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- From: nusbache@epas.utoronto.ca (Aryk Nusbacher)
- Subject: Re: period firearms
- Organization: University of Toronto - Office of the Provost
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:57:08 GMT
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- In article <9212301802.AA04380@math.bu.edu> jeffs@math.bu.EDU (Jeff Suzuki) writes:
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- >One more factor: where are we going to get functional period firearms?
- >I do not know of any company that manufactures them, although I'm sure
- >they exist for the appropriate price. If SCA smiths took to making
- >them, they would have to worry about the legal implications of
- >manufacturing a possibly dangerous product, etc.
-
- Excellent, safe reproduction firearms are available. They have been
- seen at Pennsic War for years. Gunsmiths have recognisable markings
- for their equipment to allow for easy safety checks. English Armoury
- in Wolverhampton, UK, makes and sells a very basic matchlock musket
- (very clunky) for about L100 (he will ship overseas). Schroeter in
- California imports a matchlock musket that is a real work of art, for
- about US$ 600. Others are available in between. Schroeter also sells
- really beautiful wheel-lock pistol kits.
-
- Aryk Nusbacher
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