This is the only military invention created by Leonardo da Vinci that actually worked and caught on. One of his assistants, Giulio Tedesco, known as Jules the German, took the concept and brought it back to Germany where it caught on. I found it out while doing a research paper on Leonardo.
There is a lot of mystery about earliest wheellocks. One of the mechanisms that da Vinci sketched is more likely to be a fire-lighter for a kitchen, a household item. The other one with its large trigger could be laid into a gunstock. Da Vinci is just a too interesting person to not call him the inventor of that mechanism, but it is more likely that he simply sketched a mechanism that was "high-tec" of his time. Unfortunately the drawing of Martin Löffelholtz is lost and only copies are there. We can assume that earliest wheellocks go back to the late 15th century. By 1530 they were thoroughly designed with sliding pan cover and even a safety catch that blocked the trigger from pulling away the sear that held the level that held the wheel in its spanned position. The origin of that mechanism is where a number of mechanical wonders of its time came from; Northern Italy, Southern Germany, Nuremberg (first recorded pocket watch).
Interesting point about assassinations, William of Orange-Nassau (leader of the dutch rebellion against the Spanish king) was assassinated by a man armed with 2 wheel lock pistols.
I saw a few of these at a gun show in Tulsa Oklahoma last weekend, 11/12/22, 11/13/22. There was one that really stood out to me, it was a double barrel. It had one wheel lock per barrel, and obviously a trigger for each as well. Quite an interesting firearm.
I know this style of gun is now obsolete, but I think a realistic massive improvement in terms of reload speed would be to have the trigger and wheel be linked with an escapement mechanism, letting the wheel spin just enough to spark the charge before stopping. This way the gun could be reloaded multiple times before needing rewound.
This can be if we used the paper container (think of it like a candy pack of black powder ,pellet rounds,and paper patch n just shove it up front(musket) n make the Wheelock like a pullback diecast car with some container for pyrite on back, this can still take like some 10 sec to reload n be ready cuz still musket load
I thought it also offered multiple shots, like a Roman candle, but separated into two bursts of fire At least that's what it says at the arms museum in Springfield for one specific model. Took a pic because some weird hybrid between burst and full auto 200 years before good ol Washington fought with a French mass produced flintlock really breaks the standard founding fathers argument against 2A
It should be noted, that, as actually shown, the cock is lowered onto the CLOSED pan lid. Upon being fired, the lid is opened and the pyrite falls onto the rotating wheel.
The matchlock came first, then the wheellock which was a great improvement and after that the flintlock whis was just easier to build and easier to operate since you don't need a extra wheel key to charge the wheellock anymore.
They had repeating lever actions when Lorenzoni hit the scene, but he was the only smith making them and it was very difficult and expensive to make them. No way to outfit an army The revolver has existed at least since 1597, but the one existing model literally only belonged to one member of royalty
I imagine a lot of these were lost with the sinking and ballast lightening of the Spanish Armada in 1588? A lot of the Spaniards were very wealthy nobles and they might have carried firearms like these? I know that there's a person in Europe who makes firing replicas of these.
This is the only military invention created by Leonardo da Vinci that actually worked and caught on. One of his assistants, Giulio Tedesco, known as Jules the German, took the concept and brought it back to Germany where it caught on. I found it out while doing a research paper on Leonardo.
There is a lot of mystery about earliest wheellocks. One of the mechanisms that da Vinci sketched is more likely to be a fire-lighter for a kitchen, a household item. The other one with its large trigger could be laid into a gunstock. Da Vinci is just a too interesting person to not call him the inventor of that mechanism, but it is more likely that he simply sketched a mechanism that was "high-tec" of his time. Unfortunately the drawing of Martin Löffelholtz is lost and only copies are there. We can assume that earliest wheellocks go back to the late 15th century. By 1530 they were thoroughly designed with sliding pan cover and even a safety catch that blocked the trigger from pulling away the sear that held the level that held the wheel in its spanned position. The origin of that mechanism is where a number of mechanical wonders of its time came from; Northern Italy, Southern Germany, Nuremberg (first recorded pocket watch).
I literally just read that in his biography lol
And it was because of that, that we get Beretta
@@christiankastorf1427this prob be the birth of flywheel starter on engines
Interesting point about assassinations, William of Orange-Nassau (leader of the dutch rebellion against the Spanish king) was assassinated by a man armed with 2 wheel lock pistols.
I saw a few of these at a gun show in Tulsa Oklahoma last weekend, 11/12/22, 11/13/22. There was one that really stood out to me, it was a double barrel. It had one wheel lock per barrel, and obviously a trigger for each as well. Quite an interesting firearm.
I know this style of gun is now obsolete, but I think a realistic massive improvement in terms of reload speed would be to have the trigger and wheel be linked with an escapement mechanism, letting the wheel spin just enough to spark the charge before stopping. This way the gun could be reloaded multiple times before needing rewound.
This can be if we used the paper container (think of it like a candy pack of black powder ,pellet rounds,and paper patch n just shove it up front(musket) n make the Wheelock like a pullback diecast car with some container for pyrite on back, this can still take like some 10 sec to reload n be ready cuz still musket load
Thank you for posting this. I have been having a hard time finding how this gun works and the history behind it. So this video was very helpful!
I thought it also offered multiple shots, like a Roman candle, but separated into two bursts of fire
At least that's what it says at the arms museum in Springfield for one specific model. Took a pic because some weird hybrid between burst and full auto 200 years before good ol Washington fought with a French mass produced flintlock really breaks the standard founding fathers argument against 2A
Now I know how a wheellock works ...thanks.
It is like a work of art .
It should be noted, that, as actually shown, the cock is lowered onto the CLOSED pan lid. Upon being fired, the lid is opened and the pyrite falls onto the rotating wheel.
Jerry, get the scrap metal, We gonna make a gun
Ngl i thought the thumbnail was a hidden blade from assassin's creed XD
So the wheel lock came first but the flint lock was simpler and easier??
*cough* cheaper to build *cough*
The matchlock came first, then the wheellock which was a great improvement and after that the flintlock whis was just easier to build and easier to operate since you don't need a extra wheel key to charge the wheellock anymore.
Interesting, I love these old firearms
@@kylerblack5189 same
They had repeating lever actions when Lorenzoni hit the scene, but he was the only smith making them and it was very difficult and expensive to make them.
No way to outfit an army
The revolver has existed at least since 1597, but the one existing model literally only belonged to one member of royalty
Where is Ian???
I imagine a lot of these were lost with the sinking and ballast lightening of the Spanish Armada in 1588? A lot of the Spaniards were very wealthy nobles and they might have carried firearms like these? I know that there's a person in Europe who makes firing replicas of these.
Some do, but the best of them is Bolek from Poland. You find his channels here and on FB. He even has online-courses.
it could be used in the rain
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