Flintlock
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Cock
Also called hammer, Flintlock Hammers.
Holds the flint. Called the hammer in US usage, which is the reverse of British usage — a frequent source of confusion when reading period sources.
The reference
Documented on this arm
- U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Cock
Interchange
What a U.S. 1817 Common Rifle cock also fits
No interchange has been recorded for this part yet. Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled — a blank here means nothing has been checked, not that everything fits.
From the bench
Availability
Stock
No cock for the U.S. 1817 Common Rifle at the moment
Almost everything here is one of a kind, so it turns over item by item rather than in runs. A wanted listing is the reliable way to hear when the right one surfaces — and it is also what tells Butch which parts are worth making next.
Put it on the wanted board · Everything for the U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
All U.S. 1817 Common Rifle parts · Cock across every arm · The flintlock era