Do these parts look familiar?

[ApacheCoTodd]

These were in a box of cleaning supplies at an estate sale.

Anyone recognize them?

Todd.

 

[JRH6856]

They look sort of like some of the parts my grandmother had from her old footpedal Singer sewing machines. She had two she used and boxes of spare parts from others. I haven't seen those parts since 1972, but it's the first thing that popped into my head.

 

[Scooter22]

Looks like they may be part of a tube feed/lifter assy.

 

[rcmodel]

No clue.
But they don't look well finished enough to firearms parts.

rc

 

[JRH6856]

The first item may be a latch bolt from an old door knob assembly.

The second item (clockwise) looks like a doorstop.

 

[Jim K]

The larger part may be a lock part. What looks like a firing pin is a spring guide. The coil spring fits over it and bears on a pin that goes through the large elongated hole to force the latch outward. The smaller hole probably had a screw or pin to hold the part in place in the lock.

Jim

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

The larger part may be a lock part. What looks like a firing pin is a spring guide. The coil spring fits over it and bears on a pin that goes through the large elongated hole to force the latch outward. The smaller hole probably had a screw or pin to hold the part in place in the lock.

Jim

By jove, that does look like a spring loaded sliding latch, doesn't it? Funny that they were with gun cleaning supplies.

Thanks.

Todd.

 

[rcmodel]

Mmmmmm?

Hate to count how many door locks I have repaired over the years using my gun cleaning tools & supplies.

Door Lock parts do seem more likely then gun lock parts though.

They aren't well finished enough to come out of a gun, complex enough to use parts like those.

rc

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Mmmmmm?

Hate to count how many door locks I have repaired over the years using my gun cleaning tools & supplies.

Door Lock parts do seem more likely then gun lock parts though.

They aren't well finished enough to come out of a gun, complex enough to use parts like those.

rc

I had thought maybe from some goofy flint/cap lock but locks/latches seem more like it and given your reference to the cross contamination of lock-firearms maintenance, things seem a bit clearer now.

Todd.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

That flat springie-thingie looks like something I once saw in a revolver...had something to do with cylinder rotation, I believe.

 

[rcmodel]

The flat spring is too big for a revolver hand spring.
And too small for a revolver main (hammer) spring.

I have seen springs like that in skeleton key door locks though.

I think JRH6856 and JimK are probably on the right track.

But who knows.
I just don't think they are gun parts.

rc

 

[JRH6856]

Google "warded locks" and browse the images. There are several cutaways that have parts similar to those pictured in the OP.

 

[Jim K]

Why should anyone be astonished that guns and locks are closely associated? For centuries, the professions of locksmith and gunsmith were one and the same. That is why the firing mechanism of older guns is called a "lock" and why we talk about "lock time". And the first bolt action rifles were patterned after door bolts.

Jim

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Thanks for the help fellas.... lock works it is.

I was going through an old catalog for a particular lock style and and saw this one. Looks right when you look at the top sliding catch above the dead bolts.

Thanks again.

Todd.