Testing members tastes for firearms

[fernando]

Hi Broadaxe,
Thsnks for your input .

Originally Posted by broadaxe

... That's an interesting firearm Fernando, and I do think we can share place for historic firearms as well....

Taking this thread title and the question it contains in its original context, one will remind that the said thread was open over three years ago, by the time the European Armoury Forum was created, the question being the "feeling the pulse" of the forum members on their range of preferences. From then on we have verified some enthusiasm on this area (me included )

Originally Posted by broadaxe

... I think the word you used, "patilha", originates in old Arabic, because "fitil" means actually cord fuse or cord match, so the phrase "Abu-fitil" meaned matchlock gun, later any long gun...

Now i am a bit confused
I can go as far as knowing that patilha comes from the Castillian patilla; for the moment i fail to confirm if it originaly comes from old Arabic.
But i can tell you that, for the case, and as reminded by Fernando K in his post #30, patilha/patilla is the toe in the front foot of the hammer that holds it in half and full cock positions. Allegedly the name of this part comes from its resemblance with sideburns.


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