The remainder of photos of that Viertelhaken.
Note the top edge of the barrel acting as a foresight, and the only area of the stock where the leach did not do much harm: right below the muzzle.
Now imagine that small gun completely painted red 570 years ago - what a colorful impact those haquebuts must have conveyed originally!
Illustrations by Bartholomäus Freysleben, 1495-1500, and Jörg Kölderer, 1507, from the Maximilian armory inventories, depict the original color effect of stocks and barrels painted red and green, the Late-Gothic basic colors.
Last edited by Matchlock; 19th January 2014 at 12:33 PM.
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