wheel lock firearm ignition device

https://www.britannica.com/technology/wheel-lock/additional-info#history Britannica I gues ^ | Jul 20, 2014 | Virginia Gorlinski,Satyavrat Nirala

[kawhill]

Flintlock, ignition system for firearms, developed in the early 16th century.

[kawhill]

This subject to me is kind of the genesis as to where human kind has evolved thus far pertaining to propellant, projectile and delivery mechanism.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Wheel-lock and flint-lock are two different animals. The wheel lock used iron pyrite, not flint, for one thing.

[kawhill]

The mineral pyrite or iron pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron (II) disulfide). We used to find that stuff out here. Had to go up in the FlintHills out here east and north of the Vermillion River to find flint chards. Would like to build a wheel lock sometime.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

So you wanted to meet the flintstones.

[kawhill]

Up there north and east of St. Mary’s KS there were also prairie chickens we would hunt. Never did get one. Beautiful birds to watch fly and set their wings and glide in like a gigantic bob-white quail bird.

[kawhill]

Here you go. You’ve got some in WIP.

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-history-of-the-american-long-rifle/

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

About 55 years ago a gun magazine had an article about a flint-wheel lock mechanism someone had made for a muzzle loader. The wheel came from a cigarette lighter as did the flint. One could also make a version from a striker for a cutting torch.

“And it really really works!”

[Robert A Cook PE]

Gotta go through a lot of Rubble to find ‘em. (Betty was hot.)

[Big Red Badger]

Betty Was Hot !
Ha!
Now I know why Fred had that
‘Yaba Daba Do!’ thing !
.
You Know——that Thing.

[pierrem15]

This guy shows off the accuracy of 17th century wheellock pistols.

In one video, firing the best load from a bench he gets about a 5 inch group at 15 meters punching through reproduction 17th century plate armor.

They were much better than we assume.

https://youtu.be/tbkkfy6Wx1U

[Flag_This]

"Gotta go through a lot of Rubble to find ‘em. (Betty was hot.)"

Well, she was no Judy Jetson, but she was okay.

[Chode]

yeah, well, to be fair, there were millennia of selective breeding went into that... 8^)

[Flag_This]

"yeah, well, to be fair, there were millennia of selective breeding went into that... 8^)"

I swiped comedian Richard Jeni's line about noticing Betty Rubble and realizing you've been on the road too long.

[Chode]

lol...