Forgotten Weapons - most interesting site!!!
 

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/bree...ng-wheel-lock/


I emailed them about that early breechloading wheellock gun and told them it was made by Simon Arnold, Augsburg, and that there is an almost identical piece dated 1540 on the barrel, and preserved in as-new condition in the Jagdschloss Grunewald, Berlin.

Please see also my thread

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=simon+arnold

Let's hope they will get back with me.


Best,
Michael