Hammer Down!!

[romeo-1]

Day 2 of vacation...sunny but very windy and cold...so a detecting I go! Surprise find was a first for me...flint lock musket hammer! Will be preserving this after a month or so in the apple cider vinegar.

 

[Evolution]

Nice find. A shame it was iron and not brass.

 

[gunsil]

No such thing as a brass flintlock hammer, brass doesn't hold up for such use. Not necessarily a musket hammer, could easily be from a fowling gun (shotgun) or squirrel rifle (smaller caliber than a musket).

 

[romeo-1]

No such thing as a brass flintlock hammer, brass doesn't hold up for such use. Not necessarily a musket hammer, could easily be from a fowling gun (shotgun) or squirrel rifle (smaller caliber than a musket).

Trust me...its from a flintlock.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice relics, congrats!

 

[Javadroid]

It's a nice piece whatever it came from - well done mate!

 

[gunsil]

Trust me...its from a flintlock.

I know it's from a flintlock and never said it wasn't. All I said was that there were no brass flintlock hammers and that the OP item could easily be from a squirrel rifle or fowling gun which were all available with flintlocks and not necessarily from a musket which has military connotations. OP item is not brass either, cannot figure out your reply.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Congrats on the cool finds!

 

[romeo-1]

I know it's from a flintlock and never said it wasn't. All I said was that there were no brass flintlock hammers and that the OP item could easily be from a squirrel rifle or fowling gun which were all available with flintlocks and not necessarily from a musket which has military connotations. OP item is not brass either, cannot figure out your reply.

I knownits not brass and never said it was. A musket doesn't have military connotations to me. It's just a firearm that is loaded through the bore...

 

[xcopperstax]

Very cool find! A nice old gun part or two are definitely on my list of stuff to find!

 

[Baribal]

Why would you put it in vinegar? Doesn't it destroy the whole surface?
I put stuff like this in distilled water for a couple of weeks

 

[gunsil]

I knownits not brass and never said it was. A musket doesn't have military connotations to me. It's just a firearm that is loaded through the bore...

From the dictionary: "an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder". To gun collectors "MUSKET" is a military firearm. I suppose there are special people out there who think differently. All muskets are muzzle loaders but not all muzzle loaders are muskets. Even a modern rifle is loaded through the bore, just at the breech rather than the muzzle.

 

[romeo-1]

From the dictionary: "an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder". To gun collectors "MUSKET" is a military firearm. I suppose there are special people out there who think differently. All muskets are muzzle loaders but not all muzzle loaders are muskets. Even a modern rifle is loaded through the bore, just at the breech rather than the muzzle.

Muzzle load...that's what I meant. Not sure if I'm "special" but we all think differently.

 

[romeo-1]

Why would you put it in vinegar? Doesn't it destroy the whole surface?
I put stuff like this in distilled water for a couple of weeks

The ACV removes all of the iron oxide taking it back to it's base metal...its very effective for heavily corroded iron. Takes a few weeks but really worth it.

 

[Evolution]

So. I gather none of these are made out of brass then? I learn something new every day. You seem to be having a pretty good year Romeo. The belt plate you just posted is amazing. Keep up the good work.