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redice
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Got a few good suggestions, lets narrow it down a bit and get some more.
I would like a 32-45 cal flintlock for varment hunting help me find a place that sells them at a resonable price "650 bucks isnt a reasonable price" I would say 350 tops
so far suggested
Wal-Mart
http://www.fcsutler.com/ [some intresting stuff only 1 flintlock thow]
http://www.riverjunction.com/ [basically just revolver stuff]
www.tjgeneralstore.com [nice selection of .45-54 cal flintlocks at good prices]
www.cheaperthandirt.com [had no flintlocks]
www.blockaderunner.com [1 flintlock 54/56 cal]
www.dixiegun.com[decent selection semi hight prices however "they also have a ton of kit guns including peperbox duckfoot etc]
www.dnrsports.com [seems to have a selection however bad descriptions+no pictures I wouldent deal with them.]
www.gunsnstuff.net [looks like just 2 .50 cals]
http://thegunworks.com/ [freaking tons of guns, lots are really really hight priced but they also have some nice affordable rifles.]
www.Cabelas.com[expensive for anything smaller than .50cal looking at 500+]
http://www.logcabinonline.com/[nice site intresting items, some flintlocks and kits good prices]
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/ [very hight prices good selection]
http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/mainpage.html[some pictures intresting items mid range prices]
http://www.longrifles-pr.com/ [great site if you want to build your own]
http://www.muzzleloader.biz/newused.htm [underhammer site?]
Post more links!!
I will edit this list after going back threw these, stating if they had flintlocks or not.
I would like a 32-45 cal flintlock for varment hunting help me find a place that sells them at a resonable price "650 bucks isnt a reasonable price" I would say 350 tops
so far suggested
Wal-Mart
http://www.fcsutler.com/ [some intresting stuff only 1 flintlock thow]
http://www.riverjunction.com/ [basically just revolver stuff]
www.tjgeneralstore.com [nice selection of .45-54 cal flintlocks at good prices]
www.cheaperthandirt.com [had no flintlocks]
www.blockaderunner.com [1 flintlock 54/56 cal]
www.dixiegun.com[decent selection semi hight prices however "they also have a ton of kit guns including peperbox duckfoot etc]
www.dnrsports.com [seems to have a selection however bad descriptions+no pictures I wouldent deal with them.]
www.gunsnstuff.net [looks like just 2 .50 cals]
http://thegunworks.com/ [freaking tons of guns, lots are really really hight priced but they also have some nice affordable rifles.]
www.Cabelas.com[expensive for anything smaller than .50cal looking at 500+]
http://www.logcabinonline.com/[nice site intresting items, some flintlocks and kits good prices]
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/ [very hight prices good selection]
http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/mainpage.html[some pictures intresting items mid range prices]
http://www.longrifles-pr.com/ [great site if you want to build your own]
http://www.muzzleloader.biz/newused.htm [underhammer site?]
Post more links!!
I will edit this list after going back threw these, stating if they had flintlocks or not.
Comments
http://www.logcabinshop.com
http://www.dixiegunworks.com
http://www.trackofthewolf.com
http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/index.html
http://www.muzzleloader.biz/newused.htm
http://www.longrifles-pr.com/
Just a few. There are several more out there. Go to:
http://www.NMLRA.org
and check out their links page.
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Please keep me posted on how efficiently your $350 new-in-box flintlock rifle fuctions. I recently bought a Lyman Great Plains Rifle .50-caliber flintlock. It's been back at Lyman for replacement/repair longer than it was in my possession.
The reason I suspect you will be buying "oats that have been cycled through the horse" rather than oats is that flintlocks require more careful assembly for correct functioning. And quality of parts need be somewhat higher than for percussion caplocks. What I'm suggesting is that Lyman, for example, may offer a satisfactory GPR percussion lock. But when the percussion lock was adapted [backwards] to flint ignition, its cheap design could not be overcome.
In the case of the GPR, I have a friend who bought the same flintlock rifle, but as a kit. He replaced Lyman's flintlock with a replacement lock from L&R. His rifle is nice and works well. But the lock is an extra $100+ dollars. And his fit and finishing is not done to a fixed dollar amount. So the unsatisfactory rifle I bought for $355 delivered to mmy door, he did right for about $600-700 in time and parts.
Were you to find a half-way decent rifle new-in-box for $350, count on investing the equivalent of about the same amount in Do-It-Yourself work and parts.
Of course, you could try to locate a used first-class rifle. This kind've takes the anger from the purchase if you choose well.
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But, please, keep us posted on what you buy and howit works.