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Hi Cornstalk
Congratulations. Great looking wheellock. For many of us, there is always that something "extra" being able to shoot an original.
I've read that sometime in the 18th Century Austria/Germany there was a popular fad among the noble/wealthy to have custom made wheellock rifles (outdated by then) built for hunting. The dog (hammer) jaws not visible from the right side seems to be a characteristic of the wheelocks made during this period.
Rick
Congratulations. Great looking wheellock. For many of us, there is always that something "extra" being able to shoot an original.
I've read that sometime in the 18th Century Austria/Germany there was a popular fad among the noble/wealthy to have custom made wheellock rifles (outdated by then) built for hunting. The dog (hammer) jaws not visible from the right side seems to be a characteristic of the wheelocks made during this period.
Rick
