Reference this picture of the EXCELLENT repro English fishtail matchlock as just scratch-buillt by von Yeast ... and ponder this question for me if you will.
What is the origin of the pan design? By that I mean the round scooped bowl, which I understand, but leading to that narrow channel that further leads to the touchhole.
Doesn't this place the priming charge well away from the main charge? Unlike a flint pan where the priming charge is immediately adjacent to the barrel ...
What is the origin of the pan design? By that I mean the round scooped bowl, which I understand, but leading to that narrow channel that further leads to the touchhole.
Doesn't this place the priming charge well away from the main charge? Unlike a flint pan where the priming charge is immediately adjacent to the barrel ...