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carbine

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  • Other Name

    wheellock carbine musket

    Musket

  • Description

    wheellock carbine musket

    musket; wheellock: carbine; .495 inch calibre; smoothbore barrel; barrel octagonal at base and round and flared at muzzle; barrel mismatched: does not fit into woodwork correctly; iron fittings; bone inlays; mechanism intact; trigger guard has been reattached with bent nail to rear and modern countersunk screw at front; barrel has set of dovetailed rearsights and foresight

    incomplete: inlays missing; barrel detached

    markings:

    on barrel: proof marks

    manufacturer Germany, [circa 1520]

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    14 Mar 1960
  • Other Id

    W1559 (war)

  • Department
carbine, W1559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 27 Mar… … Read more

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