16th and 17th Century Ramrods and Their Tools

Matchlock · 26th May 2014, 06:56 PM

A frontal view of a scourer and worm, 16th/17 century, in my collection.

In some cases, though, those iron finials on wooden ramrods were not threaded; attached find samples of such 'military' matchlock guns of ca. 1525 in the Graz Armory, and of a snap matchlock arquebus of ca. 1525-30:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ter+hofkircher,

a fine snap tinderlock Landsknecht arquebus of ca. 1525-30:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=arquebus+1525,

and two Suhl/Zella matchlock muskets of ca. 1630 and 1650:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ets+suhl+zella,

the latter three in my collection.

Author's collection, and photos copyrighted by the author.

Best,
Michael

26th May 2014, 06:56 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A frontal view of a scourer and worm, 16th/17 century, in my collection. In some cases, though, those iron finials on wooden ramrods were not threaded; attached find samples of such 'military' matchlock guns of ca. 1525 in the Graz Armory, and of a snap matchlock arquebus of ca. 1525-30: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ter+hofkircher, a fine snap tinderlock Landsknecht arquebus of ca. 1525-30: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=arquebus+1525, and two Suhl/Zella matchlock muskets of ca. 1630 and 1650: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ets+suhl+zella, the latter three in my collection. Author's collection, and photos copyrighted by the author. Best, Michael Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 26th May 2014 at 09:44 PM.