TC percussion to flint conversion

[slipshod]

  Could someone tell me if a TC Renegade percussion gun can be converted to flintlock by just changing the barrel and the lock?Also are the locks the same for the double and single trigger guns?Thanks in advance.Slipshod

[Semisane]

Bump.  Anybody???

[captchee]

 i believe the TC lock plates for percussion and flint use the same lock plate .
 You would have to change the barrel or at least replace the breech plug on the barrel .
My only real concern would be if the flash hole would line up properly do to  the different breech plugs . There could be a possibility that they are not made to interchange  in their positions .
As to the triggers .
Double set triggers must have a lock that has a fly  and  fly indent . Single  triggers don’t need  the fly  and will work  also with locks that have a fly  .

 What I would recommend is calling TC  and  asking them so as to be 100% sure .
Past that by the tie you pay for a lock and barrel ,  you would be pretty close to the price of finding a used  flintlock model

[coyotejoe]

I think Captchee covered it, yes the locks and barrels interchange. As to location of the vent, that varies in factory built guns, most T/Cs have the vent off-center of the pan, either to the front or rear. People say it does no harm but i just wonder why T/C can't get them centered, other makers seem to have no problem. I agree with Captchee that for the cost of a new barrel and lock you could probably find a used rifle, most pawn shops have at least a couple of T/Cs but most used muzzleloaders I have examined have had bores damaged by rust and or rings from firing with a maxi-ball not fully seated. I would suggest you get one of the Green Mountain drop in barrels, they are generally much better patched ball shooters than is the T/C barrel, offer a variety of calibers and cost about the same. For that matter, L & R locks offer a replacement flint lock for the T/C which also costs about the same or less than a factory T/C lock and most people find the RPL locks to be an improvement over the T/C. Check out www.trackofthewolf.com for those items and thousands of others with very good photos of everything they sell.