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| Title: | Wheellock Pistol |
| Date: | c. 1540 |
| Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, German (probably Nuremberg) |
| Medium: | Carved maple (stock); etched and gilded steel (lock); etched and gilded steel (barrel) |
| Dimensions: | 3 7/16 × 2 1/4 × 16 3/4 inches, 2.7 lb. (8.8 × 5.7 × 42.5 cm, 1216g) Width (lockplate to counter plate): 1 9/16 inches (4 cm) Caliber: 12 millimeters (1/16 inches) Length (barrel without tang): 12 inches (30.5 cm) Diameter (caliber): 1/2 inches (1.2 cm) Weight (barrel): 1.3 lb. (578g) Length (barrel): 10 3/8 inches (26.4 cm) Width (max. barrel exterior): 7/8 inches (2.2 cm) |
| Classification: | Arms and Armor |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
| Accession Number: | 1977-167-774 |
| Geography: | Made in southern Germany, Germany, Europe or made in Austria, Europe |
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