Built this half stock from a lot of parts I have been collecting over the years. Mostly leftover parts from other gun builds. It's a 45cal 33inch barrel, L&R Lock, iron furniture and a curly maple half stock. I have a matching percussion lock and drum to convert from flint if I want too, but caps are scarce right now so I'm shooting flint guns mostly. I'm beginning to like flint more and more when I shoot traditional guns.
I have been thinking. I CAN produce regular black powder. And I can usually find flint stone. Those two facts have made me often think about entering the black powder world. But I am VERY spoiled.
Your rifle looks great!!!
My old TC Hawken is one of my favorite BP guns I love to shoot, I made it in 1982 from a kit, I killed deer and elk with it. I bought a good supply of goex FF and 10 tins of caps a few yrs ago and always looking for more.
I too built a TC Hawken from a kit in 1980 that started me into black powder guns. It was a great gun that I loved to shoot but I sold it to buy parts to build a Longrifle. The gun above uses a barrel I got from a CVA Kentucky Kit that I found years ago at a sidewalk sale for $30. It was a great deal just to get the barrel and sights. The lock and trigger were missing in the kit and the store sold it cheap.
Thanks for the comments Folks. I have been able to find Swiss and Schuetzen Black Powder for Flintlocks at one gun store as well as 777 and Pyrodex at several places for percussion. I hear some Walmart stores are getting caps but have yet to see any in my stores. I have some tins left but shoot them sparingly until they start showing up again here.
I ordered 1000 of them as soon as I got the Midway product notification. I paid a bit more than what I would have paid if I'd been lucky enough to see a few tins at Wally World, but 1000 in hand now are better than maybe a few cheaper ones in hand later.
Just saw this thread.... Very nice Flintlock. Always meant to get one for the experience ... but never have. Only BP shooting I do is with the revolvers from the Walker to the ROA. Never went further back in time ...
Damn nice lookin piece!. I remember years ago, when primitive weapon season first became popular, kits for a flintlock, or other black powder rifle rifles were really cheap, Nice pieces to have on your mantle, & cheap. not that way now. The kits have went sky high.
Oh how I regret not getting a flint lock..to go with my TC Renegade 54...and my TC Cherokee 32...have had my TC since the 70s...swapped out the barrel 1/48...for a Green Mountain 1/66....could shoot three rounds into a 3/4 group.....it is just a crying shame that TC stopped making the Renegades... Hawkins...Cherokees....would much rather have than a plastic stocked/bolt action/high powered scope/shotgun capped/sabot firing.....excuse for muzzle loading rifle....
Thanks for the replies. I like shooting flintlocks a lot more these days but did not have a pistol, so I just finished this one today. The stock was a precarved but not inlet one from Track of The Wolf, Siler Lock and Green Mountain 10" 45cal barrel. I love curly maple stocks.
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