Danish wheel locks

[PatrickScotch]

During a recent work trip to Africa we did a 1 day layover in Amsterdam. The folks I was with wanted to tour a museum so we did the Rijksmuseum. They had a nice set of wheel lock pistols and a rifle.

The original owner of this set somehow managed to fatally shoot himself while cleaning one of them. I'm thinking that takes some talent given the length of the barrels.

 

[Matt85]

what was the barrel length on them puppies?

-matt

 

[PatrickScotch]

They're Dutch, not Danish, my bad. I'm gonna guess 16 to 18 inches. They were long!

 

[raszpla]

beautiful pistols :hatsoff:

 

[wahkahchimaol.com]

Basically hand-held long guns.

 

[raszpla]

they are very light - gentle barrel