- A
wheellock, wheel-lock, or
wheel lock is a friction-wheel
mechanism which creates a
spark that
causes a
firearm to fire. It was the next
major development...
-
barrel length (e.g. 24 inches), to the
firing mechanism (e.g. matchlock,
wheellock, flintlock, or
percussion lock), to the design's
primary intended use...
-
match and
wheellock (European axe with five
barrels under a
removable blade)
Carbine axe (European axe)
Halberd double barreled wheellock (European halberd)...
-
priming powder which fires the gun. It is the
mechanical progression of the
wheellock firing mechanism, and
along with the
miquelet lock and
doglock are predecessors...
- match. The
pistol in
question could be a
snaplock but
probably was a
wheellock. Two
years later is the letter-patent of the
Emperor Maximilian I, banning...
-
replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock, the
wheellock, and the
earlier flintlock mechanisms such as the
snaplock and snaphaunce...
- A double-barreled
wheellock pistol was
crafted by
German gunsmith Peter Peck for
Charles V in 1540. It is one of the
oldest surviving European pistols...
- kept
alight in case one end
should be
accidentally extinguished. The
wheellock was the next
major development in
firearms technology after the matchlock...
-
weapons following the
Kalthoff design. Some
early Kalthoff guns were
wheellocks, but the rest were flintlocks. The
capacity varied between 5 and 30 rounds...
-
ammunition were
amongst the
first to be
issued self-igniting guns like the
wheellock and snaphance. The
matchlock was also
uneconomical to keep
ready for long...
