Hand Guns Copyright , Peter H. Kunz, CH-8200 Schaffhausen

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1 Hand Guns Copyright , Peter H. Kunz, CH-8200 Schaffhausen

2 Ca. 1340: Loshult Bronze Barrel Oldest firearm still in existence, found 1861 in the Swedish town of Loshult. Its form shows great resemblance to the illustrations of Walter de Milemete. Total length: 300 mm Bore length: 270 mm 31 mm Statens Historical Museum, Stockholm

3 Ca 1350: Heavy Bronze Barrel Heavy bronze barrel with sleeve for a wooden rod. Firearm for bow shuts. Private Collection

4 Ca. 1375: Iron Fist Barrel The iron fist barrel from the area of Trübau in Mähren has an octagonal barrel forged over a mandrill. It has reinforcements in the powder Chamber and the muzzle area. Total length: 376 mm 32 mm City Museum Moravska Trebova, Czech. Republic

5 Ca. 1375: For Barrel Hand Cannon Four round barrels are forged to a central part. Its back end is constructed as a sleeve to incorporate a wooden rod. Total length: Barrel length: 555 mm 100 mm 9.5 mm Bernese Historical Museum

6 Ca. 1390: Short Hand Gun Barrel Forged iron barrel with tapered bolt for the fixation of a wooden rod Small Flash Pan in side Barrel length: 230 mm Bore: 211 mm 23 mm Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna

7 Ca. 1390: Bernese Hand Gun Short, hand forged, iron barrel on original wooden stock attached with two iron bands. Touch hole without pan lies on top. Barrel length: Weight: 167 mm 29 mm kg Bernese Historical Museum

8 Before 1399: Tannenberg Hand Gun Light and compact bronze hand cannon with small flash pan on top, slightly moved to the side with an integral socket for the Insertion of a wooden rod. It was dug up at the Castle Tannenberg in Hessen, which was destroyed in Barrel length: Powder Chamber: 320 mm 9 x 118 mm 17.3 mm German National Museum, Nürnberg

9 Ca. 1405: Long and heavy Hand Cannon Drawing from Rudolph Schmidt, Basel, 1875 Typical Dimensions: Total length: Barrel length: 2-4 m mm mm Book Die Handfeuerwaffen, Rudolph Schmidt 1875

10 Ca 1425: Barrel of Hand Gun Iron forged barrel with sleeve for wooden rod. Touch hole on top. No flash pan Museum of the Hussite Revolution, Tabor

11 Ca. 1435: Pole Gun, Kurisches Haff In 1871 a bronze pole gun was found in Kurisch Haff. This early firearm is of special interest since it has still its original stock. The flash pan at the top with swiveling lid, as well as the ramrod inserted into a drilled hole in the wooden pole stock, indicate a very advanced weapon of the time. Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, Warschau

12 Ca. 1450: Hand Gun, Spain Forged iron barrel 8 reinforcement rings Reinforced Powder Chamber Small recess at the touch hole Removable wooden stock Barrel length: Weight: 455 mm 12 mm 2.9 kg Armory Collection, Germany

13 Ca 1450: Italian Hand Gun Iron forged barrel Touch hole on top Trumpet-shaped muzzle Chiseled decorations Replica Stock Barrel length: 1170 mm 22 mm Aldo C. Cimarelli, Armes à Feu de Collection

14 Ca. 1450: Freienstein Hand Gun Barrel Archaeological find of 1975 in ruin of the castle Freienstein Longitudinal crack Missing barrel end Remaining length: 280 mm Original barrel length: ca. 320 mm 18 mm Swiss National Museum, Zürich

15 Ca. 1460: Hand Gun, Augsburg? Iron forged octagonal barrel Touch hole on top Chiseled decorations Barrel length: Weight: 148 mm 19 mm 2.5 kg Armory Collection, Germany

16 Ca. 1470: Tiber Hand Gun Early hand gun with iron barrel and stepped square stock. Forged barrel made from two layered iron rods with eight reinforcement bands. In the area of the touch hole, the pipe is cracked. Total length: Barrel length: 755 mm 250 mm 23 mm Bernese Historical Museum

17 Ca. 1500: Hand Gun with Wooden Butt Octagonal iron forged barrel Touch hole on top though iron band Total length: Weight: 335 mm 15 mm 0.94 kg Armory Collection, Germany

18 Ca. 1500: Mönch s Gun Oldest preserved hand gun with a spark producing ignition system. An iron pyrite is clamped into a Serpentine. A flat adjustable file like iron is installed in the flash pan. The priming powder is piled onto the grater. By pulling the grater, the pyrite creates a spark that ignites the priming powder in the flash pan and fires the shot. Total length: Barrel length: 320 mm 278 mm 11.8 mm Rüstkammer Dresden, Germany

19 Ca. 1520: Hand Gun Barrel Iron forged short barrel Small flash pan around touch hole Barrel length: Weight: 180 mm 25 mm 2.05 kg Armory Collection, Germany

20 Ca 1570: Multi Barrel Pole Gun, England This weapon was also used as a thrust and blow weapon. It has three barrels and nine radially arranged iron points. Two of the muzzles are always covered by a rotating section of sheet metal. Each barrel has its own touch hole. Apparently, the multi barreled gun was owned by King Henry VIII of England and is known as King Henry s Walking stick. Tower Museum, London

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