, any thoughts or suggestions. Would like a gun already built, not a kit.

Hi, I recommend you get a Kibler kit, I've built 2 of the colonials but whichever you like they are not hard to build, almost snap together, especially if you got the newer kit, the woodsrunner. One thing to think about is the lower caliber the heavier the barrel due to more metal! If you would go to a higher caliber the barrel will weigh less, that means lower weight for the whole gun, my .54 cal. I got to weigh around 8.5lbs.
Also, if you get the SMR kit the but plate fits the upper arm, not the shoulder, things to think about!
Kits run $800.00 plus $300.00 for the lock which always gives a spark plus Jim Kibler stands behind his products.
Good luck to you, no matter which way you go!

 

[MSW]

concur with the consensus: you can go one of two ways: get a used .45 or .50 ... Pedersoli or (if you can find one) a Thompson Center. Either one will, if properly cared for, last you the rest of your life and will shoot straighter than most of us can point.

Or you can save up andother couple hundred dollars (OK - three hundred) and buy a Kibler kit, which can be assembled with a very small amount of fuss and bother. (this will, i admit, lead you down the addictive path of building your own, but i was already hooked, so for me it made little difference).. Kibler is a very fine fellow and his work is absolutely first rate... If there were to show any problem with one of his kits, he would make it right immediately.

i would go with Kibler, but that's just me.

best of luck

 

[Flintandsteel]

The problems i have had is it breaks the Blk. English flints on avg, when fired twice. Last time i shot it, 3 flints were ruined in 7 strikes of frizzen before it fired. Maybe a sorry bunch of flints on this dz. i bought. I have been filing n polishing the springs & the parts involved to move easier for a faster lock time & less resistance to the flint striking the frizzen

This is exactly the frustration involved with production flintlocks for beginners.
Who wants to go through all that? I want to load and shoot, not do a rebuild every time I shoot.
This is what discourages new flint shooters.

 

[TC Tommy]

Hey Hanger, I think this is what you are looking for. 45cal, flintlock, full stock, long barrel, under $1000.
I don't think I'll get in trouble for showing a listing from GBs, I don't know who's it is but it's not mine.
It's a Pedersoli Frontier Rifle, it won't break the bank and what you save can go towards supplies.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/969072296