Arquebus fork rest c.1529-1530

Cavalco · 29th September 2014, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the welcome, Fernando. We're almost neighbors

I had always read that the arquebuses were fired without suspension, so my astonishment to see the engravings. I believed that the muskets were first used in the 1560s, and that the very concept of musket supposed use with fork; and arquebuses that were light pieces that did not require fork. But I guess that your explanation that they had heavier pieces that required the use of forks is the logical explanation.

Thank you

29th September 2014, 08:26 PM	#3
Cavalco Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Barcelona [Spain] Posts: 9	Thanks for the welcome, Fernando. We're almost neighbors I had always read that the arquebuses were fired without suspension, so my astonishment to see the engravings. I believed that the muskets were first used in the 1560s, and that the very concept of musket supposed use with fork; and arquebuses that were light pieces that did not require fork. But I guess that your explanation that they had heavier pieces that required the use of forks is the logical explanation. Thank you