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  • TobJohn
    TobJohn reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Love Love.
    Just touched down back in the USA and couldn’t resist a little group pic of something’s I had to unpack. More to follow post jet lag and...
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    TobJohn reacted to PEARL DRUMS's post in the thread $18 range box with Like Like.
    My bro in law and I added a 4 seasons room to his home. We had a bunch of 1x pine scraps left over. I grabbed a handful and made a range...
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    TobJohn reacted to Barud's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
    Here's something interesting that someone posted on Twitter - a collection of Ottoman firearms from the late 17th-early 18th century, in...
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    TobJohn reacted to rickystl's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
    Hi Barud Thanks for this photo. A super interesting collection. And yes, these do look like early guns. 1. That combination...
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    TobJohn reacted to Flint62Smoothie's post in the thread Pyrite Update with Like Like.
    FWIW I agree diamond wheels or ANY cutting of pyrite can/will make a mess! Here's what I use, using these THIN diamond wheel used in a...
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    TobJohn reacted to rickystl's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
    These pistols were often carried in pairs. There was likely many more of these pistols that were originally made as pairs, but became...
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    TobJohn reacted to Blackdog's post in the thread Wheellock Info with Like Like.
    A little while l back I went to a rather "interesting" estate sale. The items I walked out with included the 3 wheellock mechanisms...
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    TobJohn reacted to Blackdog's post in the thread Wheellock Info with Like Like.
    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...
  • TobJohn
    TobJohn reacted to rickystl's post in the thread Wheellock Info with Like Like.
    Much agree with Rudyard here. In certain cases I've seen with Victorian copies of guns using a wheellock, much of the internal parts...
  • TobJohn
    TobJohn replied to the thread A look at two wheellocks.
    The metric system beat flint up as a kid
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    TobJohn reacted to Sam squanch's post in the thread Wheellock Info with Like Like.
    May be later copies.
  • TobJohn
    TobJohn replied to the thread A look at two wheellocks.
    Le armi da fuoco portatili italiane dalle origini al Risorgimento, by Generale A. Gaibi.
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    TobJohn replied to the thread Wheellock Info.
    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...
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    TobJohn reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
    Rarely seen, MATCHING pairs of Ottoman pistols
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    TobJohn reacted to Voltigeur_de_la_Garde's post in the thread Russian M1856 Marksman’s Rifle with Like Like.
    In 1856, after the disastrous Crimean War, Russian high command realized that rifled firearms were the future and so they set upon...
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