Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2013, 03:53 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
15th September 2013, 10:18 PM
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Dana, while I do not want to appear to be...
Dana, while I do not want to appear to be endlessly waffling, it occurs to me that this one may be a product of Tula. The armourers there were known to produce arms in the latest fashion, French to...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th September 2013, 01:48 AM
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Dana, every thing I see on this pistol screams...
Dana, every thing I see on this pistol screams French made. The stamps/engraving on the trigger plate appears to me to be some sort of inventory/ownership markings. Could have very well been a...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th September 2013, 04:03 AM
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Virtual Arms and Armour Museum
Greetings all. Carl Koppeschaar has put up a site that is pure eye candy. Lots of armour, swords, maces, pole arms, some firearms, he has visited many many museums in Europe where he shot excellent...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2013, 12:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2013, 06:37 AM
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Dana et al
Allow me to quote Spanish...
Dana et al
Allow me to quote Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America 1700-1821 page 31 "In 1791 Spanish officials ordered a change in the lock for all military firearms." All military...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2013, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 25
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Deop
Dana et al
I had my cyber friend and ISIFIF member Alfredo translate the generic Deop entry that Dana posted and this is what he came up with. I have not looked into his trouble with the Roman...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2013, 09:32 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2012, 05:15 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th December 2012, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 61,261
Hello
I believe you meant page 157 which...
Hello
I believe you meant page 157 which contains this drawing (below) of the primitive patilla you mentioned. And I agree with you whole heartedly that it is most interesting. I am fascinated by...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th December 2012, 12:29 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2012, 06:46 AM
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Dana
I honestly never saw a setscrew in...
Dana
I honestly never saw a setscrew in patillas I have owned, handled, or viewed in books, magazines, and on the internet. Perhaps because most images show only the outside of the lock and/or I...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2012, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 34
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Good eye, Fernando K, I noticed that top jaw...
Good eye, Fernando K, I noticed that top jaw screw (setscrew?) on Fernando's scavezzo as well as the ones in Malta. I have never seen that before on the classic patillas. Interesting as well is the...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th December 2012, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 33
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