17th Century German Wheel-Lock Pistol
Introduced in about 1500, the wheel-lock
pistol was a great advance on its predecessor, the match lock.
The system used a flint pressed against a revolving toothed wheel
to provide the sparks for igniting powder in the priming pan,
which in turn ignited the main powder charge in the barrel. The
toothed wheel was made to rotate, when the trigger was pulled,
by a spring that was wound by a key in a similar fashion to mechanical
clocks. This was fairly cumbersome and time consuming but less
susceptible to bad weather than the matchlock. This non-firing
replica clearly shows the principles of the wheel-lock. Features
working hammer, wheel and trigger mechanisms.
BARREL LENGTH: 11”
OVERALL LENGTH: 17 1/4”
WEIGHT: 1lb 7oz
***17th Century German Wheel-Lock Pistol*** DISCONTINUED
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