For The Experts

[Norman Brooks]

Found this online. What is it? And yes I know it is a side slapper/mule ear.

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Pat June 16, 1826, Lock with S, Kellogg, Made Flint Lock, Punch Lock and Percussion Rifles & Pistols. His brother, Casper, worked for him until he died in 1831. He sold his business to William Billinghurst in 1841 who actually worked for Medberry in 1827. Billinghurst became a very famous gunsmith manufacturing guns for royalty all over the world.

 

[OLUT]

Looks like a Medbery mule ear type lock which used a percussion pill, made before nipples and caps became the dominant firing mechanism. Note the strange reworking of the bottom of the lock plate and removal of the external mainspring. I'd need to handle it to give you a better answer

 

[david w]

Yep, a mule ear.

 

[Norman Brooks]

Thank you. Been into muzzleloading for 50 years and never seen this before. Learned something new.

 

[krshade]

What does the inside of the hammer look like?

 

[OLUT]

Here's one sold at auction, with a description of the hammer

 

[tenngun]

Thank you. Been into muzzleloading for 50 years and never seen this before. Learned something new.

Me too, only see a few rare photos of them.