Black Powder Rifles & Canons

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	SMALL BORE HAND GUNS This is a .50 Gonne. It is the Mercury model. It is a replica of a light sheriff's arm in the style of the late 14th-early 15th Century.
	This is a .56 Gonne. It is the Ajax model. It is also a replica of a light sheriff's arm in the style similar to the one above.	.

	LARGE BORE HAND GUNS To the left of the first firearms of Europe in the early 14th Century.
	This is a .75 Gonne, Mars model. This one is of a late 14th - early 15th Century style Hand gonne.

	hayckenbussen (Hook Gun) This is A .75 Hussite hayckenbussen (Hook Gun). It is a replica of a Hayckenbussen style Hand gonne during the early part of the Hussite Wars (1419-1434) in Bohemia. The Hayckenbussen has also been called the Hackbutt because of the hook that comes down the bottom of the barrel. The name Hayckenbussen would eventually evolve into the word Arquebus.
	This is the standard .69 Hussite Hand gonne. It is different than the one above in that it is a .69, has a blackened barrel, and has a chain to attach the wedge to the stock just in case it comes loose.

SERPENTINE LOCKS

This is a shoulder fired Arquebus of the Wars of the Roses/Burgundian Wars period. The barrel is a .54 smoothbore with a simple shoulder stock, priming pan and cover, and serpentine lock. The piece is copied from plate D in the Osprey The Swiss at War 1300-1500 minus the hole drilled in the stock for the thong. The serpentine lock was just a simple serpentine attached to the stock, but it was the first attempt to free up the second hand so that it could be used to improve aiming.

MATCHLOCK ARQUEBUS

Here is the Matchlock Arquebus from Historic Enterprises. The barrel is a .615 smoothbore and is typical of the arms from

the late 1400's-early 1500's. The Matchlock mechanism

was an improvement over the Serpentine Lock.

	MATCHLOCK MUSKET This is A .75 smoothbore Matchlock. It represents the design of a typical Matchlock from the early 17th Century.
	This is a .72 smoothbore Matchlock. It represents the design of a typical Matchlock from the early 17th Century with a trigger instead of the earlier lever trigger bar.

	WHEELLOCK This is a .58 smoothbore Wheellock. It represents the design of a Dutch Wheellock from the New Netherlands colony in the mid 17th Century. The lock mechanism was rebuilt after some defects were detected.
	Here are the internals and close up externals of Wheellock lock mechanism.

	SNAPHAUNCE This is A .72 Snaphaunce Musket. It is based on an early colonial Dutch musket from the early 1600's.
	DOGLOCK This is a .62 Doglock smoothbore. It is based on an early colonial Dutch arm from the middle 1600's. The Doglock mechanism is of the later style with the vertical sear.

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	FLINTLOCK This is A .50 T/C Renegade. It is a rifle using a 1-48" twist.
	This is a .75 (.74) Short Land pattern Brown Bess. The Short Land Bess is from the time of the American Revolution to the early Napoleonic period. It is a smoothbore.

	CIVILIAN PERCUSSION This is a CVA .45 Kentucky Rifle. It is a rifle with a 1-66" twist which means it is designed to fire round ball only.
	This is a CVA .32 Squirrel Rifle with a twist of 1-48".

MILITARY PERCUSSION

This is a Parker Hale P1853 .577 Enfield Rifle. This gun was used by both sides during the American Civil War. The Parker Hale models use the original specifications of a 1-72" progressive rifling which means the rifling gets deeper near the breech.

	BREECHLOADER This is a .50 Smith Carbine and is a breechloader. The case and bullet are in the right picture. A percussion cap is still needed for ignition. This type of gun is the Artillery model. The more common cavalry model would have a side saddle bar instead of the bottom sling swivels. A total of 31,002 were made during the war. The bullet in the picture is how the original 370 grain Smith bullet would look.
	This is a Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield. It shoots a .45-70 Government cartridge with a 405 grain bullet. The Trapdoor was the last U.S. military rifle to shoot black powder. The M1873 Trapdoor Springfield was the first Trapdoor model to switch to the .45-70 Government cartridge.

CANONS

	French Revolutionary Cannon
	Louis XIV French Cannon
	Deluxe 18Th Century Naval Cannon
	Military Gatling 1883
	NAPOLEON CANNON
	German Cannon
	ElTigre Cannon