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Parts for arms of pre-1899 design. Components only — we never sell a firearm.

Flintlock

U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Patchbox

Also called patch box, patch-box.

Compartment in the buttstock. Common on American long rifles and the Mississippi family.

The reference

Documented on this arm

  • U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Patchbox

Interchange

What a U.S. 1817 Common Rifle patchbox 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 patchbox 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.

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All U.S. 1817 Common Rifle parts · Patchbox across every arm · The flintlock era