A VERY interesting barrel, as I have yet to identify any other early arm that had such a spiral and swamped configuration, of such a long length, also with a hooked breech, having the touch hole be up at 12 o'clock or on top of the barrel, as early 'punk lit' hand gonnes or perhaps even the 1st serpentine-fired arquebuses were ignited.
My plans - as of now - are to make an early
Landsknecht Mercenary-type Arquebus out of it, maybe of snap matchlock design. Also of note, although purchased from Italy, it does not necessarily imply that the barrel itself is of Italian origin.
Seeking helpful input for a build! Shown against a typical T/C Thompson Center Renegade barrel just for scale.
Off-topic, but while the final bid price itself wasn't too high, it co$t me almost as much extra to export it to the US than the barrel cost itself. Italy also exported it as a 'complete gun', so there was a ton of extra unnecessary red tape and hurdles to also work through ...
