Excavated iron lockplate from a Model 1855 rifle musket.  Lockplate with hammer and components. Hump back style plate featuring cutout for Maynard’s primers.  Relic is encrusted with rust and has not been preserved, but is in stable condition.  Kidney-shaped door that covered the Maynard roll of primers is in the open position.  Mainspring and some inner components are present.  Mainspring is broken and may be the reason this was discarded.  [jet]

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