Flintlock Lock & Ignition
Sear
Catches the tumbler notches at half and full cock.
Arms it fits
Documented parts
In stock now
Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the sear 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 sear you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
How the mechanism works
Plates & drawings
Original patent drawings for this mechanism, filed by the people who designed it, with every component called out and numbered. They are grouped by how the part works rather than by which arm it came off — the classification that put them here names the mechanism and says nothing about the gun.
Fits
Sear 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 Sear
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol
1816 North Flintlock Pistol Sear
1816 North Flintlock Pistol
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol Sear
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Parts Sear
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol Parts Sear
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set Sear
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit Sear
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Sear
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket Parts Sear
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket Sear
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Sear
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.Biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia for the years...West Virginia. Adjutant General's Office · Charleston [W. Va.] : Moses W. Donnelly, Public Printer · West Virginia University Libraries · 1889
- 4.The Driggs-Schroeder system of rapid-fire guns; guns, mounts, ammunitionAmerican Ordnance Company · [Baltimore, Deutsch lithographing & printing company] · Smithsonian Libraries · 1896
- 5.Automatic rifle (Browning) model of 1918;United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington, Govt. print. off. · The Library of Congress · 1921
- 6.Biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia for the years...West Virginia. Adjutant General's Office · Charleston [W. Va.] : Moses W. Donnelly, Public Printer · West Virginia University Libraries · 1889
- 7.United States rifles and machine guns : a detailed account of the methods used in manufacturing the Springfield, 1903 model service rifle; also descriptions of the modified Enfield rifle and three types of machine gunsColvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert), 1867-1965; Viall, Ethan, b. 1873 · New York : McGraw-Hill · University of California Libraries · 1917
- 8.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
- 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.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
- 11.The ordnance manual for the use of the officers of the Confederate States ArmyConfederate States of America. War Dept; Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 · Charleston, Evans & Cogswell · Duke University Libraries · 1863
- 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