Insights of German Wheellock Mechanisms

rickystl · 14th November 2011, 09:38 PM

Richard and Michael

Thanks for your comments. The owner did have a small index card describing what he believed the gun to be. It did in fact say Tzchinke/Silesian on the I.D. card, but I can't remember the rest. But I seem to recall he had a date of 1575-1600 on the information. I'm not an expert on Wheellock guns. But I believe these dates would be too early for a Tzchinke? It does not look like other Tzchinke rifles I've seen. But, again, I anxiously await photos. It will be a week's time tomorrow since his email. If I don't hear from him in a couple more days, I'll contact him again.

Of course, a better idea would be for him (since he is local) to bring the gun to me and let me take the photos, since I know what we all want to see, and can re-size photos, etc. Then I'll recommend that he leave the gun with me for a while - about six months - for furthur evaluation. LOL

Rick.

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14th November 2011, 09:38 PM	#11
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,630	Richard and Michael Thanks for your comments. The owner did have a small index card describing what he believed the gun to be. It did in fact say Tzchinke/Silesian on the I.D. card, but I can't remember the rest. But I seem to recall he had a date of 1575-1600 on the information. I'm not an expert on Wheellock guns. But I believe these dates would be too early for a Tzchinke? It does not look like other Tzchinke rifles I've seen. But, again, I anxiously await photos. It will be a week's time tomorrow since his email. If I don't hear from him in a couple more days, I'll contact him again. Of course, a better idea would be for him (since he is local) to bring the gun to me and let me take the photos, since I know what we all want to see, and can re-size photos, etc. Then I'll recommend that he leave the gun with me for a while - about six months - for furthur evaluation. LOL Rick.