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 in firearms technology after the …

Wheellocks are very fast and reliable ignition system, they were made all the way up to the 1820’s. The Rifle Shoppe, Inc. © 2010. All parts for sale on this web site are reproductions, we …

Dec 11, 2024 · One of the more unique firearm mechanisms seen in history is the wheellock, which used a spinning, serrated wheel to create sparks from a piece of iron pyrite.

Oct 19, 2022 · Matchlock, wheellock, flintlock: All three of these very early rifle types are muzzleloaders, but there are still some very important differences that emerged as our …

Mar 11, 2017 · The wheel lock was one of the first types of early gun or firearm, developed as an alternative to the simple but problematic matchlock musket. The wheellock uses an iron pyrite …

Lodgewood's owner David Stavlo built this beautiful 17th Century "Paddle Butt" Wheellock carbine from castings supplied by the Rifle Shoppe in Oklahoma. Paddle Butt carbines were used by …

Nov 22, 2012 · Affectionately dubbed the Mayflower Gun and thought of as an American icon, the gun is actually an Italian-made wheel-lock carbine. This single-shot musket was originally …

The wheellock mechanism, or just wheellock, was an earlier style of gun lock that preceded the flintlock, and succeeded the matchlock, making it the second gun lock to be used in an …

Oct 26, 2018 · To use a wheellock, he explained, you’d first have to load it and then you’d have to charge the wheel by cranking it with a spanner. Once charged, you would cock the “dog” by …

The following introduction to the subject of the Wheel-Lock gun is from Claude Blair’s 1962 book European & American Arms. On Oct. 15, 2013 the James D. Julia Inc. auction co. sold a …