XVI century wheellock pistol, help with more precise dating

Marcus den toom · 11th November 2014, 09:26 AM

heheh, not really an expert at all, but the styles of the butstock of pistols was some what like, dagger griped (1520-30's), fish tail(1540-50s), pommel grip....
And on a side note, the first dated pommelgrip wheellock pistol that comes to my mind is that of the saxon electorate Augustus I of 1586 and its predecesors Christian I and II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tors_of_Saxony
There are of course countless better examples and i will try to find them in my archives.

And one must also admit that there is kind of a void recently....

11th November 2014, 09:26 AM	#4
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	heheh, not really an expert at all, but the styles of the butstock of pistols was some what like, dagger griped (1520-30's), fish tail(1540-50s), pommel grip.... And on a side note, the first dated pommelgrip wheellock pistol that comes to my mind is that of the saxon electorate Augustus I of 1586 and its predecesors Christian I and II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tors_of_Saxony There are of course countless better examples and i will try to find them in my archives. And one must also admit that there is kind of a void recently....