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I don’t know if there was an Irish gun making cadre at this time. 1540 guns were still auxiliary pieces and much of the fighting was pikemen. Gunners, arrqubus shooters tended to be mercenary companies. Armies tended to be small.
In 1519 Cortez marched to Mexico with six hundred men, only 200 had guns. Crossbows would still be the major arm in the Ango Spanish war of the 1580s to 1600. Henry the eighth had to outlaw bowling to encourage yoeman to practice with bow.
Most of Henry’s guns were of Dutch and German manufacture
Are you sure he came in 1540 as JamesTown would not be established till 1607 and not viable till years later.
1640, as a typo is possible but by then England had a firm tyrannical grip on Ireland. With the years of rebellion most Irish shot guns from France or Spain.
I would lean toward a Dutch musket, possibly matchlock or a long wheellock pistol.
A snaphaunce would be tops in firearm design. True French flintlocks were just then being invented

<blockquote data-quote="tenngun" data-source="post: 2480067" data-attributes="member: 11341">I don’t know if there was an Irish gun making cadre at this time. 1540 guns were still auxiliary pieces and much of the fighting was pikemen. Gunners, arrqubus shooters tended to be mercenary companies. Armies tended to be small.In 1519 Cortez marched to Mexico with six hundred men, only 200 had guns. Crossbows would still be the major arm in the Ango Spanish war of the 1580s to 1600. Henry the eighth had to outlaw bowling to encourage yoeman to practice with bow.Most of Henry’s guns were of Dutch and German manufactureAre you sure he came in 1540 as JamesTown would not be established till 1607 and not viable till years later.1640, as a typo is possible but by then England had a firm tyrannical grip on Ireland. With the years of rebellion most Irish shot guns from France or Spain.I would lean toward a Dutch musket, possibly matchlock or a long wheellock pistol.A snaphaunce would be tops in firearm design. True French flintlocks were just then being invented</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tenngun, post: 2480067, member: 11341"] I don’t know if there was an Irish gun making cadre at this time. 1540 guns were still auxiliary pieces and much of the fighting was pikemen. Gunners, arrqubus shooters tended to be mercenary companies. Armies tended to be small. In 1519 Cortez marched to Mexico with six hundred men, only 200 had guns. Crossbows would still be the major arm in the Ango Spanish war of the 1580s to 1600. Henry the eighth had to outlaw bowling to encourage yoeman to practice with bow. Most of Henry’s guns were of Dutch and German manufacture Are you sure he came in 1540 as JamesTown would not be established till 1607 and not viable till years later. 1640, as a typo is possible but by then England had a firm tyrannical grip on Ireland. With the years of rebellion most Irish shot guns from France or Spain. I would lean toward a Dutch musket, possibly matchlock or a long wheellock pistol. A snaphaunce would be tops in firearm design. True French flintlocks were just then being invented [/QUOTE]

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