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1957.123

ID Number: 1957.123
Category: T&E For Science & Technology
Sub-category: armament T&E - firearm
Item Type: wheellock
Item Name: musket
Date: 1550 - 1650
Materials: METAL, STEEL
Description: .60 calibre; wheellock musket; fully stocked, barrel pegged to stock; wide, round, flat grip; steel trigger guard and narrow butt plate; single ramrod thimble; metal forepieces on stock and ramrod missing; tip of bolt from fore end of trigger guard serves as rear sight; unmarked; steel key is modern
History: a former kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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