Dating Earliest Barrels: the Importance of the Position of the Touch Hole

Matchlock · 24th January 2014, 12:06 PM

Octagonal barrel with rear socket, retaining much of its original red lead minium paint, large funnel-shaped touch hole on top ridge, short, heavily swamped muzzle section, no sights. The slightly downcurved, blackened tiller stock ca. 2nd half to late 15th c., widening towards its rear end, painted in white with an illegible sign, the Gothic miniscule h and a cross.
Barrel length 89 cm, bore 24 mm.
In the reserve collection of the Berlin Arsenal (Zeughaus) in the Deutsches Historisches Museum.

24th January 2014, 12:06 PM	#18
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Fine Wrought-iron Tiller Haquebut, ca. 1450, in the Berlin Museum Octagonal barrel with rear socket, retaining much of its original red lead minium paint, large funnel-shaped touch hole on top ridge, short, heavily swamped muzzle section, no sights. The slightly downcurved, blackened tiller stock ca. 2nd half to late 15th c., widening towards its rear end, painted in white with an illegible sign, the Gothic miniscule h and a cross. Barrel length 89 cm, bore 24 mm. In the reserve collection of the Berlin Arsenal (Zeughaus) in the Deutsches Historisches Museum. Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 25th January 2014 at 10:34 AM.