Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2024, 08:30 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2024, 08:24 PM
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It is very subtle but i have been fortunate to...
It is very subtle but i have been fortunate to handle quite a few of barrels from all ages.
Attached picture showes the lines in the iron which makes me think this is indeed wound iron ;)
Could you...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2024, 05:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd July 2024, 05:15 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th June 2024, 06:21 PM
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Yes the trigger assembly is one part with a set...
Yes the trigger assembly is one part with a set trigger system.
I have asked the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for pictures of the inside of the rectangular locks. These internal pictutes would complete...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th June 2024, 04:42 PM
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The barrel has been repaired and cleaned. The...
The barrel has been repaired and cleaned. The percussion tower has also been removed. This revealed a second possible screw hole, since filled.
My idea is the barrel had a screw on powderpan....
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Forum: European Armoury
24th June 2024, 04:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 11:34 AM
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Rijksmuseum target gun Dated 1616
Lock: Zwamslot. Flat, narrow and rectangular lock plate with external spring, secured with two lock screws. Cock in spiral shape with tubular wick holder. Barrel: Partly square (back) and round....
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 11:29 AM
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Rijksmuseum Target gun tinder snaplock
The lock plate has a point at the ends. The barrel is of the so-called halber Kistenlauf type, equipped with a yellow copper sight and grain; the ring for the octagonal breech is chiseled with the...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 11:25 AM
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Rijksmuseum Target gun tinder snaplock
The lock has a rectangular lock plate and a snake-shaped cock ending in a snake head for the tinder. The barrel is of the so-called half-box barrel type common for target rifles; chiselled on top...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 11:20 AM
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Rijksmuseum target gun with tinder snaplock
Target gun or target rudder. The tinder snap lock has a rectangular lock plate with a cock on which a tube for the tinder is brazed. The barrel consists of a quadrangular part that after a ring,...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 08:53 AM
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Rijksmuseum Target gun, anonymous, 1628
The lock is equipped with a circular fire screen on the side of the pan; the neck of the rooster is marked EDP, EDR or EDB on the inside. The barrel has three flutes on top and a flared trumpet in...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 08:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 08:44 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 08:36 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 08:29 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2024, 08:25 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st June 2024, 06:56 PM
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Attached a picture of this hole. It is hard to...
Attached a picture of this hole. It is hard to see but i think there is a screw thread inside. It is not punctured all the way trough the bore either. I think it might have been a fastening point for...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th June 2024, 08:43 PM
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Very astute observation and thank you for...
Very astute observation and thank you for pitching in. Indeed this piece of wood has been added later into what appears to be a rectangular shape. Attached two pictures from the inside were the same...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2024, 09:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2024, 09:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2024, 09:32 PM
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Dutch target arquebuse dated 1630
This special "arquebuse" (for a lack of a better term) came to me recently. First the obvious, it is in need of restoration. A delicate proces i intend to do right.
The lack of sources on these guns...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2024, 09:04 PM
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By chance i found these at the Royal armouries...
By chance i found these at the Royal armouries website and thought it well to show them and lift this thread up, once more to be enjoyed.
All pictures in this post are copyrighted by the Royal...
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Forum: Swap Forum
20th April 2024, 07:20 PM
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Matchlock mechanism 1570s
A fine matchlock mechanism for a musket. Dateable to the 1570s. Approximately 23 cm long. Still working well after 450 years.
Provenance: Michael Trömner collection
Asking €950,-
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2023, 06:26 AM
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