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Old 6th October 2009, 06:56 PM   #31
Matchlock
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Default Two Highly Unusual North Italian Combination Weapons

The hammer with the additional snap matchlock ca. 1550, the one combined with a wheel-lock ca. 1530. The rear ends of the stocks are copper soldered hollow iron tubes scheduled to receive the ramrod and fitted with a swiveling cover (see third pic, right).

The mirrored Z shaped ornaments on the nails or screws of the wheel-lock hammer are characteristic of almost all early 16th century ironwork. I attach two photos of an important Nuremberg padlock, ca. 1525-30, formerly in my collection, with the same Z decoration for comparison (see both ends of the bottom bar in the second image).

Now that was a little excerpt from Armi Bianche Italiane.

Best,
Michael
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