English Matchlock Musket - BASC Firearms Demonstration

[LutzDerLurch]

The Uniforms looks a bit too late for a matchlock, I dare say.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@LutzDerLurch Right- matchlocks were replaced by flintlocks in the last quarter of the 17th century.

And the last matchlocks had shoulder stocks of the "fish-belly" ( curved underneath) shape and not the "fishtail" shape of the early 17th century. The lockplates were bigger and the pan was bolted to the lock, not soldered to the barrel. Those late matchlocks were mostly converted to flintlock because it only needed a new lock.

[LutzDerLurch]

@Jeansschwimmer Jipp :)

Just thought the Uniform looked a bit more like the Flintlock-Periode.

[asmrbear]

@LutzDerLurch Agreed! Looks kind of like a revolutionary war/30 years war mash-up I guess?

Still, I think it's even cooler that he's being instructed in drill by a colonial Zululand soldier!

[LutzDerLurch]

@asmrbear Haha, true...I gues some multiperiode Programm...