Thanks Caleb!
About my flintlock........
I am building it myself from a colection of parts in the style of John Schriet (my ancestor) I am also building several percussion transitional locks for it. The first transitional lock uses a standard flintlock with a "hammer head" clamped in the cock jaws and a nipple drum screwed into the barrel.
This site has a reproduction of the John Schreit rifle
http://www.allenmartinrifles.net/gallery-of-guns/john-schreit-rifle%e2%80%93berks-county/Currently John's rifle is the earliest signed and dated Pennsylvania/Kentucky rifle known. John was married to Barbara Haga (Hawken) Great aunt of the Hawken Bros.
Barbara was a cousin of Wolfgang Haga and both John and Barbara were related to most of the early gunsmiths in PA., NJ, MD.and CT. The first Strite gunsmith was John Strait who was a Master barrel straightener (i.e. a Rifled Barrel Maker) was born in 1500 and there have been many since
I am working on personas related to my family history. The Schreit, Strite, Strydt, Schridt, Strait family were Mennonite plain people ......though not the most religious bunch with some exceptions! The Strites were at the edges of the frontier all through American history. The idea is to transition through personas from about 1750 to about 1875.....about 4 generations by adding updated pieces and subtracting out of date pieces. I firured on using the rifle with appropriate updates to the lock through about 1860 and then switch to my 63 Sharps. As for pistols I have a Kentucky through the 1830's, Patersons for the 40's, and Colts for every era after.
Raven