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I've been promising myself for years that I'd own a flintlock. I've never even fired one but I'm in love with the whole idea and style of these classic arms of old. I'm not a student of the whole historical aspect. At least not yet. For now I'd be content to build and to hunt with a left hand rock lock that at least looks similar to something from years gone by.
So, I picked up a 16 ga barrel blank from Numerich Arms and set my sights on a left hand, smoothbore shorty for deer and turkey forays. The barrel was originally destined to become an L.C. Smith 16 ga but it never made it that far. Instead, it was bored to .670" but never cambered, choked or reamed out to 16 ga. The perfect starting point for muzzleloader. I ground away the stock at the breech which was left to machine the locking lug assy. and installed a breechplug...Voila! A muzzleloading barrel was born. The stock blank was a chunk of grade 3 curly maple and I settled on a Queen Anne style lock in left hand of course. She'll be decked out in brass furniture.
Here's a few photo's of the progress thus far...
So, I picked up a 16 ga barrel blank from Numerich Arms and set my sights on a left hand, smoothbore shorty for deer and turkey forays. The barrel was originally destined to become an L.C. Smith 16 ga but it never made it that far. Instead, it was bored to .670" but never cambered, choked or reamed out to 16 ga. The perfect starting point for muzzleloader. I ground away the stock at the breech which was left to machine the locking lug assy. and installed a breechplug...Voila! A muzzleloading barrel was born. The stock blank was a chunk of grade 3 curly maple and I settled on a Queen Anne style lock in left hand of course. She'll be decked out in brass furniture.
Here's a few photo's of the progress thus far...