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Find the right part for your antique gun.

Flintlock, percussion and early cartridge arms. Most of what we sell is either an investment casting copied from an original part or machined by Butch Schoeller in his own machine shop — and every question is answered by him, too.

British Brown Bess Flintlock MusketBritish Sea Service Flintlock PistolU.S. Military Flintlock MusketU.S. Military Percussion Rifles And MusketsU.S. Martial PistolsU.S. 1817 Common Rifle
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Lock and breech of a 1761 Brown Bess musket: the frizzen, the cock holding its flint, and the proof marks on the barrel123
1 Frizzen 2 Cock 3 Proof marks — tap a number.Brown Bess by Richard Wilson, London, 1761. National Museum of American History.

On the shelf

160 parts. Every photograph is of the part you receive.

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Remington Rolling Block cleaning rod/Egyptian contractRRBECLR1-2Remington Rolling Block cleaning rod/Egyptian contractRolling Block Rifle$40.00Catalogue previewBritish Snyder carbine cleaning rodSNDCClr2British Snyder carbine cleaning rodBritish Enfield Musket$75.00Catalogue preview1868 50/70 Springfield Trapdoor cleaning rodUSR68CLR11868 50/70 Springfield Trapdoor cleaning rodEarly Cartridge Conversion era$55.00Catalogue previewWinchester musket cleaning rod,5 piecewinclrmktWinchester musket cleaning rod,5 pieceWinchester$55.00Catalogue previewFlintlock frizzen Pennsylvania/Kentucky rifle styleAGPFRZ100Flintlock frizzen Pennsylvania/Kentucky rifle styleFlintlock era$18.00Catalogue previewU.S.1841 Mississippi rifle ramrod for the 58 caliber conversionsU.S.41MISSRAM2U.S.1841 Mississippi rifle ramrod for the 58 caliber conversions1841 Mississippi Rifle$45.00Catalogue previewU.S. model 1835/40 flintlock musket frizzenUSM35LKP3U.S. model 1835/40 flintlock musket frizzenU.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket$25.00Catalogue preview1878 Sharps Borchardt Rifle Cleaning RodSHRPBORRR11878 Sharps Borchardt Rifle Cleaning RodSharps Carbine And Rifle$70.00Catalogue preview

Parts by gun

Choose your gun once, and every part will say whether it’s made for it.

All 34 guns in the reference →
A Tower Brown Bess musket, India PatternFlintlockBritish Brown Bess Flintlock Musket24 parts on the shelf →British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol15 parts on the shelf →U.S. Military Flintlock Musket9 parts on the shelf →U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets9 parts on the shelf →U.S. Martial Pistols8 parts on the shelf →
Castings, ramrods and flintlock rifles laid out on an American flag
From Butch’s bench: castings, ramrods and a few locks, laid out on the flag.
From our shop

Cast or machined. Answered by the man at the bench.

Most of our parts are one of two things: investment castings copied from original parts, or parts Butch machines himself in his own machine shop.

Some castings are sold as cast, the way a gunsmith expects them, for you to fit, file and harden — and a listing sold that way says so.

Not sure it’s right for your gun? Ask before you buy. Butch reads every question himself.

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The reference

34 guns, 70 kinds of part, and thousands of period drawings and museum photographs — every part linked to the guns it fits.

Patent drawing of a firearm lock mechanismPeriod drawings“Improvement in locks for fire-arms”U.S. patent 145,118, sheet 4
What’s it called?Search by the word you know.99 period names, and counting
By how it fires4 eras, 1660 to 1898.