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Originally Posted by Itaca
Hi friends you compliment for the pieces that you have....
I believe that this is the correct topic for this reed of mine.
Do you think that it is of 1700 1800?
Do I believe that it misses the final part of the reed that was circular perhaps correct?
Total length 24 cms.
I calibrate inside (muzle) 1,3 / 1,4 cms.
Octagonal section.
Opposite extremity to the mouth 3 / 3,2 cms.
The space to entertain a settled handle is long 1,4 cms. and it is found in the right side.
Can you tell me more?
You excuse for mine bad English
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Hi Itaca,
Sorry for replying so late but it was only this morning that I noticed you query.
First of all, don't wory about your command of English;
being not a native English speaker myself, I perfectly understand what you wished me to do.
Just one little hint: by 'reed' you obviously mean
'barrel'; that's the correct term for your item in question.
I photoshopped your - sadly very dark - photos a bit and reattached them.
I guess
the overall length of that barrel is 42 cm, rather than 24?
If it were German made I would say it is the barrel from a mid-16th century (ca. 1540-60) wheellock arquebus or long pistol; the touch hole is clearly visible, and as there a no traces of a formerly dovetailed pan it cannot have been a matchlock barrel.
But it was definitely altered within its working life, which may have lasted as long as the 18th century: the original long rear barrel tang and the originally dovetailed rear sight are now missing; the dovetailing is still visible. The short, pronouncedly rounded muzzle section is normally not found on barrels after ca. 1600.
To convey a rough idea of what the complete short arquebus/long saddle pistol might have looked like, I attached a photo of an originally preserved wheellock arquebus/pistol dated 1547, in the Real Armerķa Madrid.
Where was you barrel excavated or where did it come from?
Best,
Michael