Stock & Furniture
Band Springs
Retain the barrel bands in position.
Also called
- band spring
Arms it fits
Documented parts
In stock now
Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the band springs are still at the bench
Identification notes are written one part at a time, from pieces Butch has had in hand — so this section fills in as he works through the vocabulary rather than all at once. If you are trying to identify a band springs you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
Vocabulary
Other names for the band springs
The same component has been called different things by different makers, manuals and trades. Each term is printed with whatever is recorded about where it comes from.
- band spring
Fits
Band Springs by model
Will it fit
No interchange recorded yet
Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled. A blank section means nothing has been checked yet — not that everything fits.
From the bench
Availability
Nothing of this type is listed at the moment. Most of this catalog is one-of-a-kind, so stock turns over item by item rather than being restocked — posting a wanted listing is the reliable route, and aggregated requests are what tell Butch which parts to make next.
The reference
Documented examples
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol Band Springs
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol
1816 North Flintlock Pistol Band Springs
1816 North Flintlock Pistol
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol Band Springs
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol
1841 Mississippi Rifle Band Springs
1841 Mississippi Rifle
Austrian Weapons Band Springs
Austrian Weapons
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Parts Band Springs
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Enfield Musket Parts Band Springs
British Enfield Musket
British Military Pistol Parts Band Springs
British Military Pistol
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol Parts Band Springs
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol
Canadian Rifle Parts Band Springs
Canadian Rifle
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set Band Springs
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set
Corbeav Lock Parts Band Springs
Corbeav Lock
Dutch Beaumont Rifle Parts Band Springs
Dutch Beaumont Rifle
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit Band Springs
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit
J. H. Hall Parts Band Springs
J. H. Hall
Krag Rifle Parts Band Springs
Krag Rifle
L. C. Smith Shotgun Parts Band Springs
L. C. Smith Shotgun
Mauser Parts Band Springs
Mauser
Remington Rolling Block Parts Band Springs
Remington Rolling Block
Rolling Block Rifle Parts Band Springs
Rolling Block Rifle
Sharps Carbine And Rifle Parts Band Springs
Sharps Carbine And Rifle
Spencer Rifle And Carbine Parts Band Springs
Spencer Rifle And Carbine
Swiss Rifle Parts Band Springs
Swiss Rifle
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Band Springs
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
U.S. 1855 Harpers Ferry And Springfield Band Springs
U.S. 1855 Harpers Ferry And Springfield
U.S. 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Band Springs
U.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield
U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Band Springs
U.S. Krag Rifle
U.S. Martial Pistols Band Springs
U.S. Martial Pistols
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket Parts Band Springs
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket
U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets Band Springs
U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket Band Springs
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Band Springs
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket
U.S. Model 1855 Rifled Musket Band Springs
U.S. Model 1855 Rifled Musket
Winchester Parts Band Springs
Winchester
Check it yourself
Sources
Period and institutional material relevant to this entry. Listed so it can be checked, not as decoration — nothing here has been through expert review yet.
- 1.Regulations of the Ordnance Department of the Confederate States, for the use of troops in the fieldConfederate States of America. War Dept · Richmond, West & Johnston · Duke University Libraries · 1861
- 2.Regulations for the government of the Ordnance Department of the Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau · Richmond, West & Johnston · Duke University Libraries · 1862