If anyone pulled this on me I would just die out of respect
@aleramone23
8 жыл бұрын
Lol. thats true.
@amekrachkrach4996
5 жыл бұрын
'grip' as dildo😉
@LtJackboot
5 жыл бұрын
If you didn't pause this video like 72 fucking times you don't really love guns !! Thank you Ian, I'm sorry; I mean Jesus.
@matthewvolb94
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely
@Slickshadow11
5 жыл бұрын
That's hilarious
@daddydoc1115
5 жыл бұрын
Can't trust these fully semi automatic AR-1610s
@WaltherLeopold
5 жыл бұрын
Two barrels? Who needs a gun with this high capacity, anyway?
@1911dawg
4 жыл бұрын
nah, its wood nobody would notice
@Ajay-lu4je
3 жыл бұрын
at that time you would have match lock
@texasbeast239
Жыл бұрын
Entirely excessive. How many Brits wear kevlar anyway?
@RamadaArtist
Жыл бұрын
I sure wouldn't. Look at 1:21 the top of the bottom barrel is clipped so that it fits snugly with the upper barrel. That thing is a hand grenade waiting to go off.
@mrsquishyboots
8 жыл бұрын
Its hard to find a holster for these. Amazon came up nothing.
@dc.181
8 жыл бұрын
+mrsquishyboots Hilarious
@BurnTheNuance
8 жыл бұрын
Har har...
@classifiedad1
8 жыл бұрын
+A survivor I think a bayonet is more useful with this one.
@keithmoore7390
8 жыл бұрын
+Pilotmario that's the only thing a bayonet is good for anymore, the cartridge and breech loading made it obsolete!!
@paint_thinner
8 жыл бұрын
"breech loading made it obsolete" I think the Zulu's might say differently. And this chap- www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9571522/Soldier-who-led-Afghanistan-bayonet-charge-into-hail-of-bullets-honoured.html
@Perktube1
8 жыл бұрын
Add a few skull images and it looks like something an Inquisitor might carry in Warhammer 40K.
@Ezekiel_Allium
5 жыл бұрын
I could almost see it being a Hrud Fusil
@borbo23
5 жыл бұрын
In Warhammer: Vermintide 2, the Witch Hunter Saltzpyre has a gun much like this on his Bounty Hunter career.
@LordVader1094
4 жыл бұрын
@@borbo23 Of course, as the Empire in Warhammer Fantasy is very much based on the HRE!
@krayne-ddg-pmc
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah basically a cut down laslock
@peterc9568
3 жыл бұрын
You mean Warhammer Fantasy. Flint/wheel Lock weapons are a little technologically behind in a 40K world.
@Hank..
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of guns can rightfully be called cool or awesome, but few deserve to be called magnificent. This is one of those; a true work of art.
@nutz4gunz457
8 жыл бұрын
Any plans on mud testing it with Karl?
@saijames635
8 жыл бұрын
I was thinking drop testing.
@jonbush7467
8 жыл бұрын
+Nutz4Gunz45 It will be at Cablea's in Louisville Kentucky and be center stage at the NasCar finales. ...not really..I just made that up.
@fastmongrel
8 жыл бұрын
You could probably have equipped a regiment with matchlocks for the price of this beauty.
@ironwoodnf
4 жыл бұрын
And go to battle like an absolute peasant.
@Melanittanigra
8 жыл бұрын
Please do more early-modern firearms like this
@EpicBOSS505RBLX
7 жыл бұрын
almost thought you said modern firearms -- almost took the time to load a muzzleloader myself :P
@Ianskull
5 жыл бұрын
i'm almost as impressed by the preservation of it as the construction of it.
@GeneralLotz
8 жыл бұрын
Good for fighting both beastmen and chaos warriors :P
@leary4
8 жыл бұрын
+GeneralLotz I'm thinkin an anti dragon device on game of thrones
@generalvictorironraven.1347
6 жыл бұрын
I don't think the beastmen warrant hand gunners. They don't have very much armor and crossbow men do more damage overall. It could be a good idea to bring a few units of hand Gunners in case they go minor Minotaur heavy but other than that I think it's a bit of a waste.
@Ezekiel_Allium
5 жыл бұрын
@@generalvictorironraven.1347 I'm sorry, but crossbows do more damage? Is that from the actual game?!
