Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2014, 06:10 PM
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Unfortunately the Russian location of the find...
Unfortunately the Russian location of the find make it difficult to draw any conclusions . Below is an almost identical lock recently liberated from active service in Tibet. You can ignore the...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2014, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 12
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Hello Evegny
Some time ago I tried to start a...
Hello Evegny
Some time ago I tried to start a debate about the early origins of the flintlock.
( Leonardos snaplock, the missing link ? ) The theory being that the earliest self firing locks may...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2014, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2014, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 17
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Thanks for your contribution Marcus. A useful...
Thanks for your contribution Marcus. A useful comparison since the quality , or lack of it , of the bone inlays is very similar. To say that this style of decoration died out in Germany in the early...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2014, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 17
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Thanks Michael. I knew you you would have...
Thanks Michael. I knew you you would have something to say about it .Yes it does look like a standard German military musket and no I too am struggling to reconcile this with the decoration....
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2014, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 17
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a seventeenth century matchlock ?
A nice example which a lot of people would be pleased to own .
Scroll down and you may change your mind.
The same gun before being restored by an internationally recognised firearms restorer...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th January 2014, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 379,158
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Forum: European Armoury
20th January 2014, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,330
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2014, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 27,641
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Forum: European Armoury
9th January 2014, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 6
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Hullo Fernando
For the most part the gilding is...
Hullo Fernando
For the most part the gilding is contained roughly within engraved lines but in some areas , such as the top of the flashpan cover it isn't. It appears the amalgam was simply painted...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th January 2014, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: European Armoury
7th January 2014, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,378
You have obviously done the research. By...
You have obviously done the research. By concentric I assume you mean "Also Inventor & Manufacturer of the Patent Waterproof Locks with Concentric Sears & Triggers.” Although I am not at all sure...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th January 2014, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 4
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A combined flint and percussion gun.
I recently had the opportunity to examine in detail this extremely rare combined flint and percussion gun. The lock is marked Jones, which is assumed to be Charles Jones of 26 St James Street London....
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2014, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 6
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A seventeenth century wheelock
I am posting this recently acquired lock mainly because its condition. The hunting scene is beautifully but economically executed and shows what some of these these later locks originally looked like...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2014, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 9
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An early powder flask.
One would like to think that this recently acquired object owes its survival as a reminder to a previous owner of an unfortunate incident with an exploding powder flask . The pierced steel frame is...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th December 2013, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 21,889
... which of course makes a useful comparison...
... which of course makes a useful comparison with another early Italian lock you posted which I am re posting here. Uses the same long spring as a sear but is in this case released by a cam on the...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th December 2013, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: European Armoury
18th December 2013, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 27,681
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Forum: European Armoury
17th December 2013, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 89,358
Michael . Collection no is D.200. Scanned from...
Michael . Collection no is D.200. Scanned from no 763 and 764; Howard L Blackmore 'Guns and Rifles of the World.' Chancellor press 1965. Unpromising title but the illustrations are well chosen and...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th December 2013, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: European Armoury
16th December 2013, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 30
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In pursuit of the earliest ( or in this case...
In pursuit of the earliest ( or in this case worse ) snaplock here is a Mongolian version. The trigger release is breathtaking in its elegant simplicity...
Also interesting is the lack of a frizen...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th December 2013, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 48
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I was tempted to suggest that the earliest...
I was tempted to suggest that the earliest wheelocks might have been created by crossbow makers. On the not unreasonable assumption that they had (once) been at the forefront of mechanising the...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2013, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 30
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Hullo to all Fernandos.. wherever you may be ....
Hullo to all Fernandos.. wherever you may be . Sincere apologies for confusing you and thank you both for your contributions. As your probably aware I am new to this forum and am still trying to...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th December 2013, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 89,358
Hullo Michael ; just returning briefly to early...
Hullo Michael ; just returning briefly to early wheelock crosbows ; here is one I didnt know about but you probably do . Terrible photos. Kunsthistoriches Museum Vienna (D 200 ) C 1520 ? Apparently...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th December 2013, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 52,811
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