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  1. TobJohn

    My latest daydream: A Kibler escopeta ...

    It’s the bummer about our hobby being so niche but us being so excited about the details. There isn’t a big enough market to sell most types of these guns, that aren’t custom hand made examples. If there was, we’d have a good off the shelf wheellock!
  2. TobJohn

    Ottoman Guns

    seconded! His videos on the western side (landsknecht arquebus, wheellocks, matchlock ballistics) of the conflicts have been great!
  3. TobJohn

    What is that guy doing?

    The artist took some liberties in illustrating them, but these two time travelers are the most likely culprit
  4. TobJohn

    Swede Snaplock, oh my what a cool lock ... and such a BIG girl!

    Do you think the musket is large enough to justify a musket fork?
  5. TobJohn

    Why did odd stocks die out?

    The paddle butt carbines were meant to work with a cuirass. Cuirasses for cavalry went in and out of fashion between the 30 years war and ww1, but after the 30 years war, except for in Austria, their use declined. The Austrians continued to use them up to the end of the 17th century and in...
  6. TobJohn

    Tutorial: Snapping Matchlock Mechanism

    Additionally, @Rudyard and @Pukka Bundook have both built beautiful replicas of this type of gun and may be able to help.
  7. TobJohn

    Tutorial: Snapping Matchlock Mechanism

    I’m pretty sure the TRS snapping matchlock is supposed to be a copy of this style of matchlock, famous for being present on the Mary Rose when the ship sank: https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-31168 This thread has some great pictures of a slightly earlier version, with...
  8. TobJohn

    The OLDEST in my BP collection …

    In Europe, they did not use fuses. The fuses are a modern facsimile to the slow burn of serpentine powder in the touch hole
  9. TobJohn

    The OLDEST in my BP collection …

    If it’s viewed as a replacement for a crossbow, it has a higher rate of fire and less unwieldy than the heaviest crossbows. One book on Renaissance warfare I’ve read claims that siege warfare was the main force for innovating hand held fire arms, so that sounds right.
  10. TobJohn

    A look at two wheellocks

    The metric system beat flint up as a kid
  11. TobJohn

    A look at two wheellocks

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

    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 similar lock that they claim is Swedish, but I find that unlikely. A German example: The other ones look like Germanic wheellocks from the second half of the...
  13. TobJohn

    A look at two wheellocks

    i have an ancestor that did his part… just ignore the part on native Americans… https://equestrianstatue.org/lewis-barachiah/
  14. TobJohn

    Got barrel bands?

    Also probably because it looks cool, lol!
  15. TobJohn

    Got barrel bands?

    The barrel band guild has gone too far!
  16. TobJohn

    Perhaps of interest, some matchlocks & period accessories

    Combined with the socket bayonet. Crushing weight of volley fire + charge
  17. TobJohn

    A look at two wheellocks

    My eternal thanks to @Jay Templin for doing what my ADD was keeping me from for close to a year and for Jamestown’s amazing hospitality!
  18. TobJohn

    Perhaps of interest, some matchlocks & period accessories

    I found the wider tube sight on the petronel particularly handy. Works well with the various methods of trying to hold that style of gun!
  19. TobJohn

    Traditional M/L Guns from Afghanistan

    They almost look like someone trying to draw a Torador from memory.
  20. TobJohn

    Matchlock Rifle?

    Here is an example of a matchlock target rifle: https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultListView/result.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleLink.link&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=1&sp=2&sp=SdetailList&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F&sp=T&sp=6 Given the...
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