Flintlock Lock & Ignition
Frizzen
The steel struck by the flint. Called the battery, or confusingly the hammer, in British usage.
Also called
- battery
- Flintlock Frizzens
- hammer
- steel
Arms it fits
Documented parts
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Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the frizzen 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 frizzen you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
Vocabulary
Other names for the frizzen
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.
- battery
- hammer
- steel
- Flintlock Frizzens
What decides whether it fits
Measurements
Taken off parts on the bench rather than from a catalogue. Where a figure came from is printed with it, because one worn original and an ordnance drawing are not the same claim.
Figures transcribed from the original listings and not yet re-checked against the part. Treat them as close, not final.
Fits
Frizzen 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
Listed, not yet photographed
The reference
Documented examples
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol Frizzen
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol
1816 North Flintlock Pistol Frizzen
1816 North Flintlock Pistol
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol Frizzen
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Parts Frizzen
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol Parts Frizzen
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set Frizzen
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit Frizzen
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Frizzen
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket Parts Frizzen
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket Frizzen
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Frizzen
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.A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery : TextMetcalfe, Henry, b. 1847 · New York : John Wiley & Sons · University of California Libraries · 1891
- 2.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
- 3.The Driggs-Schroeder system of rapid-fire guns; guns, mounts, ammunitionAmerican Ordnance Company · [Baltimore, Deutsch lithographing & printing company] · Smithsonian Libraries · 1896
- 4.The ordnance manual for the use of the officers of the United States ArmyUnited States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co. · Cornell University Library · 1861
- 5.Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matérielUnited States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1920
- 6.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
- 7.DTIC ADA501877: The Coast Artillery Journal. Volume 65, Number 1, July 1926Defense Technical Information Center · Internet Archive · 1926
- 8.The long arm of Lee; or, The history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia; with a brief account of the Confederate bureau of ordnanceWise, Jennings C. (Jennings Cropper), b. 1881 · Lynchburg, J.P. Bell and Company, Inc. · New York Public Library · 1915
- 9.DTIC ADA500288: The Coast Artillery Journal. Volume 62, Number 3, March 1925Defense Technical Information Center · Internet Archive · 1925
- 10.The long arm of Lee; or, The history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia; with a brief account of the Confederate bureau of ordnanceWise, Jennings C. (Jennings Cropper), b. 1881 · Lynchburg : J.P. Bell and Company, Inc · University of California Libraries · 1915
- 11.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
- 12.Handbook of the 4.7-inch gun matériel, model of 1906 : with instructions for its care, November 19, 1910United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1917