@generalvictorironraven.1347
5 жыл бұрын
John Sanders yes they Don’t necessarily do more damage per shot but they fire slightly faster. It’s just their lack of armor piercing damage that makes handguns a better option in almost every case.
@LordVader1094
4 жыл бұрын
@@generalvictorironraven.1347 Handguns do a lot more morale damage though. ;)
@tamahawkins2815
8 жыл бұрын
that is a beautiful piece of firearms history Ian thank you for sharing the detail with us
@tristancauvin
8 жыл бұрын
Dates to 1610!!!??!?!?!? This beauty almost made me spill my coffee when my jaw hit the floor just now...
@mesinovict6316
5 жыл бұрын
That gun is older than the US
@gastonbell108
5 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised it only sold for 75 grand. But that's the collector's market for ya. Prices fluctuate wildly based on demand, not necessarily quality.
@schleybailey
5 жыл бұрын
@@mesinovict6316 by 167 years no less.
@erebostd
4 жыл бұрын
@@mesinovict6316 the US is fairly young, the town I live in was founded over 1000 years ago, with some buildings dating back to that (mostly the cellars are that old). We often forget that the people back then weren't just dumb mud-dwellers sitting in their huts. 😊
@NapoleonBonaparde
4 жыл бұрын
@@erebostd Depends at what continent you look at
@RabidMortal1
8 жыл бұрын
The other cool thing to note is that the wheel mechanism of the forward lock is mostly external so you can see the spring and the chain (like a bicycle chain) that is wound around the wheel's central shaft when the lock is cocked.
@gimking
8 жыл бұрын
I want to open carry this.
@RunCMD97
6 жыл бұрын
James King pull it out on would be attackers "Have at thee you rapscallions"
@TacDyne
5 жыл бұрын
I have a friend who does just that with a single shot version. EDIT: I forgot to mention, he lies and tells people it's a paintball gun. :D
@diptastik5651
8 жыл бұрын
Such beautiful craftsmanship .
@mustangmckraken1150
8 жыл бұрын
+Anthony Hings I wish there was more information on who had it built and where it came from, it's gorgeous. This isn't stuff a regular gunsmith does lol
@thomaschongs3456
4 жыл бұрын
A gun that makes you want to stare at the barrel 😏🔫
@CurtHowland
3 жыл бұрын
In 400 years, Ian's 10-th-grand-son will say, "This is the AMT Automag 180. Not many were made, and these were prestige pieces."
@HandyDandy6
5 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic piece of engineering and art. Its even versatile the pommel could easily double as a buttplug
@arbnorh.910
8 жыл бұрын
oh men that looks expensive
@aleramone23
8 жыл бұрын
It was without a doubt expensive when it was made, just imagine today...
@webtoedman
8 жыл бұрын
The usual sparking medium was iron pyrites, as flint would rapidly wear out the friction wheels. I don't think anyone will be firing this though - too rare and beautiful.:-)
@1fanger
8 жыл бұрын
Outrageous, in a grand way! Wheellocks were a natural progression in ignition systems. I disagree on the comment as to the reliability of the flintlock ignition system, in that men who owned these guns took pains to keep their powder dry, and were successful, the great majority of the time. The longhunters, up to the late 17th century, carried their guns loaded all the time. You were able, in those days, to keep a gun loaded and primed for many years, as long as the primer pan was sheltered from the wet. Many guns were found primed and the barrel was loaded.
@Perktube1
8 жыл бұрын
Just watched The Great War with Indy. He mentioned you guys!
@ForgottenWeapons
8 жыл бұрын
+Perktube1 Which video?
@Mamiya645
8 жыл бұрын
Makes me wish Warhammer Online was still alive one way or another (not sure if a certain project rolled out live), the Witch Hunter class had these sorts of weapons in the one hand and a blade in the right, made for a beautiful combat style.
@tome8373
5 жыл бұрын
This is literally a 1610 mossberg shockwave
@zambsDGOW
5 жыл бұрын
the final flex my enemy will receive
@d33b33
8 жыл бұрын
Even the Deer Of Judgement are impressed by the detail of this real life fantasy example of engineering.
@adriabel1479
8 жыл бұрын
Can you unscrew the pommel?
