Hello everyone. This is my first post on this forum.I wanted to pass along some info on some wheellocks I recently saw.(Maybe they have been discussed before.) I just came back from a trip to rome. While we were there we were at the Castele San Angelo/Hadrians tome. There is a small military display that is in three very small rooms and there were a number of wheellocks on display. Sorry, they don't allow pictures and there are no real explanations on the displays. There was a musket that was about .50 cal that had a very very heavy octagon barrel. I remember the rear portion of the stock as being round and not designed to go to the shoulder.
The scond musket was highly engraived with a very short butt that I would describe as fish tailed in style. It was more elegant. It also had TWO cocks. One hinged forward on the lock and one hinged at the rear of the lock. Both were aligned for the single pan.
Both of the pistols were highly engraived and inlaid. The first I would say was of the standard form with the long stock with the ball on the end of the grip. The stock on the other was angular (90degrees)like a 19th century target pistol.
Does anyone have any more info on the weapons?
I only had about 10 minutes to look at the stuff there.
john
The scond musket was highly engraived with a very short butt that I would describe as fish tailed in style. It was more elegant. It also had TWO cocks. One hinged forward on the lock and one hinged at the rear of the lock. Both were aligned for the single pan.
Both of the pistols were highly engraived and inlaid. The first I would say was of the standard form with the long stock with the ball on the end of the grip. The stock on the other was angular (90degrees)like a 19th century target pistol.
Does anyone have any more info on the weapons?
I only had about 10 minutes to look at the stuff there.
john
