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These pistols were often carried in pairs. There was likely many more of these pistols that were originally made as pairs, but became...

A little while l back I went to a rather "interesting" estate sale. The items I walked out with included the 3 wheellock mechanisms...

Thanks all for the information so far. After reading the comments and taking a harder look at the larger locks, I'm wondering if their...

Much agree with Rudyard here. In certain cases I've seen with Victorian copies of guns using a wheellock, much of the internal parts...

The metric system beat flint up as a kid

May be later copies.

Le armi da fuoco portatili italiane dalle origini al Risorgimento, by Generale A. Gaibi.

I concur that is Dutch or German. Very typical of the 30 years war wheellocks from those regions. A Swedish museum has musket with a...

Rarely seen, MATCHING pairs of Ottoman pistols