@ingridchristiansen4367
5 жыл бұрын
No, the pommel is doveled and glued to the stock. It is just a decorated grip that prevented the stock from slipping out of the shooters hand when it was pulled from its holster at the horse's neck.
@@ingridchristiansen4367 the only purpose of a pommel is to end your opponent rightly.
@SKALS-ICY-TOM
8 жыл бұрын
what a awesome firearm... really looks like something used to hunt monsters and vampires 😊
@keithmoore7390
8 жыл бұрын
I thought the wheel lock came before the flint lock and used iron pyrite? could be wrong?
@ForgottenWeapons
8 жыл бұрын
+keith moore Nope, you are correct.
@polymath7
8 жыл бұрын
+Forgotten Weapons The flintlock was also preceded by other flint using mechanisms like the doglock and snapchanuce (probably misspelled) which are often mentioned in contradistinction to the "true flintlock". However when I spent about an hour googling the subject a few weeks ago it was surprisingly difficult to find out what is meant by "true flintlock" I _think_ it means there's a pan cover that automatically lifts as the hammer falls. Oh, and maybe one other advantage to the flintlock in addition to cost is you don't need the spanning key, which might be countervailed in earlier flint mechanisms that don't ensure the priming powder stays dry. If anyone who actually knows about this stuff would like to reply I'm curious..
@ForgottenWeapons
8 жыл бұрын
+polymath7 At some point I should do some more coverage of the pre-percussion systems, but I really need to study up on them myself first.
@polymath7
8 жыл бұрын
Forgotten Weapons That would be extremely cool.
@ravravensdale1963
8 жыл бұрын
you are correct
@thedude6389
8 жыл бұрын
That is a weapon I would be proud to own (shame im from UK so I cant) but that is some seriously amazing craftsmanship
@EATSFALCONPUNCH
8 жыл бұрын
IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM
@randyb5631
8 жыл бұрын
+EATSFALCONPUNCH A lot of museums do have them, but the supply outstrips the demand most of the time and a lot of museums can't afford to take care of many. Chicago Art Institute has the Harding Collection, but with their redesign, I could not find more than a couple of pieces used in exhibits, whereas about 15 years ago they had two sides of a main corridor filled with pieces, including two- and three- barreled wheellocks that were like regular ones mounted such as they met at a point, not over and under like this one. But guns no longer PC, so they've been relegated to the back room. Smithsonian has many nice pieces from Renwick (lived in AZ and died in early 1960s), but they haven't displayed them since late 1970s and never published a book on them. Really a shame as there were very unusual arms represented.
@masonsykes2240
6 жыл бұрын
Calm down, Indiana Jones. Calm down.
@michaelbritt7609
6 жыл бұрын
So do you! ;)
@bustarogers9990
5 жыл бұрын
@@randyb5631 you're so right , PC culture makes me sick and so do the mindless shills that follow it like the lemmings they are.
@_DixonCider
5 жыл бұрын
Many museums receive their historical pieces from collectors, either on loan from them or donated by them. You don't buy something this beautiful and historically significant just to lock it away and twirl your mustache.
@xxAnaconta
8 жыл бұрын
This looks like something you would use to kill an emperor
@lucianene7741
4 жыл бұрын
If you manage to conceal it enough to get past the guards.
@charleslambert3368
4 жыл бұрын
Found Pierre Bezukhov?
@foxeh123
4 жыл бұрын
More like it's dropped by the emperor.
@PhilMasters
3 жыл бұрын
I’d have thought that more likely the Emperor would be carrying one of these to defend himself against the scruffy hooded assassins with their volume-produced blunderbusses.
@TheKitMurkit
8 жыл бұрын
Just went and watched wheel lock in slo mo. Really a lighter!
@petermuller8058
7 жыл бұрын
I live in Dresden (Saxony, Germany) and we have museums with tons of such guns and other weapons and tools filled! If you walk through the exhibition, a piece like this is pretty unspectacular because there are other guns made out of pure gold and diamonds and stuff!
@Blueswailer
8 жыл бұрын
Holy Intricacy, Batman! The level of gunsmithing on this thing, wooh. The carvings, all the hand shaped parts. Gungasm! I'm all weak in the knees. Again a phenomenally interesting piece I would not have had any idea of without your stellar channel. Thank you Ian!
