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  1. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Oops, my little quip about reverse engineering got taken literally. Er, sorry about that Robin :redface: However, yet again a stream of very interesting and valuable information is the result. You've got 1st hand knowledge of the inside workings of 17th cent matchlocks ?? :shocked2: So if all...
  2. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    [/URL][/img] Don't know whether you've come across this one on your travels Karl,also found a double barreled matchlock pistol (Indian though so not really relevant).
  3. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Kinda my point,if you really did manage to do all the cat and mouse stuff without me noticing I reckon you'd make a GREAT dentist. :haha:
  4. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Wow!,.. really? I didn't realise he'd done any of that stuff Alden,thanks for the heads up I'll be more careful next time :idunno: :)
  5. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    I'm probably speaking nonsense again Robin but if you got the throw down to 45° it might get a bit hairy with open pans and sparks etc come priming time,isn't that what flintlocks were for?? Think you're trying a bit of reverse engineering there mate. :)
  6. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Think that belongs back on a 6ft pole as far away from your head as possible. Cast brass? Er,... after you with that one Karl :hatsoff:
  7. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Because the original thread was specifically related to a question of whether the Landsknecht might have carried matchlock pistols and this became the necessary debate into whether they in fact did or did not ever exist,and the search for supporting evidence 'yeah or nay'. I think its gone...
  8. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Dead right, you turn a wheel lock end up and what have you got? A mace! The fact that it became a fashionable appendage over time doesn't rule out its original design function. :thumbsup:
  9. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Well one thing you might take note of is the term 'club-butted' They're called that for a reason,because they look like a club and because they were used as a club. Nearly every weapon has at least one ancilliary use, in the case of pikes they were the swiss army knife of the middle ages when it...
  10. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    There you go,learned something new again! I thought 'trigger up-hammer down' ... Teach me to be a smart ***! :) What the hell is a teleo...thing? Sounds like a dinosaur with a scope fitted! :thumbsup:
  11. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Spot the deliberate mistake Karl? Just looking at the first PIC with the matchlock musket propped up in the foreground,the trigger looks to be bound up to prevent snagging and the lock throwing accidentallyin transit (which I would imagine would have been common practise). So why isn't the...
  12. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Blimey Alden! you're a walking encyclopaedia! Impressive stuff. Have you read Wolf Hall? I think you might like it :hmm:
  13. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Think that's what's known as hiding your light under a bushel Zonie. You're not as dumb about this sort of stuff as you make out are you :wink: Thanks for that info,all the small things combined make something bigger,basic physics,I'll certainly check it out. You see "hive mind" in action, I...
  14. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Glad you're finding them interesting Karl. I find this pistol really intriguing,the patination is really even and stylewise it does fit in and around the dates mentioned,similar style butt to your wheel lock. I've been looking at a lot of German wheel locks from around the 17th cent. trying to...
  15. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    [/URL][/img] The only thing I've been able to find that bears any resemblance to a mark without disassembling the piece, it's on the trigger guard, there definately appers to be diamond shaped punch marking which is in an area which would be difficult to achieve accidentaly. As to the knocks and...
  16. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    [/URL][/img] The lock in greater detail,please look closely at the serpent and compare it to the Swiss musket on the link, the screw is of the same pattern. The tube is a very rare addition. Also on the previous photo study the underside of the pan cover and note the wear,bearing in mind the pan...
  17. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    [/URL][/img] As promised, details of furniture, iron, not sheet metal.
  18. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    O.K. Chris here goes,I obtained it from the estate of a collector, I bought it from his son who was clearing his fathers effects and had little interest in antique firearms. His father had had a largish collection which he'd sold in the years leading up to his demise. But he kept back two of the...
  19. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    I know you didn't Zonie and once again I find myself apologizing if I've inadvertantly offended you in some way. The decision was mine because I felt that other than the subject on offer I had little else to say on the subject of matchlocks as I like you have limited knowledge in that area.My...
  20. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Apologies Zonie,gettinga bit carried away there,forgetting I was on a dedicated forum and wasn't having a conversation. I joined because I believed I had something new to contribute with the matchlock I posted and was hoping to stimulate members opinions and thoughts in an attempt to clarify my...
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