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Interesting. Will look for it. Thx.

They are a reanactors group. Not a vendor. Looks like we need more matchlock makers to fill the needs.

I will add that the reanactors groups display consisted of guns made by makers who no longer build. Sadly. The Day brothers were back this year and said they would be soon producing again.

perhaps some others who were there could chime in if they know who made each piece shown. One table belonged to a Brian Anderson who made some wheel locks. Not sure about the others that belonged to a reanactors group. Their display had a pieces made by several makers.

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I attended this show again this year and found even more interesting earlier styled firearms to look at. Here are some photos to examine.

I just did a quick search on the Janissary. Never heard of them. Very interesting could you share more about their matchlocks? Do you have one?

I recently had to replace a dishwasher. Well i realized that i had a armored breast plate that i needed to proof. Unscientific but fun nonetheless. Range 15 yards. Hand gonne charge .715 ball over 100 grains of 2f with a fibre wad above the ball. Hit upper left side dent only. Then 150 grains...

Thank you Flint your explanation covered that perfectly. I was using wad -c .

The fishtail style butt plate on the matchlock has a large surface area the really spreads that recoil out making it more comfortable than it looks to fire. The hand gonne is heavy at about 10 lbs. when fired over the shoulder it just slides back a few inches. Very comfortable to shoot. I have...

The matchlock is a 77 cal from the rifle shoppe. The load was 110 grains of 2f under a .760 ball with a wad on top. The hand gonne is 75 cal with 100 grains of 2f under a .715 ball.

The handgonne

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Had a good time at the range today shooting my matchlock and handgonne with club members.

At the Baltimore show i saw this turtle flask. It was sealed off with brass sheeting. Just another idea of how to do it.

Has anyone seen a similar spare match holding device on European matchlocks?

It’s definitely not in the city of Baltimore proper. The show was in a farm complex. Where animals are shown. Thought i saw milking machines in one of the out buildings. Surrounding area ok. Now the time i went to see the old musket ball shot tower in the middle of Baltimore i got out of my...

Rickystl, thanks for the explanation. The owner was selling it for the low price of $3300! The other original matchlock was just on display. The show was located outside of the inner colon of Maryland 😂and was not a bad area at all. Lots of antique firearms ,swords and more to see.