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Wheel lock of a firearm
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Wheel lock with external wheel. A narrow band, which rings around the square, protruding axle, holds the wheel on the front and back of the wheel plate with a bolt. Flat lock plate, sliding cover. Between the bolt of the cock and the bolt of the cock spring there was probably a connecting strip. On the rear part of the lock plate there was a mechanism, now missing, which served as a safety mechanism for the trigger.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRadslot van een geweer. 1600 - 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.