A unique bronze barrel wall gun (doppelter Doppelhaken), Nuremberg, ca. 1515-20

[Matchlock]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

For a detailed discussion of that 16 kilogram monster of a matchlock wall gun/haquebut from the former Regensburg City Arsenal, now in The Michael Trömner Collection, please see author's thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10481

Unfortunately, none of all those photos depicts the rust hole in the priming pan; I will get one, though - I promise!

Best,
Michael

Finally, here are the images of the pan perforated by rust, due to holding the priming powder for hundreds of years.

For more details on this wall gun, see:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/editpo...tpost&p=179338


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[Marcus den toom]

Three pictures, two of a fragmented wall piece, brass from Lichtenberg.