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3rd December 2009, 07:04 PM
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Oh, one day, when i am grown up and well behaved, i shall have one of these.
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6th December 2009, 08:44 AM
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Hello Michael! Thanks for very useful and valuable information. I am very grateful for the help
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6th December 2009, 01:03 PM
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does anybody know calibre and length of arquebuse №5?
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7th December 2009, 07:12 PM
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Hi Alexander, Thanks to the thoroughness of the Austrian Lieutenant Major Paul Sixl, who took all the photos you have been quoting and also noted the measurements of all these guns which were published in the Zeitschrift für Historische Waffenkunde, vol. 2, 1900-02, pp. 264ff., I can tell you that the wrought iron haquebut barrel no. 5 has an overall length including the socket of 99.8 cm while the barrel itself has a bore length of 79.7 cm and a caliber of 26 mm; the piece weighs 15.4 kg. Telling by the place of your red number 5 which indeed marks the first in line barrel of the group, though, I am not quite sure whether you really meant that first barrel (which actually is no. 1 in Sixl's article). Best wishes  ,Michael |
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8th December 2009, 08:43 AM
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Thank you! But i had mean this barrel (look at attachment) :-) but i interesting in other barrels from Sixl's article too :-) Especially i interesting in quality foto of stock of this arquebuse.
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9th December 2009, 06:22 PM
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The Pilsen haquebuts recorded by Sixl in ZWK 1900-02
Hi Alexander,
If you allow some time I will post all 18 haquebuts prerserved in the Západocéske Musezeum Pilsen, together with the photos and all their relevant measurements and data. Please keep in mind that all I have is these more than 100 year old b&w photos taken by Sixl. 17 of these 18 haquebuts seemingly retain their original stocks and one of them even a primitve snap tinderlock. When I was at the Pilsen Muzeum in 2000 the curator was unfortunately not able to find that one. I can't really blame him because you should see the astounding masses of more than 250 firearms before ca. 1530, all displayed on trestles and with very little space in between. Sadly enough, many of them are displayed with the touch hole (and in this case the lock!) facing the walls - and they are fixed in their position with iron bands! As Sixl's article is in German I am not quite sure how to do it. In fact I know too little about computers to be able and scan Sixl's tabulated list and translate the German text into English. I have to as ask around a bit how to get the translations into the table elements. But you will live to see it, no doubt. Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 9th December 2009 at 06:41 PM. |
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9th December 2009, 11:19 PM
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Mama mia
 What a display! Fernando |
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