Hello the camp.
Thanks for the warm welcome.
At this time, I'm considering an 1842 (give or take a couple years) persona. I'm considering either building a new rifle or converting one of my flintlocks, I do not currently own a caplock.
The candidate for conversion is my .50 DGW Tennessee Mountain Rifle. If I decide to convert this rifle. I'll rework the lock from flint to percussion and add a drum and nipple. I'll remove the frizzen and frizzen spring, and make an attempt to rework the cock. If the attempt fails, I'll replace the cock with a percussion hammer.
I'll shoot some photos throughout the conversion and post a description of what I do.
Thanks again for the warm welcome, and watch yer back trail.