Suhl Wheellock carbin

Marcus den toom · 21st December 2014, 06:59 PM

I once owned a very similar example, yours has more stamps on it though.
My suhl carbine, also inlaid with bone plaques was made for the saxony market or even the Polish nobility. I would date this carbine to 1640-1650s.
I couldn't find the date of 1592 on the barrel in your pictures. The lettering ISE (?) is most likely what you meant?

The pin holding the trigger could be a replacement.

Still a nice gun on its own right.

21st December 2014, 06:59 PM	#5
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 540	I once owned a very similar example, yours has more stamps on it though. My suhl carbine, also inlaid with bone plaques was made for the saxony market or even the Polish nobility. I would date this carbine to 1640-1650s. I couldn't find the date of 1592 on the barrel in your pictures. The lettering ISE (?) is most likely what you meant? The pin holding the trigger could be a replacement. Still a nice gun on its own right.