What kind of civil war lock plate is this?

[VAdigger1988]

Please any info

 

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[kingskid1611]

off a rifle. does that help? Are we sure its civil war? Nice find, Congrats!

 

[VAdigger1988]

Know for sure it's civil war and I know it's off a rifle looking for style and model

 

[ucvrelics.com]

Several different musket makers had this design of lock plate. Here is a link that will show the different muskets. I appears to be in the style of the Manson.
Ridgeway Reference Library, Civil War weapons, pre 1898 Muskets

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Hard to say for sure.... if you clean the rust off it may be identifiable by the locations of the screw holes....

 

[Tony in SC]

A lot of gun makers didn't make their own locks. Sometimes different makes of guns would have the same lock. Clean it up a little to see what we can see.

 

[l.cutler]

Model 1861 Springfield or one of the private contractors licensed to make the 1861. No way to know for sure who the maker is without seeing the markings on the plate, they were made to be exact and interchangeable with the Springfield. Odds are it is a Springfield made one, just because of the numbers produced.