The early 16th century tinder lock arquebus and the tinder sticks
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The late 15th - early 16th century tinder lock or snap matchlock arms are a really intertesting part of the firearms history. In this chapter Capandball is going after an important tool for making it work: the tinder stick. So you are interested in the first type of gun that was fired with a trigger mechanism? This is your content!
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