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Instructions on how to convert a flintlock rifle to a percussion rifle using the same lock?
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The frizzen (part that the flint strikes) and it's spring are removed, and the part that holds the flint is removed. This is is replaced with a hammer. (wiki answers auto censor does not permit the proper word for that part) The flash hole is enlarged, and threaded to accept a bolster or drum. This is screwed into the hole, and the part that holds the percussion cap is inserted into the drum. (wiki auto censor does not like the proper name of THAT part, either!) The hammer may require adjustment to strike the cap squarely.
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Does a Kentucky long rifle need flint?
That depends... Early versions of the Kentucky Long-Rifle were flintlock guns and thus required flint to ignite the powder in the flash-pan. Later versions were made to use percussion caps; while many of the older flintlocks were modified by gunsmiths and 'upgraded' to percussion caps.
What is the value of 1861 flintlock rifle flintlock serial number 32990?
No such thing. The last flintlock rifle of the US Military was the Springfield Model 1840. You need a hands on appraisal by a dealer in muzzleloaders.
What type was the fist gun?
flintlock rifle
What does a flintlock musket do?
Nothing different from a rifle.
Age and where manufactured Flintlock over-under shotgun-rifle with description G G Julcher?
Your weapon is not a flintlock but a percussion cap shotgun rifle made by GG Julcher of Philadelphia PA from c 1840 to the Civil War. It is an unusual weapon as the shotgun lock (Hammer and cap) on the left side is upside down, an extremely clumsy solution as the cap tends to fall off.
What is a flintlock rifle?
Two terms- Rifle- means a firearm intended to fired from the shoulder, that has grooves cut into the inside of the barrel. These grooves make the bullet spin when fired, producing much greater accuracy than a smoothbore. Flintlock- meaning that it fires by scraping a bit of flint rock down a steel plate (the frizzen) which makes sparks that fall into a shallow depression filled with gunpowder. Popular in the 1700's, they were replaced with percussion firearms that used a percussion cap- a small metal cup that exploded when struck by the rifle's hammer, creating that same spark/flame to ignite the gunpowder.
How can you determine what kind of flintlock rifle you have?
You will need a professional appraisal
How do you remove the cleanout plug and barrel lug from a Lymantrade rifle - percussion?
Follow instructions in owner's manual. Take it to a gun shop. Get a manual from Lyman.
What are flintlock rifles?
There is no such thing as a Flintlock rifle. There is a rifle and a flintlock. A rifle is a weapon with rifling in the barrel which are curved notches wich cause the bullet to spin as it travels down the barrel. A flintlock is a weapon with no rifling and shoots a spherical ball. It is propelled down the barrel by an explosion caused by a flint stiking a metal plate. The sparks then ignite some gunpowder shooting the shot from the barrel. A flintlock was not a brilliant weapon, they weren't that powerful, they had a poor range and they sometimes misfired.
What is a light flintlock musket called?
A flintlock firearm uses a springloaded hammer with a flint attached to strike against a hinged steel plate in order to shower sparks into a shallow pan filled with a small amount of black powder in order to ignite (shoot) a weapon. They were originally invented in Germany in the middle 1600's and were the standard military weapon (musket) from that time until about 1830 when they were replaced by the percussion Cap system. The flintlock musket is the weapon prominent in the American Revolution and the Napoloenic Wars. Usually loaded through the muzzle with tha aid of a ramrod, a slow and cumbersome process.
What is the value of a us spingfeild flintlock rifle 1861 serial number 32990?
No such thing. The last flintlock rifle of the US military was the Springfield Model 1840. You need a hands on appraisal by a dealer in muzzleloaders.
What is the value of us spingfeild flintlock rifle 1861 serial number 32990?
No such thing. The last flintlock rifle of the US military was the Springfield Model 1840. You need a hands on appraisal by a dealer in muzzleloaders.
