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Qing era Chinese matchlock musket

Made for the Qianlong emperor by the manufacture department of his imperial household c.mid-18th century.
Snap matchlock mechanism, cast iron barrel inlaid with gold, silver and copper, elm stock, sandalwood folding bipod with gold-inlaid cast iron tips.
The Qianlong emperor -reigned 1733 to 1796- both maintained a strong hunting tradition tied to his Manchu roots and a marked appreciation for Western firearms, describing one of his heirloom musket as “wonderfully efficient and pleasing”.
Although most of Europe had developed other ignition mechanisms for their small arms, matchlock guns remained popular in Eastern Asia well into the 19th century.

Posted on by Erik Chipchase

qsy-complains-a-lot:

Qing era Chinese matchlock musket

Made for the Qianlong emperor by the manufacture department of his imperial household c.mid-18th century.
Snap matchlock mechanism, cast iron barrel inlaid with gold, silver and copper, elm stock, sandalwood folding bipod with gold-inlaid cast iron tips.
The Qianlong emperor -reigned 1733 to 1796- both maintained a strong hunting tradition tied to his Manchu roots and a marked appreciation for Western firearms, describing one of his heirloom musket as “wonderfully efficient and pleasing”.
Although most of Europe had developed other ignition mechanisms for their small arms, matchlock guns remained popular in Eastern Asia well into the 19th century.

Posted on by Erik Chipchase

qsy-complains-a-lot:

German revolving musket

Snap matchlock firing mechanism, 8-round cylinder with covered individual flash pans, with a spring tab keeping it indexed.
One of the earliest revoving firearm design kept in a museum. These early repeating muskets were slightly unwieldy due to the inherent complexity of keeping loose priming powder in pans on a rotating cylinder, as well as said rotating cylinder needing to be indexed manually.
The first truly practical revolver design was of course designed by Colt as the Texas Paterson in 1836, making use of the percussion system and his very own single action to really kick off the layout on a world-wide scale.

Saint Arquebuss does bless this weapon.

Posted on by Erik Chipchase

qsy-complains-a-lot:

German revolving musket

Snap matchlock firing mechanism, 8-round cylinder with covered individual flash pans, with a spring tab keeping it indexed.
One of the earliest revoving firearm design kept in a museum. These early repeating muskets were slightly unwieldy due to the inherent complexity of keeping loose priming powder in pans on a rotating cylinder, as well as said rotating cylinder needing to be indexed manually.
The first truly practical revolver design was of course designed by Colt as the Texas Paterson in 1836, making use of the percussion system and his very own single action to really kick off the layout on a world-wide scale.

Saint Arquebuss does bless this weapon.