@NikovK
8 жыл бұрын
+Blueswailer All those twists in the steel were done by the gunsmith at a forge. I know just enough about actual blacksmithing to be amazed.
@Blueswailer
8 жыл бұрын
NikovK I went to an artesan school that took almost 4 years. Blacksmithing, sand-casting, vacuum casting(jewelry and the sort), milling, turning etc. were all taught to me. That's why I went bananas.
@Kingjackass73
8 жыл бұрын
+NikovK Even on a modern CNC that would be increasingly difficult. Props to the ancient maker of that beauty.
@Earthenfist
8 жыл бұрын
+KingJackass Intriguingly, some of those would probably be easier by hand than on a CnC- granted, not as precise, but things like the scribing on the side springs, look like just file carving work, albeit with very delicate files. And of course, casting the finnials would still be done by hand even today.
@Tom_-
8 жыл бұрын
That's like some vampire hunter prop. It's gorgeous!
@VonSchpam
5 жыл бұрын
Good man, I need a firearm! How about this flintlock? No, I need something better! How about this wheellock? Good, but can you do better? How about we carve naked women all over it? SOLD! I'll take two.
@ravvaktheannihilator69
7 жыл бұрын
400 years old and still functional. absolutely stunning
@kunicross
8 жыл бұрын
amazing weapon, I find wheelocks are about the most interesting firearms ever made.
@CyLonFPV
8 жыл бұрын
Is that a Glock 2 model 1610? All joking aside that's a fantastic piece of engineering and manufacturing. kudo's to the craftsmen who had the skills to make something like this with only hand tools.
@classifiedad1
8 жыл бұрын
+Cy Lon Probably a Heckler-Koch or a Walther. Glock is Austrian.
@erebostd
5 жыл бұрын
@@classifiedad1Anschütz, my friend ;-(
@ioannismetaxas4393
5 жыл бұрын
it's a FAMAS
@TacDyne
5 жыл бұрын
While the handle will function as a substitute dog chew toy, it is not any form of Nylon... ergo not a Glock. :D
@ThePerfectRed
8 жыл бұрын
To set some things straight - a wheelock does not use flint. It uses iron pyrite. Different than a flintlock, it is the steel that tears the sparks from the pyrite. A flint would wear down the wheel ruining its seal to the pan lips. Also there is no clock-like spring inside, rather a leaf spring linked to the axle over a chain. The wheel only makes about 3/4 of a revolution.
@phileas007
8 жыл бұрын
+Funny Farmer I'm also fairly certain such geometry wouldn't produce sparks very effectively with a flint, probably would just grind both surfaces down.
@ThePerfectRed
6 жыл бұрын
Excuse the late reply, I saw your comment just now. Yes as you say, a flint is very hard and grinds down surfaces. That's how a flintlock is intended to work because the frizzen is replaceable (or alternatively, its hardened surface can be renewed). However, on a wheellock the wheel is not intended to be replaced. It has a very tight fit to the pan, at least on higher quality guns, and it works the other way around: The pyrite or German "Schwefelkies" is not so hard so that the steel wheel rips the sparks from the rock and wears it down rather than the other way around.
@wendymorgan1049
4 жыл бұрын
I'll bet there were people in 1610 saying "oh no, you don't go hunting with something like that! A gun like that is only for killing people!!"
@LucasIsHereYT
3 жыл бұрын
When you fully upgrade your starter weapon
@williamhayden7711
8 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see the hammer price on this. Thanks for sharing Ian, amazing piece of history.
@Kingjackass73
8 жыл бұрын
+William Hayden betting the cost of that is the same as a nice new mid range BMW im thinking.
@nutsandgum
8 жыл бұрын
+KingJackass The listed estimate was 35 - 45k US. Dunno how much BMWs are over there but this seems like a bargain for a 400 year old gun in that condition.
@JoshuaNicoll
8 жыл бұрын
+KingJackass I'm thinking more Ferrari territory,
@williamhayden7711
8 жыл бұрын
I would think so. 400 years with that sort of craftsmanship? It's no surprise why Ian wasn't messing with it too much despite his inner child screaming at him to do so. You just know we wanted to crank that lockwork.
