Does the spring store enough energy for more than one shot upon spanning, or is it a one and done thing? In otherwords, do you have to span it prior to each shot? I'm sure this is elementary, but for I have no idea.
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Question about wheel locks
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There were a few guns that were made with several locks. The gun was loaded then a thick wad was run down. A second third up to five might be loaded. The front lock was fired then on to the last.
Don’t set them off out of order, don’t forget to get your tween shot wads in tight, and don’t over or under charge.
Don’t set them off out of order, don’t forget to get your tween shot wads in tight, and don’t over or under charge.
Thanks. I read on Wikipedia that contemporary depictions show the guns being held at an angle when fired, not a ghetto 90-degrees, but slanting toward the barrel for a better ignition.
Wheel lock and flint lock cavalry pistols were often shown being fired that way. There are even sketches and paintings of Napoleonic era cavalry holding pistols like that in a melee. It would slow ignition slightly but at point blank range I doubt that seriously mattered. It was termed "pistoling" an enemy. Suppose it was for safety....if you miss all you can do is chunk it! :wink: :haha:
http://www.militaryheritage.com/ima...t the Battle of Warburg on 31st July 1760.jpg
'Grey' Musketeers of the Guard engaging British cavalry at Warburg, 1760.
Yes, those Musketeers...a royal body guard who escorted the king but only outside the royal residence. They would never have swung from the castle curtains and engaged in sword fights on the royal supper table! :wink: :haha:
'Grey' Musketeers of the Guard engaging British cavalry at Warburg, 1760.
Yes, those Musketeers...a royal body guard who escorted the king but only outside the royal residence. They would never have swung from the castle curtains and engaged in sword fights on the royal supper table! :wink: :haha:
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Yes, those Musketeers...a royal body guard who escorted the king but only outside the royal residence. They would never have swung from the castle curtains and engaged in sword fights on the royal supper table! :wink: :haha: [/quote]
They must have lived an extremely dull life then. How about wenches? :idunno: Were they allowed wenches? :haha:
(I just watched "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" last week, fun flicks, great casts.)
They must have lived an extremely dull life then. How about wenches? :idunno: Were they allowed wenches? :haha:
(I just watched "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" last week, fun flicks, great casts.)
I imagine they wrecked a wench or twelve! :wink: :haha: And on a totally semi-related topic...there really was a Charles de Batz-Castlemore d'Artagnan, a Henri d'Aramitz, Armand d'Athos & Issac de Porthau...but hardly like Alexandre Dumas portrayed them. Also a guy named Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Mortier de la Fayette...lest that leaves anyone going "HUH?, we know him as the Marquis de LaFayette but he was a Musketeer a generation later! :grin:
https://bandofgiants.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/marquis-de-lafayette.jpg
https://bandofgiants.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/marquis-de-lafayette.jpg
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I think the whole point of the story was the musketeers chasing wenches.
Whoops,you said wrenches :haha:
Whoops,you said wrenches :haha:
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