Re: Early 16th century matchlock harquebuses and their historical documents

Matchlock · 18th September 2008, 10:07 PM

Thanks, Norman,

I know Ulrich Bretscher's site.

Again: if you wish to learn how accurately these old guns actually fired - it is all in the aforementioned Graz catalog!

As to accuracy: At those times - and still in the Napoleonic period! - accuracy was not the question. Everybody just fired into the broad mass of soldiers opposite of himself.

It was both that easy and cruel.

Matchlock

18th September 2008, 10:07 PM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Thanks, Norman, I know Ulrich Bretscher's site. Again: if you wish to learn how accurately these old guns actually fired - it is all in the aforementioned Graz catalog! As to accuracy: At those times - and still in the Napoleonic period! - accuracy was not the question. Everybody just fired into the broad mass of soldiers opposite of himself. It was both that easy and cruel. Matchlock