An extremely rare short Landsknechts' matchlock harquebus, Suhl ?, ca. 1540

Matchlock · 10th September 2014, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by bkp747

Another fantastic post, Michael. I love your detailed pictures, and the depth of your knowledge concerning weapons of this period. Thanks, again.

Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart!

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The Michael Trömner Collection.

With all my very best regards and wishes,

Michael/Michl
Micharl Trömner

Spiridonov · 28th October 2014, 04:03 PM

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The harquebus preserved in the Straubing museum (on top)

Anybody know contacts of this museum?

Andi · 28th October 2014, 09:55 PM

Here is a link zu Gäubodenmuseum Straubing:

http://www.gaeubodenmuseum.de/index....id=1&res=10241

Spiridonov · 31st October 2014, 01:19 PM

Anybody know dimensions of this barrel from Gäubodenmuseum ?

fernando · 31st October 2014, 01:49 PM

Amazing. Its stock is so large as the barrel/forend.
... As if these were the antecipation of blunderbusses proportions.

JamesKelly · 31st October 2014, 07:49 PM

Those pictures are overwhelming.
Wish I'd access to this information half a lifetime ago when I built a (rifled) matchlock, copying an Italian gun with a sear bar, shown in a Robert Held book. The hairy guys in buckskins with flintlocks laughed at me. So . . . I never shot better in my life, including at gourds floating down the river. Heard a lot of click, click, @#%!! from the flint shooters. However, IMHO, when one has a lighted match, and black gunpowder, one is pretty much guaranteed an explosion somewhere. Even in a light rain. Heh, heh.
God is good & permitted me to survive this fun, so I sold the rifle.
Then I built, and unfortunately sold, a 1/3 scale 17th century matchlock musket with conventional trigger. Heard later some genius was shooting it. Made a few 1/3 scale flint and percussion guns. Not sure I am eager to go back to my shop & deal with #00-90 screws again, but those harquebus (-busses? -busi?) are tempting models.

Spiridonov · 10th November 2014, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Andi

Here is a link zu Gäubodenmuseum Straubing:

http://www.gaeubodenmuseum.de/index....id=1&res=10241

Unfortunately, the museum does not respond to my letters

28th October 2014, 09:55 PM	#3
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 203	Here is a link zu Gäubodenmuseum Straubing: http://www.gaeubodenmuseum.de/index....id=1&res=10241

31st October 2014, 01:19 PM	#4
Spiridonov Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Russia, Leningrad Posts: 355	Anybody know dimensions of this barrel from Gäubodenmuseum ?

31st October 2014, 01:49 PM	#5
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Amazing. Its stock is so large as the barrel/forend. ... As if these were the antecipation of blunderbusses proportions.

31st October 2014, 07:49 PM	#6
JamesKelly Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Michigan, U.S.A. Posts: 108	Those pictures are overwhelming. Wish I'd access to this information half a lifetime ago when I built a (rifled) matchlock, copying an Italian gun with a sear bar, shown in a Robert Held book. The hairy guys in buckskins with flintlocks laughed at me. So . . . I never shot better in my life, including at gourds floating down the river. Heard a lot of click, click, @#%!! from the flint shooters. However, IMHO, when one has a lighted match, and black gunpowder, one is pretty much guaranteed an explosion somewhere. Even in a light rain. Heh, heh. God is good & permitted me to survive this fun, so I sold the rifle. Then I built, and unfortunately sold, a 1/3 scale 17th century matchlock musket with conventional trigger. Heard later some genius was shooting it. Made a few 1/3 scale flint and percussion guns. Not sure I am eager to go back to my shop & deal with #00-90 screws again, but those harquebus (-busses? -busi?) are tempting models.