Hello...It's been a little while since I last posted...been busy making myself a Flintlock!....For my next project..I would like to make a junior size Flintlock rifle for my young son...he is very small! just about 4ft...so..he obviously needs a rifle that will fit his small stature ......THE QUESTION: Does anyone know where I can find a junior size Flintlock kit? or have any ideas? ...I'd like to make him one like I have (Tennessee Poorboy) ....any information on this would be much appreciated! Boiler
Where can I find (junior size) Flintlock Kits?
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I saw built flintlocks made by Traditions in a sealed plastic package. This might not be what you want but its a scaled down flintlock. We just came from shooting and saw them at our Gander Mountain for about $200 oh yeah they were camo. Its mor eof a modern gun but hey its got a flintlock on it.
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In response to Boiler. The 2006 Dixie catalog has the Dixie Super Club Rifle kit at $475 for percussion or flint. It's 44 inches long and weights 7 pounds. Item number PK0209 for percussion and FK1035 for flint. It comes in 50 cal. They also show the Pedersoli Scout Carbine Kit at $425 for percussion and $450 for flint. It comes in 32, 45 and 50 cal. It weights 6 1/2 pounds and is 44 inches long. Check their web site for more information. Hope this helps.
I'd consider getting a normal kit in a smallish calibre with a lightweight profile barrel and modifying the pull and the barrel proportionally. If you order a second pre-inlet stock at the same time you can remount the parts as your son grows. haven't tried it myself, just a thought...
I built my son a custom rifle when he was 11 using a mishmash of castaway parts, stock blank, .45 Griffie barrel with a flaw in last 6", homemade parts. I cut the barrel down 6" and eliminated the flaw, shortened the pull slightly to eliminate my friend's handiwork on the butt and wound up with sweet little rifle he needed to use cross sticks to shoot at first but grew into it. It is sized so a grown man can shoot it also.
Thanks All!...excellent info!!...Curt...I would appreciate that...you can send the specs to [email protected]
Boiler, I'm making a "junior" sized rifle out of a partial kit I purchased on Ebay. It is a Jukar pennsylvania style rifle with the two piece stock. I believe Traditions still sells them. I only got the barrel, stock, buttplate and toeplate but I only paid $60 for it. I had a CVA lock that I knew would fit which only required a small amount of inletting. It doesnt' have a patchbox so I am changing it from a pennsylvania style to a Tennessee style gun. I will put a small oval patchbox on it, Plain brass RR thimbles, Tenn. style trigger guard, cold-peening a plain single trigger, buckhorn style sight and a pewter poured nosecap. The length of pull is only about 12 - 12 1/2 inches. It is a 7/8" barrel in .45 cal. The buttstock/wrist of these kits is extremely thin while the forearm is extremely thick, I am taking a ton of wood off the forearm which should lighten it up even more. I would guess it will be about 6 pounds when I am done. I am going to pour a pewter nosecap because quite bit of wood is missing there, I don't think I could fit a sheet metal nosecap on very easily. The wood is just some sort of plain wood, the sections don't even match color but I will stain it dark.
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Track of the Wolf, Becky's Lock, Cat. pg. 186; John Bailes Lock Cat. pg.176. Flint or percussion. Bailes lock, left and right hand.
