Match lock lock

[maudite]

Does anyone besides the Rifle Shoppe make a Match Lock lock with the pan attached to the lockplate

[Dave B]

Most match locks have the pan attached to the barrel. You might check with Blackley and sons in the UK they have a bunch of the old stuff.

[Pukka Bundook]

Maudite,
There was a period in the mid 1500's (or a shade earlier) when the pan was attached to the lock on at least some Suhl matchlocks, but then the idea seemed to die  out until the early to mid 1600's.  The ones we usually see with pan attached are late 17thC to early 18th C.

A matchlock Lock is a very easy thing to make, and can be more realistic than many imports.

See this link, for more specifics, M.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7524&highlight=matchlock+chronology

best,
Richard.

[maudite]

Thanks for the link

Jeff

[Levy]

I've worked on quite a few original matchlocks from 1622 - 1715 shipwrecks and I only recall one (maybe two) that had the powder pan that was attached to the lock instead of the barrel.  The one that I remember was from a 1715 Plate Fleet Wrecks.  All the rest had the powder pan driven into a dovetail at the breech of the barrel.  James Levy