Trigger - but for what?

[Montana Jim]

Wingman Tony and I got a hunt in yesterday and Tony found this "trigger".

We have NO idea what it might be off of. I looked at an exploded pic of the .45/50 springfield "trap door" rifle - but don't think that's it.

History of the area is soldiers... Western Indian Wars - 1860s - 1890s. Also woulda' had cowboys and farmers...

Any ideas?

 

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[BioProfessor]

If you can clean it up a bit, it might help.

Daryl

 

[lonesomebob]

Cap gun pistol

 

[Montana Jim]

If you can clean it up a bit, it might help.

Daryl

I'll get with Tony today and see if I can't get better pics...

 

[romeo-1]

Cap gun pistol

Looks a little too heavy duty to be a cap gun...

 

[Montana Jim]

Cap gun pistol

Looks a little too heavy duty to be a cap gun...

We really think it's a legit iece... not from a toy. BUt who knows?

I'll get some better pics and CSI photos with a scale...

 

[flip]

Are sure its a trigger? Doesn't look like a sear release on top.

 

[Angelo]

Here's a pic of a cap gun mechanism.

Jim, yours does appear to be "heavy duty" then again, it seems that yours has a ratchet type of advance to advance whatever.

Tony

 

[Charles Oak Island NC]

it's not from a Remington Rolling Block. What are the demotions of it, can you tell if it is steel ?

 

[Montana Jim]

Wonder if hay was every bailed in this field Some reason I think this is a twine tentioner off a hay bailer...just a SWAG
Don

Hmmm... possible. This is a grazed field currently... horses.

Do you think you can post a picture of a twine tentioner?

Tony and I spent some time today looking at exploded disgrams for period rifles and pistols. We are fairly sure it's a trigger, and fairly sure the ratcheted end looks like many parts we see atattched to hammers in those diagrams.

Still undecided... I have no additional pics yet...

 

[Dodad]

It looks to me like an old flintlock trigger from a dueling type pistol. I could be wrong but that is what it looks like to me.