Looking thru my available gun parts I found I have a very nice Renegade stock (real nice grain for T/C) and stock hardware. I also have a Renegade .54 flint barrel. The only flint lock I have is a Lyman Great Plains. It looks like it would be a easy fit in the Renegade lock mortise. Has anyone ever done this, and if so are there any pitfalls I should be aware of if I chose to go forward in making this gun?
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Rene/Plains rifle?
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Sam squanch
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Awful lot of work to install a mediocre flintlock. Trying to fit a different lock into a different lock mortise can be full of potential traps. I’d hunt around for the right lock. They are out there.
I don't know about a GPR flintlock being mediocre. Mine has served me very well, but I am not as well versed in the finer aspects.of lock performance as some are. I have no idea as to fit of the lock and mortise who is to say Grimford can't be the first to perform this task?
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Track of the Wolf has a rocklock that's a direct replacement for a T/C Hawken/Renegade:
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/795/1/LOCK-LR-03-F
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/795/1/LOCK-LR-03-F
longcruise
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That's the way to go. Fitting the Inletting is only part of it. It also requires matching the pan and flash hole. And also needs the lock/trigger relationship to be correct.
The L&R lock is NOT a direct replacement. It requires substantial wood removal from the lock mortise, and some filing of the plate. I know cause I did a L&R replacement of a percussion lock on a Renegade and it was quite a job to get everything right.
This was just a "What if" project because I already have the parts. I may just keep my eyes open for a T/C flint lock, or possibly make a trade with someone, My Great Plains flint lock for a T/C flint lock.
This was just a "What if" project because I already have the parts. I may just keep my eyes open for a T/C flint lock, or possibly make a trade with someone, My Great Plains flint lock for a T/C flint lock.
It looks like it would work, but I would have to remove some material from the hammer side of the plate.
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