Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Automatically Opening Pan Covers on German Matchlocks, ca. 1560-1650

Matchlock · 10th December 2010, 07:10 PM

Sorry, but: no.

I have been closely studying earliest European firearms for more than 30 years and am well able to discern a true wheel-lock from a true matchlock.

Best,
Michael

10th December 2010, 07:10 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Sorry, but: no. I have been closely studying earliest European firearms for more than 30 years and am well able to discern a true wheel-lock from a true matchlock. Best, Michael