Jus' wonderin'...

[SquirrelsaurusR]

The other discussion got me to wonderin'... Does anyone know when the miquelet was invented? Before or after the flintlock? Isn't it a variation of the snaphaunce (which was the predecessor of the flintlock)? I thought that French dude combined the snaphaunce and the miquelet to come up with the flintlock, or something like that...::

 

[Teleoceras]

Squirrelsarus Rex:

The other discussion got me to wonderin'... Does anyone know when the miquelet was invented? Before or after the flintlock? Isn't it a variation of the snaphaunce (which was the predecessor of the flintlock)? I thought that French dude combined the snaphaunce and the miquelet to come up with the flintlock, or something like that...::

On the Miquelet Odyssey website at http://members.tripod.com/~miqueleter2/MigueletOdyssey-index.html it states:

"For a timeline perspective, the appearance of the miquelet lock corresponds roughly with that of the snaphaunce lock (roughly 1580's)."

 

[miqueleter]

Greetings all,

Not even the "experts" can agree on the origin of the miquelet lock. It's a cow pasture. Opinions, theirs and mine,are on the link. Had to make it just to keep track of the different views on the matter. Happy hunting. heh ..some differences of opinion..

 

[miqueleter]

Tele, that 1580 figure is the latest date. I'm thinking some tinkering was going on in Ripoll much earlier, say the 1540's. The world was desperate for something that didn't burn their fingers or make grenades out of themselves.

 

[Teleoceras]

Miqueleter:

Tele, that 1580 figure is the latest date. I'm thinking some tinkering was going on in Ripoll much earlier, say the 1540's. The world was desperate for something that didn't burn their fingers or make grenades out of themselves.

That pretty much makes it then that the proto-flinters had their origins in three regions at around the same time.

The Miquelet Lock from Iberia.
The Snaphaunce from the Low Countries.
The Baltic Snaplock from Scandinavia.

The English Lock is just before the Flintlock came out with the same sear type of the Snaphaunce but the L-shaped flashpan cover of the Miquelet Lock.

 

[miqueleter]

Teleoceras,

The Miquelet Lock from Iberia.

and/or Italy. Some think an enterprising Brescian locksmith got hired on in Ripoll with his better mousetrap. Whatever, it's the Spanish who took it to heart and developed it.