A Very Rare Nuremberg Arquebus 'Bronze'/Brass Barrel, ca. 1500-10

Matchlock · 30th April 2012, 07:27 PM

A woodcut from Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschaft (fol. 170), published in 1511, of an arquebusier holding his arquebus with the barrel down.

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Matchlock · 1st May 2012, 07:16 PM

Brass-barreled snap-tinderlock arquebuses, from an illustrated inventory of the 'Maximilian' armories, ca. 1502; BSB Munich, cod. icon. 222, fol. 114.

Two stocks are shown painted red, and the tinder serpentines are incorrectly depicted to be mounted on the barrels.

As the mechanical lock parts must have been nailed or clamped to the stock, they seem to have been triggered by a right-hand side lateral push button, most probably located in front of the serpentine and activated by a finger of the left hand.

Some of the wooden ramrods are depicted to have an iron finial, most probably threaded for a worm and scourer - just the way they were made for 'service' use until the early 18th c.

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Matchlock · 1st May 2012, 07:34 PM

Author's collection.

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fernando · 2nd May 2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Matchlock

Author's collection.
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How fine and professional theses tools are.
Judgind by its number and variety, this collector must have had a gun repair workshop in his prior (renaissance) incarnation.

I wish i had a fraction of these.

Matchlock · 2nd May 2012, 02:22 PM

Thank you, 'Nando,

Actually their number seemed to have slightly increased within the last years, so I took some new images today:

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Matchlock · 2nd May 2012, 02:30 PM

A snap-tinderlock arquebus, together with its accouterments including worms, scourers and ball extractors for the ramrod finial.
From a South German manuscript, ca. 1525-30.

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fernando · 2nd May 2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Matchlock

Thank you, 'Nando,

Actually their number seemed to have slightly increased within the last years, so I took some new images today:

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Astonishing

Matchlock · 2nd May 2012, 08:44 PM

Oh yeah! Though I am the only one to provide a satisfactory explanation ...

Well, I just had to grasp two singular opportunities and buy these.
After all, accoutermemts like these range among the greatest rarissimae - most of the best museums cannot present a single item, not even of 19th c. date ...

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30th April 2012, 07:27 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A woodcut from Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschaft (fol. 170), published in 1511, of an arquebusier holding his arquebus with the barrel down. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 30th April 2012 at 08:45 PM.

1st May 2012, 07:16 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Brass-barreled snap-tinderlock arquebuses, from an illustrated inventory of the 'Maximilian' armories, ca. 1502; BSB Munich, cod. icon. 222, fol. 114. Two stocks are shown painted red, and the tinder serpentines are incorrectly depicted to be mounted on the barrels. As the mechanical lock parts must have been nailed or clamped to the stock, they seem to have been triggered by a right-hand side lateral push button, most probably located in front of the serpentine and activated by a finger of the left hand. Some of the wooden ramrods are depicted to have an iron finial, most probably threaded for a worm and scourer - just the way they were made for 'service' use until the early 18th c. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 1st May 2012 at 07:27 PM.

1st May 2012, 07:34 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	16th to 17th C. Worms, Scourers and Ball Extractors for Wooden Ramrods Author's collection. m Attached Images

2nd May 2012, 02:22 PM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Thank you, 'Nando, Actually their number seemed to have slightly increased within the last years, so I took some new images today: m Attached Images

2nd May 2012, 02:30 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A snap-tinderlock arquebus, together with its accouterments including worms, scourers and ball extractors for the ramrod finial. From a South German manuscript, ca. 1525-30. m Attached Images

2nd May 2012, 08:44 PM	#8
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Oh yeah! Though I am the only one to provide a satisfactory explanation ... Well, I just had to grasp two singular opportunities and buy these. After all, accoutermemts like these range among the greatest rarissimae - most of the best museums cannot present a single item, not even of 19th c. date ... m