Matchlock Accouterments

[Frozen Run]

There have been a lot of cool pictures of matchlocks on this forum, can anyone share pictures of the contemporary accouterments made for them? Thank you.

[thecapgunkid]

Try a search on Matchlock Apostles and or bandoliers

[Frozen Run]

Thank you.

[Dutch Blacky]

Here 
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15724
you can see some nice pics of powder flasks fron this period

[Dutch Blacky]

This guy "Matchlock" seend to have hat a lot of knowledge about  matchlock accouterments.

He also showed some early cartridge  boxes http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8540&highlight=wheel-lock+holster+1621

[Dutch Blacky]

Flinthammers, wheel-lock spanners, partially comined with priming flasks ....

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=80827&posted=1#post80827

[Mike from OK]

I know zip about matchlocks other than having a general idea on the principles of their operation.

But the bandolier with all the loading flasks hanging off is one of the coolest accoutrements ever... The Elizabethan era baggy breeches, not so much.

Mike

[Panzerschwein]

Not contemporary, but here’s a photo to stoke the imagination:



From a 16th C manuscript. Notice the patched round balls and ramrod accesories. There is even a patch cutter and small container for storing grease. Capandball YouTube goes into great detail on this in his new video. He even demonstrates an original military matchlock barrel that was x-rayed and found to contain a patched round ball.

Some claim using patched roundballs in smoothbore guns is a modern 20th century thing only.

Yeah, they’re off by about 400 years.

[James Rogers]

Not contemporary, but here’s a photo to stoke the imagination:



From a 16th C manuscript. Notice the patched round balls and ramrod accesories. There is even a patch cutter and small container for storing grease. Capandball YouTube goes into great detail on this in his new video. He even demonstrates an original military matchlock barrel that was x-rayed and found to contain a patched round ball.

Some claim using patched roundballs in smoothbore guns is a modern 20th century thing only.

Yeah, they’re off by about 400 years.

Can anyone interpret the written descriptions to English?
For example, does it say that is a patch.cutter or a wad cutter?

[Dutch Blacky]

Some time ago I saw a document about a shooting competition of a shooting guild (maybe around 1700?). There is mentioned as a condition that you may not use patched balls (gefuderte Kugeln). The use of patched balls had probably been known for a long time, but they have probably not been used militarily, but only in competitions or when a servant has loaded the weapon for a nobleman on the hunt.