It's a main spring for a sidelock. I use them all the time in my work.
What lock exactly I can't say. The hook on the end means it goes to a tumbler with a stirrup in it.
That kind of set-up came out in the late flint period, but was common all through the cap-lock period and into the cartridge age. Most good double and single side lock rifles and shotguns have this type of spring even today.
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