BRIXIA announces an early post-Petronel curved Spanish stock Matchlock Arquebus

[Flint62Smoothie]

Federico from Brixia is now showing a model of a "Alla Spanola-style" or Spanish-stocked, almost Petronel-like, early matchlock arquebus, with a perp sight, as used in 1523 at the conquest of Tunis, as well as in the 2nd half of the 16th Century as used in the famous 'Battle of Pavia', shown on period tapestries!

It is a transitional stock, not as severe a curved swept stock as a true Petronel, but not really a shoulder-fired arm yet either. It will have a peep sight! They are modeling their copy of an original that is housed in the Museum of Turin.

I find this to be VERY exciting!


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[Flint62Smoothie]

See photo.

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[bob in the woods]

These guns absolutely fascinate me. I love my matchlock 

[Flint62Smoothie]

LATEST photos … expected to sell for $1,240 in the US.

[Daryl]

Sounds a mite rich to me, for that meager assembly of parts.

[Levy]

I got to work on quite a few originals from 1622 (Atocha), 1715 Plate Fleet and even 1733 Plate Fleet.  they ranged from arquebuses to mosquetes to wall guns in matchlock.  The stocks were the shape pictured, but with less drop and intended to be shot from the shoulder.  The forearms of the 1622 matchlocks were flat-sided and the 1715 matchlocks had a rounded forearm and some with retaining springs for the barrel bands. Most of the locks had a hump on the rear on the topside, but some were rectangular.  Most had a tapered tube peep sight at the rear and a barley corn sight in the front, but I did see a couple with simple sights dovetailed in at the breech. The powder pans were dovetailed into the barrel from the breech end.  I saw one or two where the powder pan was part of the gunlock.
James Levy

[Jim Kibler]

Seems I need some weird little suits and some trade shows...