Iron ramrod in xv century

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Hi Andi,


for clod shot, the earliest kind of lead or iron ammunition after gun arrows, please see my threads

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=clod+shot

and

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=clod+shot

On my arguments on dating the Tannenberg barrel correctly (remember that it is not a complete gun as the tiller stock is mssing!), please see

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=tannenberg

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=tannenberg

and

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=tannenberg,

plus a very similar tiller-stocked bronze gun of ca. 1480, formerly in my collection:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=tiller+bronze


Best,
Michael