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raszpla

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Chcę pokazać interesujący pomysł jaki został zaszczepiony do zamka kołowego w pierwszej połowie XVI-tego wieku, aby osunąć z użytku klucz do naciągania sprężyny głównej. Klucz to zawsze kłopot w warunkach bojowych lub podczas polowania a jego zaginięcie " wykluczało " broń z akcji.
Zdjęcia pokazują ewolucję idei od sprzężenia łańcuchem do listwy zębatej, zresztą to nie tylko poligon przenoszenia napędu ale również prace nad sprzęgłem.
starszy zamek to pierwsza połowa XVI-tego wieku, a młodszy to już pierwsza połowa XVII-tego wieku

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a wheellock without a key, very interesting.

thanks for the information as allways raszpla!

-matt
 
I want to show an interesting idea that has been grafted into the lock in the first half of the sixteenth-century, dropping the key used to pull the main spring. The key is always a problem in combat or while hunting and the loss of it "ruled out" a gun from action.
The photos show the evolution of the idea of coupling a chain to the rack, in fact is not just a rudimentary transmission but also work in the clutch.
The older lock is the first half of the sixteenth century, and the younger is already the first half of the seventeenth-century

Such locks are called 'self-spanning'.
 
Fascinating.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but how can this work? When the trigger is pulled and the wheel spins, won't the cocking arm pyrite-holder combination flip up away from the wheel? How can it be a one way deal? Is there a ratchet mechanism I can't see?
 
Aha! So that piece flips out of the slot and the arm is held down by the spring as normal.

Thanks, Razpla. :hatsoff: Oh, and wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin!

I wonder how many times the shooter forgot to disengage the clutch and swore when the arm flipped up.
 
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