Musket Trigger Guard?

[fyrffytr1]

Found this today at a peanut field I have permission on. It is brass with an iron trigger and would measure about 7"s long if straight. It is missing a piece at the front. Half a screw hole remains. I can make out the numbers 0 2 on the back of the tang. They are upside down in the first picture. Any help IDing what gun it came from would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JCR TX]

Very neat find.

 

[Ronstar]

That would be cool if its a trigger guard…… keep looking, rest of the rifle just to be there!!!

 

[fyrffytr1]

I am pretty sure it is a Springfield model 1873 trigger guard. They were made with and without the sling swivel provision built in to the front of the guard.

 

[Confetrit]

Yessssss, it looks like a trigger guard to me also. Being made of brass, I wonder if this could be from an Enfield musket? I dug years ago a trigger assembly from an Enfield musket, but the trigger itself was gone. It looks real similar to this piece you have here. Great save FF1.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I have been informed by a very knowledgeable person that this guard is most likely from a Springfield carbine. That would explain the lack of a provision for a sling swivel on the bow. The carbine had a slide ring attached to the side of the receiver. I need to do a little more research to determine the age of it.