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U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Buttplate

Also called butt plate.

Protects the rear of the buttstock. Tang length and shape are dating features.

The reference

Documented on this arm

  • U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Buttplate

Interchange

What a U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket buttplate 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 buttplate for the U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket 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. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket

All U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket parts · Buttplate across every arm · The flintlock era