@REPADIGITAL
6 жыл бұрын
$74,750.
@RabidMortal1
8 жыл бұрын
Iron pyrites (not flint) for sparks
@gregmiller9710
8 жыл бұрын
+RabidMortal1 all that glitters is not gold...
@gregmiller9710
8 жыл бұрын
FooWasHere really a fantastic weapon. i would love to have in my collection..
@pommel47
8 жыл бұрын
+RabidMortal1 I am so sorry I did not order a German kit to make a plain, simple, one barrel wheellock decades ago. I already had some pyrites. The Firearms Museum in Copenhagen has dozens of these that are part of the King of Denmark's hereditary private collection. You usually had to be Royalty to afford one of these. I am sure many, if not all were gifted to Kings in the 16th and 17th centuries. Exquisite Art that was probably never fired.
@RabidMortal1
8 жыл бұрын
+J.L. Roberts Never fear! There are still high quality kits/castings you can get from www.therifleshoppe.com/. They are not the fastest with their shipping but it's never too late to start :)
@pommel47
8 жыл бұрын
+RabidMortal1 Thx, I researched them a cpl years ago. I decided to make an early matchlock pistol from scratch instead. Got a reject barrel (.625) from Dixie and went from there. It is sooo simplistic, but it does shoot. Fired 2 unaimed shots into the range backstop. It will probably never be fired again.
@RobertoDonatti
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Ian, what a brilliant gun! One thing, far as I know, wheel locks did not use flints, they used pyrite instead. Wheel locks has some limited military use in Austrian Cavalry. I understand they have a XVII century arsenal in Austria with a lot of these guns. They were saddle guns used in pairs and are not lavishly engraved like that one. Cheers
@friedpickle8332
11 ай бұрын
The fact that you can pick it up without bellowing "WITH THIS SHOT, I ABJURE THEE!" is a testament to your self-discipline.
@daddydoc1115
5 жыл бұрын
Doesn't it just blow your mind that this piece of art is over 400 years old but looks like it was made maybe 20 or 30 years ago?
@imperialfragments
8 жыл бұрын
great piece. do you know if it is provincial Saxon from the German coasts or Anglo-Saxon from Britain? The white dragon motif is the original banner of the Saxon peoples. A white dragon on a red field. the dragon is always rampant never walking. looks to be on the top side where the wood meets the reciever tang. very beautiful firearm.
@imperialfragments
8 жыл бұрын
+Christian Meyer thanks for the info
@ingridchristiansen4367
5 жыл бұрын
Neither-nor. You mix up the iron-age or early mediaval Saxons, who lived at the lower Elbe river and together with Jutes and the tribe of the Angles invaded Britain when the Romans had left, and the much later German dukedom of Saxe or Saxony that was located further up the river. That dukedom was later divided so that there were various German territories that had the name"Sachsen" in it. Major cities in Saxony are Dresden and Leipzig.
@Tuton25
8 жыл бұрын
I thought I might place a bid on this.... then I looked at the price....
@thegoldencaulk2742
8 жыл бұрын
Basically every time I go on RIA's site..... :(
@jackmcslay
8 жыл бұрын
+Tuton25 I actually thought it would be higher
@navtium
8 жыл бұрын
+Jack Mcslay I was surprised at that too. I was thinking at least a 100k. Who knows, it might sell for more though, that's just an estimation.
@spyderxtra777
8 жыл бұрын
That thing needs a sig brace!
@Sabrowsky
7 жыл бұрын
Any gun can shoot, this one does it while looking good
@BobbyIronsights
3 жыл бұрын
Wheelocks used iron pyrite not flints, for the first time ever I'm disappointed in Gun Jesus.
@RangieNZ
5 жыл бұрын
With the staggered priming bowls, does that mean the lower barrel is a few inches shorter internally?
@Knight-Bishop
5 жыл бұрын
I would only assume so. That arm connected to the forward wheel looks like the transfer bar back to the trigger; I'm assuming it releases the first wheel to the top barrel, and then the action engages the bar so a second pull releases the forward wheel. Not a huge compromise for the time to have that second barrel shorter, especially if a target is still closing the distance from the top barrel's effective range after you've fired once already. And if you look at the length, while the top isn't unusual for a wheel lock, that bottom barrel is at least the length of an average flintlock's over the next 120 years, if not a bit more.
