Armory Sponsor
Member
Joined:
Sep 2023
Posts:
596
EE: 100% (16)
PA, USA
Posted: 1/21/2024 1:26:49 PM EDT
| I need a lefty flint lock. I killed a deer with an inline this year and usually sit out late season after rifle but my buddies are pressing me to join them with the flintlocks. Cool thing is I live in Lancaster pa and hear things of Lancaster rifles. Anyone have any ideas on anything lefty so I don’t burn my face haha |
Sorry I can’t help you with a recommendation. Here's a video for inspiration of one that my friend built that my wife now owns. History Re-created: Left Handed Flintlock Longrifle - Eastern PA style |
| My father built beautiful black powder rifles right up until the time that he could not physically do it any longer. Neither my brother nor I are black powder shooters, but Dad built us both rifles that he gave to us for Christmas several years ago. He built my brother a percussion rifle and he gave me a flintlock. I shoot left-handed. I was surprised when mine was a right-handed rifle...especially since it was a flintlock. I asked him about it and he, very openly, told me that he had intended to build me a left-handed rifle, but once he got into it, it was just too difficult. He had never built one before and he realized quickly that it was going to be beyond his abilities. He wasn't going to be satisfied with the result, so he chose to stick with what he knew and build a beautiful right-handed rifle rather than a half-baked left-handed one. I personally have never seen a left-handed flintlock. I'm sure they're out there, but I've never seen one. |
NRA Patron
Proud member of "Ranstad's Militia"...a Fantastic Bastard
Proud member of "Ranstad's Militia"...a Fantastic Bastard
|
Originally Posted By bubba556: Sorry I can’t help you with a recommendation. Here's a video for inspiration of one that my friend built that my wife now owns.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_Hf1KbDqMThat's beautiful! |
NRA Patron
Proud member of "Ranstad's Militia"...a Fantastic Bastard
Proud member of "Ranstad's Militia"...a Fantastic Bastard
Member
Joined:
Sep 2023
Posts:
602
EE: 100% (16)
PA, USA
|
Originally Posted By bubba556: Sorry I can’t help you with a recommendation. Here's a video for inspiration of one that my friend built that my wife now owns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_Hf1KbDqMwow! |
|
Only one I've ever handled was a kit. It appeared to be a standard RH kit with the lock inlet on the left side instead - facing backwards! The factory RH inlet had been filled with a brass plate and the touchhole had been plugged and redrilled on the opposite side. The owner seemed pleased so I suppose that's one solution you could try? |
|
Son and I are both Lefty's and are considering a flintlock kit. There are a number of them out there. Dixie sells one: https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index/page/product/product_id/1900/category_id/323/product_name/FK1345+DIXIE+HAWKEN+RIFLE+50+CALIBER+FLINT+KIT+LH+BY+INVESTARMS So does Jedidiah Starr https://www.jedediah-starr.com/thumbnail.asp?offset=0&deep=2&cid=244 You can also check GunBroker, or there's this listing on Guns International. Looks like it's in PA too https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/muzzleloading-rifles-modern-replica-flint/lyman-deerstalker-50-caliber-left-hand-model-free-shipping.cfm?gun_id=102497768 |
Armory Sponsor