Original 17th Century Italian Engraved Snaphaunce Musket Lock - Fully Functional French Antique Guns IMA obtained a small quantity

IMA obtained a small quantity of these detachable Spider Sights and now we have reproduced the "drum mounting brackets" so each can be fit to original water cooled Machine Guns that were not modified for AA use 90 plus years ago

Three American divisions were landed by sea at the western end of the beaches

and the tresse has definitely oxidized

How the rings were rotated would determine how long the delay of the fuse would be

The badges on this example completely original and are the very early issue painted alloy type

Original 17th Century Italian Engraved Snaphaunce Musket Lock - Fully Functional French Antique Guns IMA obtained a small quantityOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an amazing 17th Century Italian snaphaunce lock, unsigned but beautifully made and fully functional! The lock plate measures 6 1 4" by 1 3 4", which would definitely indicate it is for a sizeable gun, most likely a musket or carbine of some sort. There are holes for two lock screws, which both still show faint threads, but would almost certainly need to be re threaded if this was to be fitted to a stock and