Fort Thungen in Luxembourg. They had maybe a dozen different firearms on display, muskets and pistols. Some match locks, most flintlocks, and just a couple percussion. Some of the muskets were “wall guns” design to be shot with the forearm supported. The size of the flint for this had to be a 1.75.” It looked the size of a golf ball! For the size, some must’ve been 15 pounds or more, I was surprised by the diameter of the bore compared to the diameter of the barrel. All of them I guessed would be .70 and certainly less that 1.0, whereas the barrel had to be at least two inches in diameter or more.
What I thought was REALLY cool is that almost all of them had folding express type rear sights. All these discussions here on smoothbores with and without Rear sights and here in the fifteenth century, they are referring to them as Fusils and they all have rear sights. But what do I know…
I am throwing the pictures up for fun.
What I thought was REALLY cool is that almost all of them had folding express type rear sights. All these discussions here on smoothbores with and without Rear sights and here in the fifteenth century, they are referring to them as Fusils and they all have rear sights. But what do I know…
I am throwing the pictures up for fun.
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