Dutch target arquebuse dated 1630

Marcus den toom · 24th June 2024, 03:52 PM

Thank you both for the contributions.
Thank you Cerjak for pointing out the rare wheellock gun as well!!
As to the dates, i am not sure why so many have been dated. Maybe the shooting guilds had an annual competition and these guns were the price (far fetched i am sure)?

The choice for a snap lock has, i think, also another reason. A conventional matchlock requires sufficient power to operate the mechanism. The target gun with hair trigger lacks that power, it is alot of energy put into speed rather than power. A snaplock serves best with it stored energy, ready to be released with a small squeeze of the trigger.

That lockplate you posted Raf seems to have been reused, but the internal workings have been (completly?) been remade. Is this yours?

24th June 2024, 03:52 PM	#8
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 534	Thank you both for the contributions. Thank you Cerjak for pointing out the rare wheellock gun as well!! As to the dates, i am not sure why so many have been dated. Maybe the shooting guilds had an annual competition and these guns were the price (far fetched i am sure)? The choice for a snap lock has, i think, also another reason. A conventional matchlock requires sufficient power to operate the mechanism. The target gun with hair trigger lacks that power, it is alot of energy put into speed rather than power. A snaplock serves best with it stored energy, ready to be released with a small squeeze of the trigger. That lockplate you posted Raf seems to have been reused, but the internal workings have been (completly?) been remade. Is this yours?