Lock Markings- Added the pictures of the whole rifle

[wildcatter]

I am posting a picture of a lock that I am trying to decifer.  The initials are JCM maybe? I know I have seen these markings either on the forum or in the library but I can't find it.  Hoping the picture might jog some memories. Thanks Matt.

[Shreckmeister]

Looks like a J Goulcher.

[rich pierce]

In the later percussion era the lock markings don't usually give us much of a clue as to who stocked the gun.  Locks were seldom made by the shop that was building the guns. Golcher locks are super common and used across many states and decades.

[wildcatter]

I get all that, it's a distinctive stamp, thought I would take shot. It's tough to photograph. It's not a Goulcher,  I have several guns with Goulcher locks. This is a block stamp with Capital Letters. I know the gun was made in Tennessee but it is unsigned. I was hoping the lock maker initials could pin down a maker particularly if the maker bought a typical lock and stamped it himself when the gun was made. I have one other gun that is this way.

[WElliott]

Why not bring it to the Tennsessee Kentucky Rifle show this Friday-Saturday at the Museum of Appalachia? That is the best forum for getting a positive ID if it was Tennessee made.
Wayne

[halfstock]

That plate is very much a lehman style.

[wildcatter]

Here is the rest of the rifle. It was attributed to John Wishon when I purchased it many years ago.  But who knows, looking for help.