German Wheel Lock

German Wheel Lock

This German Wheel Lock Rifle has iron furniture and a wood rammer with bone tip that 'snaps' into channel below stock. Cherrywood stock includes sliding patch box in butt with snap closure. Bone nose cap and side plate washers. Bridged trigger guard with finger loops. There is a bone disc inlaid in reverse stock 'IHS' symbol. Complete wheel lock ignition system only missing spanner wrench to wind discs.

Caliber: .75
Weight: 5.6 lbs.
Length: 33 5/8"
Barrel: 22 3/4"

Brown, M.L. Firearms in Colonial America: The Impact on History and Technology 1492-1792. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1980.

c. 1590

George C. Neumann Collection, Valley Forge National Historical Park

VAFO 164

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