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    my new John Buck ECW Matchlock

    Chris, grading by grain size started as soon as corning was invented, but it really wasn't regularised until the 1840's when Dupont and the english manufacturers like Curtis and Harvey worked out different systems and marketed "rifle powder", "musket powder", "fine sporting powder" etc. This...
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    Barrel lenth question

    The only matchlock half-stocks I have seen are late hakenbusches for use from fortifications. Hard to tell if these stocks are original or if the forestock has been broken off been 'tidyed up" rather than replaced. some pics: http://raabs.homepage.t-online.de/inhalt.htm pre 1500 of course there...
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    Otepää gonne video clip

    can't get the video to work, is this the same one? P7300139 by Indread Coal on Flickr
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    Reconstruction - wheellock - the end of the sixteenth century. To

    superb craftsmanship! may you have many enjoyable hours shooting her! :thumbsup:
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    Engraved type 1 English lock

    great work! I think you captured the appropriate style very well! :hatsoff:
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    my new John Buck ECW Matchlock

    lovely stuff! :thumbsup:
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    Pilgrims??

    some data from Peter Engerisser's website Key 1)Manufacturing location 2)Barrel caliber (balls to the pound) 3)Barrel caliber (mm corrected for regional measures) 4)Bullet caliber (balls to the pound) 5)Bullet caliber (mm corrected for regional measures) 6)Dating Muskets: Holland 8...
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    Pilgrims??

    oh, anything is possible, calibres were far from standardised back then. I would say anything from .62 caliber to 1.00 ... mainly in the middle of that range say 0.69- 0.775
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    Is it OK to post Antique Dealer link?

    Unfortunately there are a lot of fakes around ... Those from the 19th century have acquired the patina of real age, but fortunately firearms scholarship has increased enough in the interim thanks to all the excellent books we have that we can dismiss most of them of stylistic grounds alone...
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    Matchlock website

    nice link! thanks! :hatsoff: For those who can't read French , Gabriel Berthod is the former 1990 blackpowder revolver world champion, former european champion, gold and bronze medal winner at the latest world championships in South Australia. His two daughters run the day-to-day, while he...
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    17th century French flintlocks

    I'm afraid its TRS, or find some good photos and start filing! Unless they have it in stock (ring or fax to conirm) it may take you less time to try and make it yourself if you have the skills. Depending on how early you want it you might be able to modify a commercial lock -I mean cosmetic...
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    No new projects?

    thanks for the info! I have a nice slab of queensland blackwood put aside for my matchlock needs, maybe a little on the thin side but may do for an arquebus one day...when the new workshop gets built :)
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    Wheel-lock pistol build

    Johann Kiefuss never existed...just like Black Berthold never existed. There was a Georg Kiefuss who died in the 1640's who was a noted wheel lock maker, that's probably where the story started. I also believe the dating on Leonardo is still open to question, despite Foley's recent articles...
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    Project Idea: Wheel lock long pistol

    -Henry Hexham, Principes, 1642 Thats the original spelling BTW... An order of the Council of War in 1630 specified pistols of 26 inches overall, and 18 inch barrels, of the sane calibre. By about 1650 14 or 15 inch pistol barrels were more usual.
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    No new projects?

    Beautiful work Owen... :thumbsup: did you scratch build it or was it a kit? Were you able to find the barrel locally or was it an import? (big hassle here I know!)
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    How much can I expect to pay for a wheelock

    I think if I am reading this right, the lack of crosscuts in the wheel works if the dogspring is strong enough (10 newtons, or 2.248 pound force) AND the mainspring is strong enough to acelerate the wheel fast enough. My interpretation of what he is saying is that crosscuts produce sparks in...
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    How much can I expect to pay for a wheelock

    Peter Engerisser's site via Google tranlator members may be interesting in this "dissection" of an original military wheel lock pistol
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    How much can I expect to pay for a wheelock

    I got Armin Koenigs catalogue too... From the enclosed letter I gather he does a lot of guns for museums and film work. There were a few extra photocopied pages showing original guns he has access to that he can copy for custom orders (private collections and museums). I was impressed - but...
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    Wheellock Pistol Design

    Well, the rank and file would have been doing fairly ordinary shooting with undersized balls and tow wading, but there have always been picked men from the ECW onwards who acted as snipers with smooth bores and they must have taken the same care in loading them that us modern shooters do. Well...
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    Wheelies by Wulf

    Scrap iron- I love it! That is a fantastic idea for mounting the cerium welding flint too-well done! :thumbsup:
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