17th Century Wheellock's Lock Close-Ups

[musketman]

This lock was probably from a 17th century high quality German or Austrian rifle or hunting gun. The lock is 7 5/8 inches long and has nice engraving throughout it's surface...

The middle image shows the back side of this complex lock, (for it's day) and the bottom picture shows the fine detail engravings done by master gunsmiths and craftsmen...

 

Man- that looks like an early lock, are you sure it's 17th century? I think it's so neat, that what we call the frizzen spring, is acutally the hammer (cock) spring, and how they changed the cock or hammer to the tumbler side and pan cover/ frizzen to the hammer side. this part, being called the "Hammer" is why Militaryheritage" called the frizzen, the hammer, as that's what it originally was called- way back when it was a hammer, on the right-hand side of the lock, presumeably. Hmmm - sound slike doubletalk, whatever that is. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Daryl