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Matchlock · 3rd January 2012, 10:27 PM

For the tiller arquebus in the last ms illustration, please see the following Vienna illustrations of 1410 and 1411 respectively, and the original arquebus of ca. 1400 preserved in my collection, the mechanism and hook added ca. 1430-1440 (attachments). This is the oldest known completely preserved handgun, even retaining its original tiller stock.

Please note that guns of the early 1400's did not yet have hooks, they did not seem to appear before the 1430's.

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3rd January 2012, 10:27 PM	#32
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	For the tiller arquebus in the last ms illustration, please see the following Vienna illustrations of 1410 and 1411 respectively, and the original arquebus of ca. 1400 preserved in my collection, the mechanism and hook added ca. 1430-1440 (attachments). This is the oldest known completely preserved handgun, even retaining its original tiller stock. Please note that guns of the early 1400's did not yet have hooks, they did not seem to appear before the 1430's. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 3rd January 2012 at 11:08 PM.