Looking for blackpowder gunsmith

[Clint r]

Well the mainspring on my blackpowder rifle finally gave up the ghost. It’s a reproduction Kentucky rifle made in the 70s. Anybody know a good gunsmith? Or a collector of parts? It’s not a common rifle and the one guy on eBay who has what I need is restricted from shipping to Canada.

 

[scott craven]

Do you have any friends in Washington state ?
maybe get it shipped to a buddy and he can forward ?

 

[Clint r]

Do you have any friends in Washington state ?
maybe get it shipped to a buddy and he can forward ?

Haha. Unfortunately I don’t but I just put up a post asking about that.

 

[Aces]

I think there’s an outfit at the Abbotsford/Sumas border that does that sort of thing but I forget the name.

 

[Clint r]

I think there’s an outfit at the Abbotsford/Sumas border that does that sort of thing but I forget the name.

Thanks. Looks I’ll be doin some research on that.

 

[Sculpin]

What's the brand? Was it a kit or a complete rifle? Is it flintlock or precussion?

 

[Clint r]

Thanks everyone for the help. I recieved a lot of replies and thanks to “paguy”, problem solved. It’s a percussion style repro of a .45 caliber Kentucky mountain rifle sold by sears in the 60s and 70s. There’s a lot of different kinds/sizes of springs out there and this one of course is about 1/2” longer on the end than about 99 percent of what’s out there.

 

[Sculpin]

Cool you solved the problem. There is a guy here in Nanaimo that has a whole basement full of flint and percussion rifles and parts.

 

[Clint r]

Oh yeah? Is it cool if you pm me his number? This isn’t a rare gun by any means but parts are really hard to find. There’s a ton of different styles of “lock “ mechanisms out there. All different than mine. A lot of places making new parts too. But not for me lol. Mine is a kit I think. It was together when I got it but think the craftsmanship would’ve been better if it was a factory job. It’s even semi accurate hahaha.

Cool you solved the problem. There is a guy here in Nanaimo that has a whole basement full of flint and percussion rifles and parts.

 

[Hookin'up]

247 parcel will now forward to Canada for a small fee