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jjmitchell60 · 11-03-2010, 07:08 PM

IF the BP gun is set up with a nipple drum that will remove then it is an easy job that will cost about $150. You have to buy a flint lock that is the same plate as the percussion lock. You will probably have to take a bit more wood out of the lock area for the flint lock but this will not hurt if you want to switch back to percussion. Then you have to order a touch hole liner the SAME threads as on the nipple drum and screw that into the barrel. When you switch back and forth you remove the touch hole liner and flint lock, install drum and percussion lock, and when ready to switch back you do the exact opposite. I have a 32 long rifle set up like that.
www.dixiegunworks.com
can help you with all you need and if you give them a call, tell them what gun you have if a company made one they will tell you the exact parts you need.

As to CVAs, some of them can be done as to switching BUT TCs cannot that I know of.

11-03-2010, 07:08 PM	#3
jjmitchell60 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raised in Buzzard Roost near Frog Town in hillls of Kentucky Contributor Posts: 1,474	Re: percussion back to flint ---help IF the BP gun is set up with a nipple drum that will remove then it is an easy job that will cost about $150. You have to buy a flint lock that is the same plate as the percussion lock. You will probably have to take a bit more wood out of the lock area for the flint lock but this will not hurt if you want to switch back to percussion. Then you have to order a touch hole liner the SAME threads as on the nipple drum and screw that into the barrel. When you switch back and forth you remove the touch hole liner and flint lock, install drum and percussion lock, and when ready to switch back you do the exact opposite. I have a 32 long rifle set up like that. www.dixiegunworks.com can help you with all you need and if you give them a call, tell them what gun you have if a company made one they will tell you the exact parts you need. As to CVAs, some of them can be done as to switching BUT TCs cannot that I know of. __________________ Oath Keepers NOT ON OUR WATCH www.oathkeepers.org 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes Duty... Thomas Jefferson Last edited by jjmitchell60; 11-04-2010 at 04:53 PM..