Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Good and Rare Austrian Combined Wheellock and Matchlock Musket, ca. 1665-70

Matchlock · 6th January 2014, 05:02 PM

Another instance of the same Austrian model M 1686; it was estimated at 5,000 euro at a local Bavarian auction house and almost doubled its price; even the ramrod was the original.
On the close-up of the forestock, the characteristic half-moon shaped beechwood pattern is clearly visible.

The pierced buttstock denotes that this musket too came from the Hohensalzburg collection.

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6th January 2014, 05:02 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Another instance of the same Austrian model M 1686; it was estimated at 5,000 euro at a local Bavarian auction house and almost doubled its price; even the ramrod was the original. On the close-up of the forestock, the characteristic half-moon shaped beechwood pattern is clearly visible. The pierced buttstock denotes that this musket too came from the Hohensalzburg collection. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 6th January 2014 at 05:19 PM.