Tag: wheellock
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An analysis of a double-barreled Wheellock pistol made for Emperor Charles V by the gunsmith Peter Peck.
Lachlan Fahy This firearm is a Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol made by the German gunsmith Peter Peck on behalf of the holy roman emperor Charles V. The firearm is an exceptional example of an early wheellock pistol and represents the technological advances of the renaissance as well as the power and authority of its owner Charles…
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A particular wheellock pistol in Turin
Marco Morin The weapon appears also interesting from a technical point of view since it has aparticularly safety system, used only rarely and, to our knowledge, only on pistols ofGerman origin.
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Accessions – The Wisconsin Magazine of History
Source: The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Spring, 1961), pp. 232-239Published by: Wisconsin Historical Society Pair of antique Saxon wheellock pistols. These unique specimens, 30 inches in length, bear the marks of Zacharias Herold, court gunsmith at Dresden, 1584-1628, and of the gunsmith, Hans Fleischer, also active for the Saxonian court from…
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The Wheellock – Birth of the Combat Pistol
The revolutionary wheellock facilitated the development of increasingly sophisticated pistolson the European battlefield. By William J. McPeak
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Guns of the Munich Court Workshop and other German Wheellock Guns of the Period
Charles S. Hendricks
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