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Frizzen or Hammer?

Using the term "Frizzen" to describe the plate of steel that sits atop the priming pan is incorrect. The proper 18th Century term is "Hammer"

In addition, the object that holds the flint which strikes the steel is NOT the Hammer; it is called the COCK. Once we enter the age of the percussion cap, then it is called a hammer.

"Frizzen cover" is also an anachronism. Both Simes and Cuthbertson talk of "hammer stalls", being used as a safety device, but there is no mention of frizzens or frizzen covers in either text. The hammer can also be referred to as a "steel," but should never be called a frizzen.

Cuthbertson, Captain Bennett, System for the Compleat Interior Management and Oeconomy of a Battalion of Infantry, Dublin, 1775 edition.

Simes, Thomas, A Military Course for the Government and Conduct of a Battalion, London, 1777,

Petersen, Harold L. Treasury of the Gun, Golden Press, New York, 1962

http://www.nwta.com/couriers/5-96/parts.html

67.200.118.1 (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]