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I have just acquired a copy of a Country Life Collectors Guide by Frederick Wilkinson, the secretary of the Arms and Armour Society. ISBN0 600 43590 3, which was printed in Hong Kong in 1971. The UK price when published was 65p and it consists of 63 pages and is hard bound.
The chapters of the book are:- Before the flintlock. Early developments. Placing early flintlocks. Variations on a theme and Perfection and Replacement. With 63 pages the content is limited but crammed with information. I am still reading the first chapter which starts with the pre-baltic lock and explains how early firearms appeared in the UK and developed into the matchlock and wheellock weapons.
I have learned some more names for the parts of guns. The hammer was the cock. The frizzen or steel was the hammer and prior to that was the battery. The snaphaunce has come and gone and I am now up to the early flintlocks.
The author has an extensive knowledge of his subject and his book is well worth reading.
The chapters of the book are:- Before the flintlock. Early developments. Placing early flintlocks. Variations on a theme and Perfection and Replacement. With 63 pages the content is limited but crammed with information. I am still reading the first chapter which starts with the pre-baltic lock and explains how early firearms appeared in the UK and developed into the matchlock and wheellock weapons.
I have learned some more names for the parts of guns. The hammer was the cock. The frizzen or steel was the hammer and prior to that was the battery. The snaphaunce has come and gone and I am now up to the early flintlocks.
The author has an extensive knowledge of his subject and his book is well worth reading.
