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Hans Hellinger
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Firearms before their time

Breech-loading matchlock arquebus, Nuremberg 1470

More about this breech loader here

Plan for a nearly identical weapon from a manuscript from 1456 by Lorenzo Ghiberti


Eight barrel matchlock revolver from 1580 Nuremberg


Breech-loading wheelock pistol, ~1560, German

Matchlock breechloader for Henry VIII (one of two he possessed, and used multiple times for hunting) – 1537


This was originally a wheel-lock

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