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The earliest lock was the Matchlock that used a match to ignite the powder. These were smoothbore and muzzle-loaded. The Harquebus (Arquebus) and muskets prior to the 17th century are two examples of a matchlock [5] The Wheellock, was developed around 1500, used a spring loaded wheel to create an ignition.
Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally owned with the intent of firing them (although original muzzleloaders can be safely fired, after having them thoroughly inspected), but instead are usually owned as display pieces or for their historic value.
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Chambers Country Production date ALFA Steel Revolvers: ALFA - PROJ spol. s r.o. .22 WMR (2330, 2331, 2341, 2361, 2363 Sport).22 LR ...
Fitz Special. John Henry Fitzgerald, an employee of Colt Firearms from 1918 to 1944, first came up with the Fitz Special snubnosed revolver concept around the mid-1920s, when he modified a .38 Special Colt Police Positive Special revolver, [5] by shortening the barrel to two inches (5.1 cm), shortening the ejector rod, bobbing the hammer spur, rounding the butt, and removing the front half of ...
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[1] [5] At the age of 12 he bought his first antique firearm – a percussion-cap pistol – for 3 shillings at an antique shop in Broadstairs, Kent. [5] The pistol is still in the collection today. Keith Neal spent his early career working for the distinguished Bath portrait photographer Herbert Lambert .
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World Guns; Terry Gander Guns Recognition Guide, May 2005, ISBN 0007183283; David Miller Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns, June 2003, ISBN 0760315604; Richard D. Jones Jane's Gun Recognition Guide June 2008, ISBN 0061374083