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11th November 2008, 03:28 PM
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Here they are.
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11th November 2008, 03:33 PM
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The harquebusiers.
The fist English, of Henry VIII's army, ca. 1540. The buttstock of his harquebus closesly resembles that of my gun. The others Nuremberg, 1530's. Michael |
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24th November 2008, 01:12 PM
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A Nürnberg Schützen letter, dated 1532
The Landsknecht harquebusier aims his short matchlock harquebus which closely corresponds to my fine Nürnberg piece dated 1539 at the target.
You can see the serpentine moved towards the pan. Michael |
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1st December 2008, 12:32 PM
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A fine brass barrel dated 1539
At the Museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck/The Tyrol.
The non-presence of a pan denotes that the barrel was originally stocked together with - either a matchlock mechanism with integrally riveted pan or - a wheel-lock mechanism. The present stock is a 19th century reconstruction; while its form seems quite correct the wood is not. It is pinewood whereas heavy pieces were originally stocked mostly in oak and sometimes in ash. Michael |
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1st December 2008, 12:34 PM
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For matchlock mechanisms with integrally riveted pans, see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7518 Michael |
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1st December 2008, 12:36 PM
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For wheel-lock mechanisms of the 1530's, see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7110 Michael |
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1st December 2008, 12:38 PM
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For more matchlock mechanisms with integrally riveted pans, see also
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7524 Michael |
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