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My first post... need help with identifying this Wheellock. Here are close up picture of the gun and the mark. While I do not have the NRA papers, the file on this gun suggests that it was the winner of the NRA Gold Medal, September 1975. Brass barrel, silver and gold relief scroll work fore and end of barrel, ivory scrollwork on patchbox and ramrod tip.

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I found the exact mark in my Gardners book on Small Arms Makers. It's a Nuremberg Mark that was found on a wheel-lock pistol,Sixteen Century.

Hope that Helps.
Twice.
 
can't help with the ID, but what is the material
in the jaws of the dog??? Also an unusual trigger
guard...
 
Twice, yes the Nuremberg reference is helpful in sending me that direction. Still searching for more specific information. Wulf... you lost me on the reference to the dog??? What dog?
 
Windycity said:
Twice, yes the Nuremberg reference is helpful in sending me that direction. Still searching for more specific information. Wulf... you lost me on the reference to the dog??? What dog?
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You are welcome.
Twice.
 
Windy, the dog is the jaws of the cock. The white material in the jaws are not what we expect to see. Iron Pyrite or Fools Gold is the most often used material. We are always alert for anything that will work because finding workable Iron Pyrite that will function in a Wheellock is turning out to be a major part of shooting these firearms. I can only assume that the white material is a plastic placeholder since this gun is never intended to be shot.

Many Klatch
 
I work at NRA - actually in the National Firearms Museum.

This gun is not recorded as a winner of any NRA medal in 1975.
 
Cool, I live not too far from the NFM. Haven't been there in years though.
 

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