How do I get the whole image without screen grabbing the pieces and stiching them together????

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https://samlinger.natmus.dk/thm/asset/43719

They have a very large image that you cannot see all at once. I want the whole damn thing.

Seems this is virtually the same as one I own. Fun.

[Pyrrho]

https://samlinger.natmus.dk/thm/asset/43719.jpg

Full size:

https://samlinger.natmus.dk/thm/asset/4 ... axsize=org

Enjoy.

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https://i.imgur.com/v1wq3ro.jpg

pain in the ass.

[Pyrrho]

Full size

https://samlinger.natmus.dk/thm/asset/4 ... axsize=org

Looks to be ideal for home defense.

[Anaxagoras]

Where’s the stock?

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I want everyone to note that a question was asked. I was comfortable to just try and get me picture and not intrude on your time but, no, a question was asked.

I'm a bit like a vampire, you have to invite me in.

Bwahahahaha

https://i.imgur.com/F7IJ3o0.jpg

Top one is mine and they are to scale.

Length of both is 1500mm <spit> the Danish one is a bit longer overall because of the strap for attaching the stock. The bore of the Danish one is 19.2mm (".2", idiots) mine is 40mm.

Mine is dated 1507 and I have it on some authority that it is the second earliest dated firearm.


Both were stocked, those little appendages under the barrel would have a pin going thru the stock transversely thus affixing the barrel.

https://i.imgur.com/Q6i9ioe.jpg

They were called a dopplehacken or double hook ("double" because of their size). The idea was that they would be "hooked" on a wall, the hook and wall combo absorbing the recoil.

Mine had a pan on the right side and would have had a contrivance like the below thing
https://i.imgur.com/pc1Cz9C.jpg

The match would have been rope simply smoldering.

Remember the progress of ignition was
Matchlock --> Wheellock (Pyrite) --> Flintlock --> Percussion Cap --> Modern primer. The electrical stuff is not used in small arms.

I have something earlier too.
https://i.imgur.com/dNEr71p.jpg

This was found in a garden store in Portugal! One of the earliest uses of gunpowder weapons in Europe was in 1385 during the Battle of Aljubarrota in Portugal. Note the size of the touchhole.

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A question is could this have been present in the battle.

Answer: do you want it to have? What does it do to the price? Unknowable.

I should point out that there were "noisemakers" thru, probably, the 18th century that looked like little cannon barrels. They were "mortars" or "Thunder Mugs" and would be charged with gunpowder and set alite to the merriment of all. Thus

https://i.imgur.com/hNdHH8b.jpg

Here is one I own

https://i.imgur.com/1NuLroO.jpg

And they still are in use
https://fireworks.com/sites/default/fil ... /64321.png

The old iron ones look a lot like ancient firearms but there are two differences. One is that they have a wide base for stability, the other is that they generally have a pan or extrusion to hold some priming powder to facilitate ignition. So don't be fooled when you are shopping for late medieval guns!!!