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Originally Posted by Fernando K
Google translation:
The ignition is reserved to a lit fuse.
In the drawing of Leonardo lack the bowl. This was forged in one piece with the barrel.
Fernando Keilty
Argentina
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Hi Fernando K,
Thank you for your highly interesting post although Leonardo's drawings are well known basics in weaponry.
May I point out that an ignition pan (that's obviously what you mean by
cazoleta) was never forged integrally with an iron barrel; as I pointed out in a former thread, they were always dovetailed and still today are easy to take off.
The attachments show the dovetailed pan of a mid 17th century German (Zella near Suhl) matchlock musket (author's collection).
The only exception was bronze (copper alloy) barrels where of course the pan was cast integrally.
Best,
Michael