Pair of wheellock pistols from a famous Eastern European maker of museum pieces....

[tac]

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[AMT]

Absolute beauty's!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Very cool video , thanks for posting this tac...!
Andy

 

[edzz]

I'd say I don't understand how he could get all wound-up about these... but that would be a lie.

True works of art.

 

[orygun]

That is one of the coolest things I've seen! Made over 300 (darn near 400!) years ago?

Incredible!

Thanks for sharing, @tac

 

[tac]

Nope, made over the last year by a well-known* Polish gunsmith, Rafael Zwiatko. who makes one-for-one replicas for museums, and also for the rich or dedicated. His speciality area lies with early handguns, as you can see. Every single part of these guns has been made by his hands only.

Over on sister-site muzzleloadingfroum.com he is a highly-respected occasional contributor who nevertheless astounds us all with his attention to the very finest detail. And ALL his guns can be fired, too, as Dr Németh demonstrates.

The 14mm ball equates to .535" calibre, and the load is a tad over 43gr of whatever - probably 3Fg, maybe 2Fg. It would not do to stand in front, for sure.

*In certain circles, 'natch.

 

[Member 52301]

I enjoyed this video too! I will show this to my husband when he wakes up.

Thank you.

Cate

 

[tac]

I enjoyed this video too! I will show this to my husband when he wakes up.

Thank you.

Cate

You a vampire, too? My family are the rarest of all - part of the Northern European/Scando-Celtic trope. Pssssssssssst, please don't snitch on us - life is hard enough as it is right now, 'kay?

 

[tac]

Here's one of my favourite photographs - me and my blushing bride on our Wedding Day!!

Luckily for us, the sun didn't shine, eh?