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13th June 2014, 12:26 PM
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Hi Marcus,
Yes, I do have records of hollow iron balls/grenades fired from pieces of ordnance from at least the 17 through the early 19th centuries. So your guess that that piece might be a falconet ball is also backed up by the diameter of ca. 30 mm of the piece. Until 6 years ago, there used to be a huge and complete original breechloading falconet (German: Bockbüchse auf Lafette) in my collection. The barrel was dated 1619, the second year of the Thirty Years War, and struck with a maker's mark wuith the initals VR in a shield, Zella, Thuringia, and the Saxon coat-of-arms (Zella was part of Saxony in the 17th century). The bore was 35 mm. The whole ensemble was purchased by the museum of the castle of Burg Stolpen, Saxonia, Eastern Germany, where it is on exhibition today. Next to that singularly complete ensemble, the first attachment depicts my friend Armin König, who builds the finest replicas of earliest arsenal arms worldwide, many of them made after originals from my collection. His address is Armin König Kirchstr. 3 D-95691 Hohenberg a.d. Eger Bavaria, Germany ArminKoenigHbg@aol.com http://www.engerisser.de/Bewaffnung/.../Firearms.html The first photo is copyrighted by Armin König, the others are copyrighted by Heinz Grodon and Hermann Historica. Best, Michl Last edited by Matchlock; 13th June 2014 at 03:32 PM. |
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13th June 2014, 12:35 PM
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More views of that piece of ordnance dated 1619.
Enjoy the high-quality images. The dovetailed backsight had the size of a pack of cigarettes! m Last edited by Matchlock; 13th June 2014 at 03:56 PM. |
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13th June 2014, 12:38 PM
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The breech block and its action.
Last edited by Matchlock; 13th June 2014 at 04:10 PM. |
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13th June 2014, 03:55 PM
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13th June 2014, 04:48 PM
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14th June 2014, 05:16 PM
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Beautiful machine, Michl
 The balls in the illustration are all solid. Do you have pictures of such small ammo (30 m/m) hollowed for grenade purposes ? |
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15th June 2014, 12:31 AM
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Hi Nando,
As I posted, I faced a severe computer crash and consequently can only access parts of my 2.7 TB data at the moment.  You certainly noticed that I reserved two more follower threads but was not able to edit them in time, filling them with the material reserved for that purpose. So please have patience on the humble self which is me; I will be right back on line providing you with the images I intended to present! I promise!  Btw, my self-acclaimed computer expert is driving me sort of out my mind ... Best as ever, Michl |
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