Flintlock Schindler Zella

Matchlock · 13th June 2014, 11:45 AM

Hi Dirk,

My 3,000+ book library also holds the Støckel volumes, both the two - still mostly important! - original two-volume edition Håndskydevåbens Bedømmelse from the 1940's and the three volume crap which called Der neue Støckel.

Sadly, no gun maker named Schindler is recorded in Zella for the 18th century.
But I have records of a certain gunsmith C. Schindler in Zella St. Blasii in ca. 1840. Zella St. Blasii is the city of Zella in Thuringia, Eastern Germany, today, neighboring the famous firearms production center of Suhl. That person C. Schindler most probably was a descendant of the Schindler you mentioned.

So please ask that guy who owns the piece to take good images, and of the signature as well. I also need to know whether that signature is on the barrel or the lock. After all, I do not have telepathic powers ...

Best,
Michael

13th June 2014, 11:45 AM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Hi Dirk, My 3,000+ book library also holds the Støckel volumes, both the two - still mostly important! - original two-volume edition Håndskydevåbens Bedømmelse from the 1940's and the three volume crap which called Der neue Støckel. Sadly, no gun maker named Schindler is recorded in Zella for the 18th century. But I have records of a certain gunsmith C. Schindler in Zella St. Blasii in ca. 1840. Zella St. Blasii is the city of Zella in Thuringia, Eastern Germany, today, neighboring the famous firearms production center of Suhl. That person C. Schindler most probably was a descendant of the Schindler you mentioned. So please ask that guy who owns the piece to take good images, and of the signature as well. I also need to know whether that signature is on the barrel or the lock. After all, I do not have telepathic powers ... Best, Michael