Musket plate, but which model?

[rammjäger]

Hello,
I saw this Ebay auction,and I wondered what kind of
musket used this plate. I asked the seller but he didn't
know and he said there were no marks on it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ndexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting
Is this a CW relic or not ?
HH.
Mike

PS.: a Springfield rifle plate isn't anyway :
http://www.thespiritoftheoldwest.com/NewImages/Rifle-Colt1863-CW-right.JPG

 

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[lonesomebob]

Re: Musket plate, but what model?

It is a plate for a percussion rifle ,penna style after 1848 the end of the flintlock era.

 

[lonesomebob]

Re: Musket plate, but what model?

Looked again, it does not show the signs of conversion from flint lock there is some signs of a name of the lock maker on the plate but I cant read time, locks like these were mass produced abroad and sold in bulk to rifle makers and gun smiths at the time. Bob

 

[rammjäger]

Re: Musket plate, but what model?

Thanks Bob
for this information.It's problably english made
but Enfield isn't it - is it ?

 

[l.cutler]

Not an Enfield, could be British, Belgian, American or ?. Not a musket lock, most likely a rifle. Looks like one of the mass produced locks for the gunbuilding trades. There were many makers here and abroad. Most likely 1840's through 1870's.

 

[Peeber]

I don't believe this is a military size lock. I don't think it is one used in a conversion from flint. A flint lock is usually placed with 2 screws and this has only one. The lock plate is also usually pointed or clipped off square at the end. I don't think this is an antique lock. Just one in poor condition. Actually it looks like a Cochran lock. I used one in building a rifle several years ago.

 

[lonesomebob]

One or two screws isn't a real indicator, I have found them both ways, but this one does not show any indication of a conversion from flint.Plugged screw holes where the frizzin and frizzin spring were is the real giveaway and I can 't see those. Bob