Censoring the length of haquebuts

[Marcus den toom]

Hi Nando,


I did know the story, but never saw actual proof of it. Great job!
For the occasion i wip out this picture of a rather short swivel gun, just for the fun of it. Its location is the newly opened army museum in The Netherlands. They have a few more interesting firearms as well.

The gun is no more than 30-40 cm (including the tiller). Its actuall intend or place of usage is not known.

[Rick]

Where does one conceal the lit match ?

[Marcus den toom]

These concealable firearms where most likely equiped with a wheellock mechanism. And depending on who you ask (time period migjt differ), a gun like the monks gun could have done the job.

[Rick]

Ah, thank you Marcus .

[fernando]

Remember the Zippo principle, Rick ? .


.

[fernando]

Here are the steps to arm a wheellock gun, extracted from a recent movie.
First the hero pushes forwards the striker harm which holds the flint, followed by the winding of the striking wheel (can you hear the sound?). Finally the striking arm is pulled back to the flash pan and is ready for action.
We can see the hero is not in a hurry, but he actually ends up not carrying with the execution... as heroes should be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfUl...ature=youtu.be

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Marcus den toom

Hi Nando,


I did know the story, but never saw actual proof of it. Great job!
For the occasion i wip out this picture of a rather short swivel gun, just for the fun of it. Its location is the newly opened army museum in The Netherlands. They have a few more interesting firearms as well.

The gun is no more than 30-40 cm (including the tiller). Its actuall intend or place of usage is not known.

My example dated 1450 is a bit longer: 43 cms. with its tiller cut off ... go figure why.

.

[Marcus den toom]

I absolutely love that tiller gun of yours, do you know where it was from?
Did you post it in a thread yet?

[fernando]

Here:


http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=tiller