Forum: European Armoury
31st March 2010, 02:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2009, 02:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2009, 05:39 AM
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Many thanks for the reply! Is this Matthius...
Many thanks for the reply! Is this Matthius Kalthoff the son of Peter Kalthoff? I might have to look about for some of his other work. It would be very interesting if I knew if this little gun (or...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2009, 04:30 AM
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parting shot...
Top of barrel. Not clear but you can see the rings where it goes from octagonal to round. There is a brass based front sight near the muzzle...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2009, 04:26 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2009, 04:20 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2009, 04:14 AM
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A few thousand words....
Managed to get some photos of the relic in question. The camera made manifest some details that were impossible to see my first time with it...it does look as if there is a head of some sort on the...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th September 2009, 03:36 AM
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Not the oldest handgun around...
Some time ago I found some inspiration in the interesting mechanism posted by Matchlock at the beginning of this thread. No, I haven't set out to duplicate it, but it did seem a useful addition to...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th September 2009, 11:02 PM
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Well, now, that is a bit similar! But not...
Well, now, that is a bit similar! But not exact....for one, the punch was a very neat and straight rectangular outline. And I think - but am not at all certain - that the shaft was on the other side...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th September 2009, 03:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd September 2009, 04:56 AM
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Hello all, I will strive to get a photo or two,...
Hello all, I will strive to get a photo or two, but as is all too common in the museum field - there are droves of people working with things they know absolutely nothing about, and the one person in...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd September 2009, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 24
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Question about barrel stamping
Pardon me rolling out this question as my first post, but the museum that I work for is making a new exhibit and I happened to notice an old gun that was planned to be displayed. The tag proclaimed...
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