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I would like to post a picture but I don't know how. Also my printer is on the fritz so I can't use that. I will see what I can do about a picture.
What I wanted to know was the history of the swivel breech rifle. Did they have them in Europe and came to this country or where they just made in America?
What I wanted to know was the history of the swivel breech rifle. Did they have them in Europe and came to this country or where they just made in America?
On page 178-179 in the book JAEGER RIFLES by George Shumway, the author says, "...They were made in the Germanic lands and in France from the mid-1600s, so they most certainly were not some new invention from the late flintlock period."
Shown on those pages is a nice over/under, believed to have been made in the mid 1700's. It had been converted to Percussion.
#508 in Pistols of the World , Claude Blair, THE VIKING PRESS, NEW YORK shows a number of Foreign rotating barreled pistols from a c1540 matchlock thru wheellocks and flintlocks some of which have up to 5 barrels.
Seems that nothing is new under the sun!
Shown on those pages is a nice over/under, believed to have been made in the mid 1700's. It had been converted to Percussion.
#508 in Pistols of the World , Claude Blair, THE VIKING PRESS, NEW YORK shows a number of Foreign rotating barreled pistols from a c1540 matchlock thru wheellocks and flintlocks some of which have up to 5 barrels.
Seems that nothing is new under the sun!
Don King Swivels he made a number of them over the years these are ones we have photos of.
There are photos of various original swivels in any comprehensive book on Kentucky rifles.
The recent book "Moravian Gunmaking of the American Revolution" has color photos of the Antes Swivel Breech.
"Rifles of Colonial America" has a number.
"Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1850-1950"
"Kentucky Rifles a True American Heritage in Picture"
There are others as well.
Dan
My swivel uses elements from the Antes rifle.
Since making it better photos are available and I see things I could have do differently in the carving etc.
Its hard to say where it was made, but he was a Moravian so it could have been made in NE PA easily. The rifle could be early enough to have been to first use of the figure with the funny cap. Or whatever it is.
Dan
Since making it better photos are available and I see things I could have do differently in the carving etc.
Its hard to say where it was made, but he was a Moravian so it could have been made in NE PA easily. The rifle could be early enough to have been to first use of the figure with the funny cap. Or whatever it is.
Dan
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