Flintlock Lock & Ignition
Cock
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.
Also called
- Flintlock Hammers
- hammer
Arms it fits
Documented parts
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Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the cock 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 cock you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
Vocabulary
Other names for the cock
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.
- Flintlock Hammers
- hammer
Fits
Cock 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.
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British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
Listed, not yet photographed
The reference
Documented examples
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol Cock
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol
1816 North Flintlock Pistol Cock
1816 North Flintlock Pistol
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol Cock
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Parts Cock
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol Parts Cock
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set Cock
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit Cock
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Cock
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket Parts Cock
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket Cock
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Cock
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket
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.The field manual for the use of the officers on ordnance dutyConfederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau · Richmond : printed by Ritchie & Dunnavant · Duke University Libraries · 1862
- 2.The Driggs-Schroeder system of rapid-fire guns; guns, mounts, ammunitionAmerican Ordnance Company · [Baltimore, Deutsch lithographing & printing company] · Smithsonian Libraries · 1896
- 3.Automatic rifle (Browning) model of 1918;United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington, Govt. print. off. · The Library of Congress · 1921
- 4.Ordnance and gunnery; a text-book prepared for the cadets of the United States military academy, West PointLissak, Ormond Mitchell · New York : J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · University of California Libraries · 1907
- 5.A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery; compiled for the use of the cadets of the United States military academyBenton, James G. (James Gilchrist), 1820-1881 · New York, Van Nostrand · University of California Libraries · 1862
- 6.Instruction for naval light artillery : afloat and ashore Parker, William Harwar, 1826-1896; Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917; United States Naval Academy · New York : D. Van Nostrand · Cornell University Library · 1862
- 7.Navies of the world; giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations. Together with the latest developments in ordnance, torpedoes, and naval architecture, and a concise summary of the principal naval battles of the last twenty years, 1860-1880Very, Edward Wilson, 1847-1910 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons · University of California Libraries · 1880
- 8.The evolution of naval armamentRobertson, Frederick Leslie · London Constable · Robarts - University of Toronto · 1921
- 9.A text-book of ordnance and gunnery. Prepared for the use of cadets of the U. S. Military AcademyBruff, Lawrence L. (Lawrence Laurenson), 1851-1911 · New York, Wiley · University of California Libraries · 1900
- 10.Ordnance instructions for the Confederate States Navy relating to the preparation of vessels of war for battle, to the duties of officers and others when at quarters, to ordnance and ordnance stores, and to gunneryConfederate States of America. Navy · [Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.] · State Library of Pennsylvania · 1864
- 11.Military industries of JapanMasuda, Norimoto]; Kobayashi, Ushisaburo, b. 1866 · New York [etc.] Oxford University Press · University of California Libraries · 1922
- 12.A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery : prepared for the use of the cadets of the United States Military AcademyBenton, James G. (James Gilchrist), 1820-1881 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · Cornell University Library · 1875