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Old 6th October 2013, 08:29 AM   #1
Andi
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Default Upgraed or modernised handgonnes

Stadtmuseum Wangen im Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany keeps a curios object. The piece is described as Pertinal-Brustkarabiner (breast carbine) with a barrel dating to the late 15th century, the shaft and a French Batterieschloß (flint lock) with double set trigger were added around 1730.
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