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Identification
Search by what it is called now, what it was called then, or your best guess at the spelling. All three resolve to the same entry.
Matches
Closest words in the index
alternate name from the project taxonomy (section 3)
These are the recorded terms nearest to what you typed. They are suggestions, not matches — the search found none.
Nothing in the reference is filed under that word yet. The reference is still being built, so a gap here is as likely to be ours as yours — an unanswered term is a note to write the entry, not a dead end.
What usually works
Try the component rather than the assembly (“frizzen” rather than “flintlock”), or the pattern name rather than the maker. If you can photograph it, send it to us — identifying it is how the entry gets written. A question put to Butch is answered in public and stays here.
You do not know what it is
Describe it, or photograph it, and Butch Schoeller will name it. The answer is published, so the next person searching your word finds it.
You know what it is and want one
Post it on the wanted board. It is public, dealers read it, and it is the list of what gets hunted and made next.
Or browse instead of guessing: by part type, by arm, or by how it fires.