flintlock part?

[relic lover]

I think this is the part opposite of the lock inlaid in the stock it is from an early 1800's site also it has an "N" stamped into it. Can anyone match it up to a specific make or model?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Maybe this French musket? http://www.militaryheritage.com/images/charleville6.jpg

 

[johnnyi]

Nice i.d. Cy. Nice find relichunter.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Or it could be the 1795 Springfield. Click on image 6 & 7. http://www.militaryheritage.com/musket17.htm

Copied from the 1766 model French musket, the 1795 Springfield infantry musket was the very first official model musket of the United States. Initially with the bayonet lug on the bottom of the barrel, this was rotated to the top of the barrel in 1797 and the look remained more or less the same to the end of the War of 1812. The musket gets its name from the first government armoury of the United States in Springfield, Mass. Today the armoury is a National Park.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I guess the key to ID is the N. Hopefully one of our gun experts can help.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Could it be one of these

SS

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Could it be one of these

SS

Great pic SS. Could you give us the link and we can possibly match it up? I think #4.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Could it be one of these

SS

Great pic SS. Could you give us the link and we can possibly match it up?

http://www.gundersonmilitaria.com/picturedisplay.html?partm1795sideplates

SS

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

...or #2.

 

[Silver Searcher]

...or #2.

I thought #3

SS

 

[l.cutler]

The found one appears to be brass, all of these are steel.

 

[Silver Searcher]

The found one appears to be brass, all of these are steel.

Doesn't say Brass by the poster and the Colours in both pictures look the same

SS

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think I see rust ( in the link pic)but lets not spend an entire page arguing about it. Is it brass relic lover?

 

[Silver Searcher]

I see rust.

Me to

SS

 

[relic lover]

It is brass sorry I forgot to mention. It came from the same site as the 1810 belt plate in the banner so war of 1812 is a possibility.