17th Century Continuation 1
Ca. 1630:
Beginning of the replacement of the pyrite for friction locks, by flint or French sylex, for strike (battery) ignition.
Ca. 1630:
First use of the battery or flintlock, in France.
Ca. 1630:
Oldest known flintlock repeater rifle by Caspar Kalthof of England, lock with vertical cylinder.
Ca. 1640:
First manufacturing of bayonets to attach to rifles, in Bayonne, France.
1638:
Wheellock rifle with chimney on flashpan cover
Ca. 1640:
Pistols with twist-off barrels, socalled »Turn-off-Pistols«
1641:
Dutch patent for rifle with cartridg magazin with 30 cartridges by Hendrick Baertmans.
Ca. 1640:
First manufacturing of bayonets to attach to rifles, in Bayonne, France.
