History of Armour and Weapons Relevant to Jamestowne, Colonial N. America

[XVIIc Wheelock]

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/hist...-armour-and-weapons-relevant-to-jamestown.htm

 

[BillinOregon]

The miquelet saw little use in America? Once again the Spanish influence in the southwest is overlooked or dismissed.

 

[Sam squanch]

The miquelet lock saw extensive use in North America. Look at the surviving percussion conversions found in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, ect. And I believe fragments of a few were unearthed in New England! Yes , they are ugly- but they work well.

 

[Sam squanch]

I can’t find it now, but a Ripoll miquelet carbine was found in either a cave or overhang in New Mexico. Was there for a very long time.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

The miquelet saw little use in America? Once again the Spanish influence in the southwest is overlooked or dismissed.

Member ‘Jay Templin’ on here works at Jamestown … maybe he can get that article edited to reflect that they only saw limited use in the “northeastern colonies” of America.

 

[Sam squanch]

I would venture a guess that any available self igniting lock of any kind would be preferable to a matchlock in the colonies, facing the unknown.

 

[PathfinderNC]

It is a National Park Service publication, ergo not necessarily a scholarly tome