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 first shown in Leonardo Da Vinci’s book from about 1508, but they seemed quite common by 1515, when a young Augsburg citizen had invited a handsome whore to a room, …

Sometime around 1500 ad, in the early firearm centers at Brescia, Bologna, Genoa, Milan, and Venice, and the south German centers of Augsburg and Nuremberg, a new firearm with a …

Sometime around 1500 ad, in the early firearm centers at Brescia, Bologna, Genoa, Milan, and Venice, and the south German centers of Augsburg and Nuremberg, a new firearm with a …

Nicely figured, original, Fruitwood fullstock of Military Wheelock Pistol design with a “Dag”-type, flat, Fish-tail butt, sharp molded and carved contours, 75%+ finish, some scattered handling …

Mar 11, 2017 · The wheellock uses an iron pyrite set against a spinning serrated wheel to produce sparks to fire a charge of black powder. The wheel lock was complex and expensive, but did …

The wheellock is a firing mechanism found on primitive firearms featuring a metal wheel fixed to a spring-loaded spindle. The metal wheel rotates against a small piece of iron pyrite to create …

Dec 6, 2018 · The wheel lock pistol played an important part not only in firearms development but in revolutionizing warfare. First of all it was the very first firearm that was small enough to be …

Oct 26, 2018 · During RIAC's Premiere Firearms Auction in September, Joel Kolander showed off a Saxon-era wheellock pistol and gave instruction on how it worked.

The first form of wheel lock pistol was the “dag,” or “tacke.” These were short-barrelled, heavy, clumsy weapons, usually of large bore, and with clumsy butts terminating in large knobs or …