Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2017, 04:12 PM
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Hi Mark.
Thanks for these two Links. These are...
Hi Mark.
Thanks for these two Links. These are two more excellant examples. On the second Link, with a 1711 date on the lock plate, which I'm sure is correct. Notice by this date the lock is now a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2017, 01:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2017, 01:34 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2017, 06:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2017, 06:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2017, 05:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2017, 05:00 PM
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Hi Richard
I am sure this Baltic lock is a...
Hi Richard
I am sure this Baltic lock is a close cousin of the one I posted. The similarities are unmistakable. One unique feature on the Baltic lock, which you can't see in this one photo, is...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2017, 06:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2017, 06:38 PM
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OK. Here's another "transition" type of lock...
OK. Here's another "transition" type of lock copied from an original in a private collection. This is called a Snaplock, from a Dutch/Swedish gun from about the first-second quarter of the 17th...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2017, 06:17 PM
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Hi Richard.
All the "stress" parts of the...
Hi Richard.
All the "stress" parts of the lock are hardened. Which, as you mentioned you would want. Especially the sear on these horizontal sear locks, which is the weak point.
That...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2017, 06:07 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2017, 06:01 PM
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Hi Mark.
Thanks for the Link. Notice the...
Hi Mark.
Thanks for the Link. Notice the "general" stock profile on the one from the Ambrose site is similar to yours. He dates the piece to about 1650. Could be. But I would put it a bit...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th November 2017, 04:23 PM
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Hi Stu.
Congratulations !! That is a really...
Hi Stu.
Congratulations !! That is a really nice pistol for your collection.
Looks to be unmolested, with a nice, even age patina throughout. Looks like about 99% of the wire inlay is still...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2017, 05:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2017, 05:40 PM
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This is an exact replica of an early English...
This is an exact replica of an early English snaphaunce lock. The castings were taken from an original lock from a private collection. If my memory serves, the first reference to the snaphaunce...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2017, 05:02 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2017, 05:00 PM
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Hi Philip.
"Bridle" That's the word I was...
Hi Philip.
"Bridle" That's the word I was searching my memory for. LOL Getting old I guess. If I recall, that bridle was used on French infantry muskets till it was discontinued in about...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd November 2017, 09:04 PM
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Hi Fernando
Well, I didn't want to corrupt...
Hi Fernando
Well, I didn't want to corrupt Mark's Thread here by going off in a direction of various transition locks from the 1600-1650 period. Thought it might be a topic for another...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd November 2017, 05:30 PM
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Hi Richard.
Yes, it is a TRS English...
Hi Richard.
Yes, it is a TRS English Snaphaunce lock. I would be glad to post it on a seperate Thread - if the Moderator will allow same. Even though it is an exact replica of an original, it's...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd November 2017, 05:22 PM
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Hi Marcus.
Thank you for the interesting...
Hi Marcus.
Thank you for the interesting reading. First time I have seen this.
Those photos showing two variations of the "English" lock, sometimes referred to as a Jacobean lock, although I...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2017, 04:24 PM
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Hi Mark.
OMG!! Congratulations !! A very...
Hi Mark.
OMG!! Congratulations !! A very early, and very rare, English doglock musket. Where did you find it ?? And, as Richard says, very deserving of some good photos. In that...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2017, 02:20 PM
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As mentioned, overall, the pistol looks like it...
As mentioned, overall, the pistol looks like it has seen little if any usage. It certainly is one of the most interesting, and curious flint pistols I have ever seen, offering lots of speculation. ...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2017, 02:02 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th November 2017, 07:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th November 2017, 07:28 PM
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Hi Cerjak.
WOW!!! What a beautiful pistol...
Hi Cerjak.
WOW!!! What a beautiful pistol !! And a real curiosity.
It has styling cues of both earlier and later periods. Which is actually common for pistols made in/for the Eastern market. ...
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