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29th March 2009, 07:06 PM | #31 |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Hi Jim,
I cannot but thank you very very much for your kind lines. Actually my passion feeds on such a brilliant counter part like Richard, whose demanding thoughts and questions really get me going. I have been thinking abouth a thread on the 500 years in the development of screws in European fine mechanics and posted a few pictures some months ago. I need to take more and better pictures but it is not forgotten. In discussing the bad recoil of wall guns one should bear in mind that the heavy weight of these pieces and the recoil hooks both acted as absorbers. On the other hand I can testify from my own experience that matchlock muskets kick quite hard too. I would compare their kick back to a 12 or 10 gauge shot gun. With all my very best wishes, Michael |
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