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Does anyone have any familiarity with the wheel lock pistol kits marketed by J.F. Schroeter back in the 1990s. Good bad or indifferent?
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FWIW ... please use the search function, as the term 'Schroeter' as associated with wheellocks has quite a presence on here ... you'll be reading for a while!
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Something I might acquire.
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That was interesting; looks like a few people made some nice wheellocks out of those kits, with a fair bit of work and new springs. ...I'm getting the build a wheellock bug again, too.FWIW ... please use the search function, as the term 'Schroeter' as associated with wheellocks has quite a presence on here ... you'll be reading for a while!
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I dont know about Mr Shroeters kits But Paul Jacobi offered a wheel lock much like the one shown above and Navy Arms offered these locks & guns related but seemingly they didnt sell since at that time most where not beyond cap locks & I expect the Jacobi locks which are probably the same as Navy Arms .They had a steel ball bearing as the scear nose & I & ' Felt Wad ' made guns with them. .For the price they where a good item In my view . I was once listening to a lecture by David Edge then conservator at the Wallace collection he spoke of evloveing armour then held up a WL pistol . that looked familiar .So I caught the assistants eye and told her it was my work I had made it for the advisor to the Sharpe's series but he on sold it to David so at the end of the talk he said "& if you want to know more about this pistol the maker is here" This was the Second' 'Kirby Hall' a big UK 'Time line' event it was .
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I have a reproduction wheellock pistol made by Mendi in Spain which I acquired about 1978. At that time Navy Arms briefly offered this pistol and a carbine with the same lock. They weren't on the market long and as Rudyard said "most where not beyond cap locks" and that meant "Hawkins". I'm not aware of any kits being offered using these parts. I also had an original then but I foolishly sold it to pay some bills which I have regretted ever since. I should have let my credit score take a hit. 
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