🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Firearm experts

[Timbermaster]

I am 99% assuming this is the hammer from a firearm, but not sure since it doesn’t look like anything I’m familiar with. It has a very odd shape for a hammer. Does anyone recognize this?

 

[villagenut]

Looks like a window lock catch

 

[Timbermaster]

Thanks for the insight villagenut. I had to google that. I does appear now that it is perhaps some sort of “hammer looking” latch or lock. ?

 

[Sandog]

I'm certainly no expert, but is it possible that it is actually a trigger? Turn the photo side ways and I see the possibility that pulling the curved portion could cause the hook portion to disengage another mechanism . Like a firing mechanism under sprung tension. Probably way off base here. Overactive imagination. Oldtimers Disease maybe.

 

[pistol-pete]

Trigger, I'l go along with Sandog, but for what?

 

[crashbandicoot]

I say trigger,with sear catch!

 

[Sandog]

I say trigger,with sear catch!

Did a search on eBay-Trigger Part Vintage Hunting Gun Parts- and in the first 3 of many pages there are some similar pieces. Some in the same era as the Indian Head.

 

[GoDeep]

Now to find the six shooter it was attached to!

 

[Deftone]

Looks like a doglock safety feature to me. P.s. Avoid typos on that search mind you.

 

[Deftone]

Here's the jist.