Stock & Furniture
Patchbox
Compartment in the buttstock. Common on American long rifles and the Mississippi family.
Also called
- patch box
- patch-box
Arms it fits
Documented parts
In stock now
Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the patchbox 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 patchbox you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
Vocabulary
Other names for the patchbox
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.
- patch box
- patch-box
Fits
Patchbox 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 Patchbox
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol
1816 North Flintlock Pistol Patchbox
1816 North Flintlock Pistol
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol Patchbox
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol
1841 Mississippi Rifle Patchbox
1841 Mississippi Rifle
Austrian Weapons Patchbox
Austrian Weapons
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Parts Patchbox
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Enfield Musket Parts Patchbox
British Enfield Musket
British Military Pistol Parts Patchbox
British Military Pistol
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol Parts Patchbox
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol
Canadian Rifle Parts Patchbox
Canadian Rifle
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set Patchbox
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set
Corbeav Lock Parts Patchbox
Corbeav Lock
Dutch Beaumont Rifle Parts Patchbox
Dutch Beaumont Rifle
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit Patchbox
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit
J. H. Hall Parts Patchbox
J. H. Hall
Krag Rifle Parts Patchbox
Krag Rifle
L. C. Smith Shotgun Parts Patchbox
L. C. Smith Shotgun
Mauser Parts Patchbox
Mauser
Remington Rolling Block Parts Patchbox
Remington Rolling Block
Rolling Block Rifle Parts Patchbox
Rolling Block Rifle
Sharps Carbine And Rifle Parts Patchbox
Sharps Carbine And Rifle
Spencer Rifle And Carbine Parts Patchbox
Spencer Rifle And Carbine
Swiss Rifle Parts Patchbox
Swiss Rifle
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Patchbox
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
U.S. 1855 Harpers Ferry And Springfield Patchbox
U.S. 1855 Harpers Ferry And Springfield
U.S. 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Patchbox
U.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield
U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Patchbox
U.S. Krag Rifle
U.S. Martial Pistols Patchbox
U.S. Martial Pistols
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket Parts Patchbox
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket
U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets Patchbox
U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket Patchbox
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Patchbox
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket
U.S. Model 1855 Rifled Musket Patchbox
U.S. Model 1855 Rifled Musket
Winchester Parts Patchbox
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.Ordnance September-October 1928: Vol 9 Iss 50Internet Archive · 1928