What The Heck ??

Marcus den toom · 15th July 2017, 07:46 PM

Loosly translated it is a war mace/gun with pitch/sulpher mixture..

Explosive, deadly.. it reused medieval gothic barrels. I have a few in my collection, only 6cm long with a 9mm bore.

fernando · 15th July 2017, 08:15 PM

Marcus is obviously right; he still has a fresh memory, while mine has already reached the Alzheimer status.
So this is not for throwing solid shot but incendary stuff; the tubes vent holes are turned into the central wooden bore where their ignition may be obatined in a sequence. The tubes are in principle pieces of disused musket barrels.

(Die Macht des Feuers. Pages 143 & 307).

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15th July 2017, 08:15 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Marcus is obviously right; he still has a fresh memory, while mine has already reached the Alzheimer status. So this is not for throwing solid shot but incendary stuff; the tubes vent holes are turned into the central wooden bore where their ignition may be obatined in a sequence. The tubes are in principle pieces of disused musket barrels. (Die Macht des Feuers. Pages 143 & 307). . Last edited by fernando; 15th July 2017 at 09:31 PM.

15th July 2017, 07:46 PM	#1
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 534	Loosly translated it is a war mace/gun with pitch/sulpher mixture.. Explosive, deadly.. it reused medieval gothic barrels. I have a few in my collection, only 6cm long with a 9mm bore.