Forum: European Armoury
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M. Thierbach book
Does anyone know if the work 'Die Geschichtliche Entwicklung Der Handfeuerwaffen [Historical Development of Firearms], 1965, by M. Thierbach is available English?
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2022, 09:28 PM
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Barnett was one of several sizable & lasting...
Barnett was one of several sizable & lasting gunmakers who would make up affordable guns from obsolete ex Ordnance parts that they acquired. A good example is a rifled 'carbine' that I catalogued...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2022, 07:38 PM
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The common use of cast iron versus the rare use...
The common use of cast iron versus the rare use of cast steel in this period aside the two metals display markedly different corrosion characteristics and these guns have every appearance of being...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th January 2022, 08:28 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
15th January 2022, 07:48 PM
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Aren't these too heavy/massive for swivels ......
Aren't these too heavy/massive for swivels ... and no aiming tail
At only 65cm long & about 35mm bore these are of correct size for swivel guns & although some swivel guns had an integral 'tail',...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th January 2022, 12:20 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2022, 07:45 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2022, 06:50 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2021, 06:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th November 2021, 08:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2021, 09:17 PM
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Hi Bade, in the detailed discourse about this...
Hi Bade, in the detailed discourse about this same pistol on British Militaria Forum you noted that "Thanks for all the support and further information. In the right light, I can definitely see the...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th September 2021, 08:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th July 2021, 09:12 PM
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Hi Will,
It is certainly an intrigue. I don't...
Hi Will,
It is certainly an intrigue. I don't think the word that looks like "steel" can be "Med", it is not how the "M" was written & the "d" at the end is very unlike his "d" at the end of...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2021, 09:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2021, 10:32 AM
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I read it as:
Sword steel
hilt...
I read it as:
Sword steel
hilt Grenadr ((the r (it might be an 'e') is super script which this forum's text range will not allow me to do)) - short for 'Grenadier'
(the next word baffles...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th July 2021, 09:57 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
15th June 2021, 09:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th June 2021, 08:43 PM
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It is a model of a mortar, and represents their...
It is a model of a mortar, and represents their general style rather than being an exact scale model. It has been cast & then turned on a lathe, the band around the trunnions still has the as cast...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th June 2021, 09:15 PM
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As far as the etched numerals, can we assume...
As far as the etched numerals, can we assume these are rack numbers? Troop numbers?
Those were assembly marks, or "Reassembly identifying marks" (RIMs), and were common on products that included...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2021, 11:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th May 2021, 09:16 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th May 2021, 11:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2021, 08:38 PM
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If I oil it, is there any risk that the oil...
If I oil it, is there any risk that the oil undermines the delaminated areas an increase delamination?
The best treatment is to wax it with a microcrystalline wax such as museums use for metals,...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th February 2021, 09:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
15th February 2021, 09:35 PM
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I agree with all Fernando K's comments and I...
I agree with all Fernando K's comments and I would also go further re the original configuration of this pistol to state that I think it has not been converted from flint. I see no sign of the holes...
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