7th - 14th Century Continuation 2 Ca. 1370: One of the oldest small wall guns in the Historic Museum in Bern. The barrel is held with two rings. It is pre- sumed that the hooks were attached into a vertical gap later. Ca. 1575: First application of timber stocks. Ca. 1375: Oldest known fist cannon forged from iron, with large reinforcement in the area of the powder chamber and shrunk on reinforcement ring at the muzzle. The touch hole with cross-shaped flash pan on the top side. The Barrel is split in the handle area. (City museum of Moravska Czech Republic) Ca. 1375: Igniting of firearms by hand with an iron glowing at the tip. Ca. 1380: Introduction of the tinder polypore to ignite the priming powder in the flash pan. This was fungus growing on various trees i.e. Beech. Ca. 1385: First appearance of timber stocks.