Celui la aurait été joli s'il avait existé
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/rifleshooter2/MatchlockPistol1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/rifleshooter2/MatchlockPistolcompleted007.jpgPour l'histoire de l'entrainement des cavaliers , j'ai trouvé une source :
I received a reply to my email to Argentina this morning. Unfortunately, it was in Spanish so, with the help of Spanish/English website I have attempted to do a translation. Below is a copy of the original message from the manufacturer & my translation. Maybe some one out there with a better grasp of Spanish will do better!
In Spanish:
La pistola de mecha que reproduzco esuna copia de una que cita Mc Crory en su libro Militay Pistols 1600-1800. En el hace referencia a una version de pistola de mecha utilizada para entrenamiento por la caballeria alemana, construida sobre la base de una de rueda, pero por su bajo costo comparado con la de rueda, permitia ser usada para entrenamiento. es historicamente correcta. Ya he mandado algunas a europa y ee uu.
In English:
The wick pistol that I reproduce is a copy of one which is mentioned by Mc Crory in his book Military Pistols 1600-1800. It makes reference to a version of pistol of wick used for training by German cavalry, constructed on the base of one of wheel, but by its low cost compared with the one of wheel, permitted it to be used for training. She is historically correct. I have already sent some to Europe and the U.S.A..
Chouette , ne reste plus qu'a chercher sur Barn & Noble, Amazon
ou Ebay pour ce bouquin ...... Ben ça cloche , pas de trace de ce
foutu livre nulle part , inconnu dans les bibliothèques aussi .
pas d' ISBN , Sur Google , pas d'auteur qui s'appelle Mc Crory .
http://www.google.com/search?hl=fr&client=safari&rls=fr&q=Mc+Crory+author++pistols&btnG=Rechercher&lr=Enfin , voila l'engin , le seul véritable pistolet a mèche authentique connu
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r317/arquebus1523/ToyMatchlockPistol.jpgMais c'est un jouet ......
Actually it's a toy pistol that the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England recently (2003) purchased along with another. They say that it is early 17th century & was found in Essex. Even though it is a toy pistol it is apparently vented & the barrel bored full length, so was apparently functional!! The lug below the barrel is a ramrod entry pipe.
XII.11421
Toy pistol
British, early 17th century
Matchlock, made of brass with a steel spring. The stock and barrel are an integral brass casting. The butt portion terminates in an octagonal acorn shaped finial. The portion immediately forward of the lock mechanism terminates in an abrupt step beneath the barrel. On the front face of this step is a hole which served as a seating for the tip of the ramrod (now missing). The barrel is octagonal. At the breech end, a pan is cast with the barrel; beneath the muzzle, and a little to rearward of it, a projection serves as the front housing for the ramrod. The upper central flat of the barrel, and the two flanking flats, are decorated with wavy lines produced by punch marks. At approximately the mid point, these three faces are cut across with two pairs of incised lines. The mechanism is attached to the outer face of the stock where the lockplate would be on the full sized specimen. The nmechanism itself consists simply of a trigger, cranked to bring it beneath the stock, and has a forward projection with a pin projecting sidewards to link with the serpentine. The serpentine itself conforms approximately with full-size specimens except that the presence of corrosion products makes it difficult to ascertain if it would be capable of holding a match cord. At its fulcrum, a small side boss has a hole in it and into which the pin of the trigger extension engages. Both trigger and serpentine are secured to the body of the pistol by round headed screws. At the foremost end of the stock, just before its termination, a third screw secures a leaf spring, now weakened, projecting rearwards and the tip of which rests in a groove in the trigger to prevent it sliiping sideways. Pulling the trigger against the spring would cause the serpentine to partially rotate, bringing the match into the pan. The pan is vented and the barrel appears to be bored for its full length; presumably the toy would have worked.
Dimensions overall length: 4.63 in (117.7mm)