Matchlock
8th October 2013, 12:22 PM
http://www.forgottenweapons.com/breechloading-wheel-lock/
I emailed them about that early breechloading wheellock gun and told them it was made by Simon Arnold, Augsburg, and that there is an almost identical piece dated 1540 on the barrel, and preserved in as-new condition in the Jagdschloss Grunewald, Berlin.
Please see also my thread
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7364&highlight=simon+arnold
Let's hope they will get back with me.
Best,
Michael
I emailed them about that early breechloading wheellock gun and told them it was made by Simon Arnold, Augsburg, and that there is an almost identical piece dated 1540 on the barrel, and preserved in as-new condition in the Jagdschloss Grunewald, Berlin.
Please see also my thread
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7364&highlight=simon+arnold
Let's hope they will get back with me.
Best,
Michael