@ThePerfectRed
5 жыл бұрын
Most people really underestimate that every little piece of such a gun was hand forged and filed. That is a completely different level of craftsmanship than just polishing up newly made reproductions. As a side note, wheellocks did not use flints. They used pyrite, the sparks came from the stone rather than the steel wheel.
@johnmilligan1034
4 жыл бұрын
Flint? A wheel lock doesn't use flint! It uses iron pyrites! Never put flint in a wheel lock. You will not get a spark and will only wear away the wheel. This guy is an expert?
@pauljones9746
8 жыл бұрын
Is that Ivory wire inlay at 4:21??? WOW!! Now that is impressive!!!!
@j3lly_m3lly
Жыл бұрын
wheellocks weren't all that superior 2 flintlocks. everytime u want 2 fire a wheellock u need 2 wind it up with a wrench, unlike a flintlock.
@soundofspace8026
4 жыл бұрын
Personally decorate weapons are my favorite since showing of wealth through guns has become unheard of these days.
@erebostd
4 жыл бұрын
Very, very cool gun! Thanks for showing!
@BrianOrangehouse
8 жыл бұрын
What amazing workmanship!
@mickleblade
8 жыл бұрын
I thought at 1st it was ivory inlay, perhaps with the sea monster theme it's scrimshaw instead, whale ivory.
@ArionEquus
8 жыл бұрын
I have finally seen something on your channel, that I actually personally want to own. Wheel locks are amazing pieces of design art... and this one it literally art on on a piece of artwork. I am actually tempted to throw a bid on this thing... Even with the steep price. I want it oh so badly...
@nono-xw6qd
8 жыл бұрын
I'd definitely watch it at auction, there's a good chance it could be a steal.
@killerskillet
7 жыл бұрын
@ 4:19, it appears as though we have a dragon with a penis and testicles that are also breasts in an ivory inlay... Holy mackerel, 75 grand for this gun. It's pretty rad.
@davidchristensen2970
8 жыл бұрын
I would love to know the history of this weapon, who carried it, and where.
@gregmiller9710
8 жыл бұрын
Ian, i just watched "Out of the Trenches" and they made mention of you & Indie getting 2gether, i think that's GREAT!!! they really plugged your show and rock island super good!!
@samdherring
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful as this gun is, I can think of 100 things I'd rather spend $74K on. There are literal tanks on eBay for less money 😂
@imTheMrBEAN
2 жыл бұрын
My God that is a BEAUTIFUL weapon. Such craftmanship is far and few in between these days.
@McOuroborosBurger
7 жыл бұрын
this gun is more beautiful and intricate 500 years later than most guns made now days.
@Frontline_view_kaiser
5 жыл бұрын
This looks like someone weaponized a saxophone
@jalumbuquay6625
4 жыл бұрын
If I was a millionaire, I would have outbid on this just so I could open carry this in my hip for the rest of my life
@imperialus1
8 жыл бұрын
Actually the Wheel Lock was contemporary to the Matchlock, where pulling the trigger (or more often squeezing a lever) would cause a burning bit of rope to dip into a flash pan. Flintlocks were actually quite reliable compared to Wheel Locks since the mechanisms were so complex. Judging by the size (and date) of that beast it looks like a Reiter pistol. Wheel Locks were really the only option for firearms carried by cavalry at the time since they could be fired from the back of a moving horse with less chance of the powder in the pan spilling everywhere. Likely this particular pistol was intended to be used in a Caracol, which was popular cavalry tactic up until the 30 years war among the German states at the time. Basically the cavalry would advance at a trot towards a pike and shot formation in close order several ranks deep with a pair of pistols (or more if they were lucky) which they would fire one at a time before circling to the back of the ranks to reload. Once the enemy formation was disrupted by the pistol fire the cavalry would then charge home and engage in hand to hand combat. The pistols carried by the Reiters were particularly large because lighter pistols could have difficulty punching through the armour of a pikeman without closing to a range where the pikes themselves were a threat. They were actually used more like carbines, or perhaps a 17th century version of an SMG, and intended to be fired with two hands. It is important to note though that they were still called 'pistols' not carbines, even though carbines did exist at the time. However carbines were used by a different type of cavalry, specifically dragoons, and dragoons were seen as a lower class of soldier, since they were effectively mobile infantry and not 'true' cavalry, whereas the Reiters, Harqubusiers, and other pistol armed cavalry were upper class.
