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Matchlocks were fitted to the majority of military long guns in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries because they were easy and cheap to manufacture. This example is said to have come from the arsenal in Graz, Austria.
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Title: Matchlock Gun
Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Culture: German or Austrian
Medium: Steel, wood
Dimensions: L. of stock 55 1/2 in. (140.9 cm); L. of barrel 42 in. (106.6 cm); Cal. .688 in. (17.5 mm); Wt. 11 lb. 9 oz. (5244.7 g)
Classification: Firearms-Guns-Matchlock
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number: 14.25.1374
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