Sporting and hunting wheel-lock guns, 16th-18th century
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1. Wheel-lock arquebus
Germany, Augsburg, gunsmith Martin Kamerer, 1665 
Rifled, calibre: 15 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family 

2. Wheel-lock rifle
Germany, Dresden, barrel signed „Gottfried Hahn 1679” 
Rifled, calibre: 15 mm

3. Wheel-lock rifle
Czech, Prague, gunsmith Hans Stifter, 1687 
Rifled, calibre: 15 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family

4. Wheel-lock hunting rifle
Germany, Berlin, gunsmith Elias Schinzel, 1706 
Rifled, calibre: 17 mm

5. Nine-barrelled wheel-lock rifle
Czech, Carlsbad, gunsmith Hans Breitfelter, 1671 
Rifled, calibre: 10 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family

6. Match- and wheel-lock target gun
Germany, Nurnberg, stock signed „Lorenz Drechsler II”, 1586 
Unrifled, calibre: 16 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family

This gun was depicted on Jan Matejko’s portrait of Piotr Moszyński, displayed in the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice.

7. Wheel-lock hunting rifle
Germany, gunsmith Tamach Nusleistner, 1st half of the 17th century
Rifled, calibre: 9 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family

8. Wheel-lock hunting rifle
South Germany, mid- of the 17th century
Rifled, calibre: 14 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family


exposition: Gallery „Arms and Uniforms in Poland",
The Main Building, 1, 3 Maja Av.


key: Firearms >>>

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