@wildrangeringreen
2 жыл бұрын
There was a movie made, titled "Alatriste" (who was a real person, BTW), starring Viggo Mortenson (Aragorn himself lol), it takes place during the 30 years war. The end of the movie takes place at the Battle of Rocroi (May, 1643). The filmmakers put quite a bit of effort into making the movie as accurate as possible (only a little artistic license). It shows those tactics, along with pike-blocks clashing, effective use of musketeers and artillery, the Tercios, ect. If you can understand Early Modern Iberian Spanish, or are ok with subtitulos, it's a great movie.
@HistoryNeedsYou
8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful piece with decoration that harks back to Renaissance crossbows. The ignition system on a wheellock is like a cigarette lighter but uses iron pyrite, not Flint. On a flintlock, both the flint and the steel frizzen wear away with use as the Sparks are actually shavings from the frizzen. On a wheellock, the iron pyrite provides the spark, rather than wearing away the wheel. The wrench used to wind the mechanism was called a spanner. In the UK, a wrench is still known as a spanner, an interesting difference between US and UK English. Thank you for showing this early piece. Not only is it beautiful and historic, it also shows how long gunsmiths have been producing precision engineering. Hopefully you will be able to visit the UK again and I will be able to show you an original revolver from the seventeenth century!
@davidstegman8147
8 жыл бұрын
Is it Ivory inlaid with gold plated and silver furniture?
@TWISTEDSTRINGS69
8 жыл бұрын
I think it`s amazing ! Thinking back to the guy making that by hand 400 years ago. What was he(the gunsmith) like ? Who was he making it for ? So many questions about that time period..
@KravityGECK
4 жыл бұрын
"Ornate" seems a bit of an understatement to me.
@LanikinMalachite
8 жыл бұрын
I'm fairly certain I've seen this gun in a book at some point.
@dalemoss4684
Жыл бұрын
I missed this video when it came out but I'm so glad to have discovered it now. Unique muzzleloaders are my favourite and that's why I love this channel
@mcFreaki
8 жыл бұрын
that is in really good condition. if anything of mine still looks this good in 400-odd years i'll be happy.
@georgetreepwood1119
8 жыл бұрын
Superb, I love the workmanship and decorative aspects of these fine old guns... Many thanks Ian for another great video.
@pmodd
8 жыл бұрын
Spectacular craftsmanship, and in amazing condition for something 400 years old that has a big chunk of wood in it.
@johnathanbaker5015
8 жыл бұрын
It looks like the screws on the pyrite clamps use the same key as the wheels. Cool little engineering choice.. It should also be noted that the wheel-lock actually predates the flintlock - they started out as competition for matchlocks, and were often used in situations where open flames were a bad idea (powder trains, etc.), as well as on horseback. They're far less-complicated and much less dangerous to reload, especially for a cavalryman, than a matchlock. You can also carry several loaded and readied wheel-lock guns; with matchlocks you have to ignite and set the match within a very short time-frame of your intended shot. Plus, you can't carry a holstered gun with a lit match. Not that this stopped the Japanese from using matchlock pistols and carbines for their cavalry, of course. But they had a very different firearms culture than the European and American societies of the era.
@houndofzoltan
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you fire some of these old guns sometime
@LtJackboot
6 жыл бұрын
I'd bet money this was a sea Captain's pistol, maybe even a wealthy pirate.
@elias-td4yr
5 жыл бұрын
Seeing that this is from Saxony I would rather say that this was a Lords/Barons/Dukes weapon
@G-Mastah-Fash
8 жыл бұрын
Man this is so steampunk.
@AnimeSunglasses
8 жыл бұрын
+Roland Deschain I'm pretty sure that PREDATES steam of any kind...
@franklinblankenship8991
8 жыл бұрын
+AnimeSunglasses predates any kind of steam? ever?...man steam hasn't been around that long..
@AnimeSunglasses
8 жыл бұрын
That's part of my point... Although as it turns out, the first ever patent for a steam engine was given in 1606! The first commercial (rather than experimental) use of a steam engine was in 1712. The one we usually think of, and which I was thinking of in my first comment, is James Watt's, patented in 1781.
