Brass Powder Pans

[Avlrc]

I know  some American Military Flintlock Muskets have brass pans. When did brass pans first come into use on European guns?

[DaveM]

Avlrc, I believe the first european brass pans were French, on their model 1777 musket and model 1777 pistol.

[Avlrc]

Thanks.

[Hungry Horse]

A close friend bought a mixed parts French musket( possibly a revolutionary war gun built from French parts) years ago, that has a musket lock that looks like a 1763 Charleville, but has a goose neck cock, and a brass pan. The lock looked older than 1763 to me, and was marked with a name that was either the builder, or the armory it was built at. The engraving was in rough shape but the name was Mabeug or something similar.

                    Hungry Horse

[Dan'l 1946]

  Mauberge, maybe? It is or was a French arsenal and gun making facility.
                                                                     Dan