Military percussion rifle
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Jim Watson
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I don't.
But what IS it?
I see a boxlock with what looks like a manual safety. I never saw the like before.
But what IS it?
I see a boxlock with what looks like a manual safety. I never saw the like before.
It is not a conventional box lock, more just a further development of the fairly much used Kyhl's lock, but as you state - with a "new" form of safety catch:
As it was made at a percussion rifle, the front (and some of the rear) end of the Kyhl's flintlock was cut off. It really is fairly conventional, with the exception of being some 10 years earlier than most of the early military percussions long-guns.
Trond
As it was made at a percussion rifle, the front (and some of the rear) end of the Kyhl's flintlock was cut off. It really is fairly conventional, with the exception of being some 10 years earlier than most of the early military percussions long-guns.
Trond
For those not knowing the Kyhl's flintlock, Mr Kyhl developed a flintlock needing fewer parts than the the conventional flintlock in the early 1800's - thereby saving production costs. The Danish/Norwegian army and navy had several models of long-guns and pistols featuring this lock:
Jäger rifle with Kyhl's lock
Infantry musket with Kyhl's lock
Naval musket with Kyhl's lock
I am at my summer house and regretfully have no pictures/information available of the pistols with the Kyhl's lock here.
Trond
Jäger rifle with Kyhl's lock
Infantry musket with Kyhl's lock
Naval musket with Kyhl's lock
I am at my summer house and regretfully have no pictures/information available of the pistols with the Kyhl's lock here.
Trond
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