@pRahvi0
6 жыл бұрын
Clockpunk is the specific term. And yes, I'm a nerd.
@RockerMarcee96
6 жыл бұрын
And funnily enough the first wheellocks date to around 1500-1520 (maybe even as early as 1480) and cavalry up to the 30 years war almost exclusively used wheellock firearms. Mostly because if you could supply yourself with a warhorse you could afford a couple of wheellock handguns.
@praevasc4299
3 жыл бұрын
And because the only alternative was a matchlock, and it's not a good idea to ride a horse with a burning piece of rope dangling out of your weapon. The main advantage of the wheellock was that it could be kept ready to fire, you could just pull it out and shoot. With a matchlock, you can't do that: even if your matchcord is already burning, you have to blow on it and reposition it before shooting.
@RockerMarcee96
3 жыл бұрын
@@praevasc4299 yes, indeed Though later on the more reliable and far cheaper flintlocks took over
@BigWheel.
8 жыл бұрын
I'll place a bid... I've been looking for a good conceal carry weapon.
@VxNemesis
8 жыл бұрын
When you say that wheel locks are substantialy more reliable than flintlocks it's incorrect. And that's part of the reason wheel locks disappeared while flintlocks stayed until percussion. The issue with the wheel lock is that the pyrite needs a lot of friction to produce a spark, more than flint or modern lighter stones. The dents on the wheel need to be many and sharp, and the arm holding the pyrite needs to push hard. You cannot use flint on those guns, it's a common misconception, flint is too brittle and shatters. It might work for one shot but after that you can replace the stone. I used some wheel locks and I can tell you that the originals you see with 4 or 5 indentations on the wheel would have been nearly impossible to fire. We made a wheel with indentations every milimeter and used modern stones to achieve 60% reliability. And you need to clean the gun every 5 shots or it fails. With pyrite we had even less reliability. And that's with modern swiss very fine pulverin. With a flintlock you have approximately 15-20 shots with 95% reliability, after that it degrades but stays usable for training. . The mechanism is a lot simplier and easier to cock, it's also faster to ignite so you have less shot delay and thus better accuracy.
@Alberad08
8 жыл бұрын
+VxNemesis Don't mind, but I have contradictory Information: Ignition comes with the wheel lock immediately, which can be seen in shooting Videos - therefore it was the weapon of choice for assassins and, of course, wealthy hunters, even in the 18th century.
@VxNemesis
8 жыл бұрын
+Alberad08 Ignition comes imediately with a properly designed wheel and a modern stone. I imagine they probably managed to make a few quick and reliable ones on the first shot, but as a military weapon you need reliability on multiple shots. Maybe they used flint in the videos you saw, that would explain the fast ignition.
@johnyonghwang6112
5 жыл бұрын
I can see this being used by a certain skull masked bodyguard with an empress to save
@ravenbiker9509
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that is a masterpiece of engineering and decoration
@CatalinaThePirate
8 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhhh, I am in LOVE! That would go so awesomely with my "Sunday tea with the queen" garb! ;)
@nestrac
8 жыл бұрын
double boomstick
@jjforcebreaker
8 жыл бұрын
God damn this thing should be placed in a museum. Amazing!!
@KarlBunker
8 жыл бұрын
What a work of art. I wish this channel did more of these really old firearms.
@BlankPicketSign
8 жыл бұрын
I thought I was impressed with the Chinese Mystery Pistols... DAMN
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
4 жыл бұрын
More content like this, please. This is absolutely incredible.
@sithyarael6807
8 жыл бұрын
Wow that is a beautiful work of art.
@ldmitruk
8 жыл бұрын
Some of weird creatures are similar to the depiction of whales on maps of the same era.
@johnnschroeder7424
8 жыл бұрын
Seriously beautiful piece, and a great chance to see what craftsman were capable of, thanks for the look at history!
@aleramone23
8 жыл бұрын
Look for Giovanni Paolo Negroli medieval helmets on Google: absolutely stunning.
@Kingjackass73
8 жыл бұрын
Thats a piece of museum quality art. with the workmanship put into making it, I wounder if it was accurate for its time. Love to see quality like that in modern firearms.
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