early matchlock sporting firearms

JamesKelly · 8th February 2015, 10:23 PM

Much later guns, but Visser shows a number of 17th century snapping matchlock target rifles.
See The Visser Collection Volume I, Part I, pages 95-120. Good illustrations. All are made with a substantial hand support under the forestock.
Not at all so intriguing as what Matchlock posts, unless I suppose you are a dedicated target shooter.

sal · 9th February 2015, 12:25 AM

Thanks for the reference...I will look it up. I am a target shooter as well as a hunter.

9th February 2015, 12:25 AM	#2
sal Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 3	early matchlock sporting firearms Thanks for the reference...I will look it up. I am a target shooter as well as a hunter.

8th February 2015, 10:23 PM	#1
JamesKelly Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Michigan, U.S.A. Posts: 108	Much later guns, but Visser shows a number of 17th century snapping matchlock target rifles. See The Visser Collection Volume I, Part I, pages 95-120. Good illustrations. All are made with a substantial hand support under the forestock. Not at all so intriguing as what Matchlock posts, unless I suppose you are a dedicated target shooter.