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rickystl · Jan 6, 2012

Believe it or not, these three photos represent one guy's personal collection. All are originals. There are more Handgonnes, Matchlocks, Wheellocks, and Flasks than most museums. Hard to believe. :bow: Enjoy. Rick.

Jan 6, 2012

First, thank you for sharing! Nice, very nice. Any close ups of the accoutrements in the glass cases?

CP

wulf · Jan 6, 2012

GOOD GRAVY...What a treasure trove...Feel free to send more pictures and thanks for sending these.
Wulf

Hipshot · Jan 6, 2012

Wow! That is some collection.

welafong1 · Jan 7, 2012

i would like to see a colose up of the wheel locks you have if thats not to much to ask
thank you
Richard Westerfiel

rickystl · Jan 7, 2012

Hi CP. Yes, I'll ask him if he has any close-ups of the accountrements. I would like to see them too. Rick.

rickystl · Jan 7, 2012

Hi Wulf. If I ever get accidentally locked into a building, I hope it is his place. It would be three days before I would call for help. :haha:
I'll ask (beg!) him for some more photos. Rick.

rickystl · Jan 7, 2012

Hi Richard. Yes, I'll see if I can get more close-ups of the Wheellocks. From a distance in the photo, the wheellocks and matchlocks look styled for military type usage?
This collection belongs to a fellow collector aquaintence of mine. He lives in Europe. I know he has more photos. Rick.

MSW · Jan 7, 2012

wow- thanks for the post ... that's an amazing collection!

JeffB · Jan 7, 2012

Wow!
That...is something else. What a type collection! Does this collector need to adopt a son? I'm available if he needs a heir to pass this down to someday.

Agree with other folks that closeups would be very welcome. Thank you for posting the images.

Grizzled Roberts · Jan 7, 2012

I assume this collection is in Europe.

BillinOregon · Jan 8, 2012

Ricky: You need to warn folks to take their heart pills before posting this kind of thing! Poor Teleoceras is going to have an attack when he sees this.

Jim Blair · Jan 8, 2012

What a treasure trove,thank you for posting.

Flinchlock.50 · Jan 8, 2012

Dang smokey, thats an awesome collection :thumbsup:

Paulussie0 · Jan 9, 2012

Is it in any way possible to get in contact with this guy ?
I have a qestion about a european matchlock he may bee able to answer.

rickystl · Jan 10, 2012

Here's some photos of a couple Gothic Tiller Guns. The first is from about 1450, the second from 1500. He said the guns in his collection are 400-700 years old. Amazing. More photos to come. Enjoy. Rick.

rickystl · Jan 10, 2012

And some more hand gonne photos. Notice remenants of the broken shaft still in the socket.
The gun in the last photo, he did not comment on yet.

Teleoceras · Jan 10, 2012

BillinOregon:

Ricky: You need to warn folks to take their heart pills before posting this kind of thing! Poor Teleoceras is going to have an attack when he sees this.

I saw it soon after he posted and was literally struck speechless. Nuff said.

Slowmatch Forever!
Teleoceras

rickystl · Jan 10, 2012

Two military Wheellock muskets. The upper with a combined wheel - and snap matchlock, from Suhl, Thuringia, and dated 1602. The lower Nuremberg, ca. 1600. Both preserved in near mint condition. Unbelievable. Rick.

rickystl · Jan 10, 2012

The earliest spanners, 1540-1560 in the collection.

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