Wheel-Lock Rifle
1618
- Medium
- steel, brass, walnut stock inlaid with bone, horn and ivory
- Dimensions
- Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.); Butt: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Barrel: 49.8 cm (19 5/8 in.); Bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
Made originally as a petronel pistol, this firearm seems to have been refitted with a new stock sometime during the 17th century to convert it into a rifle, most likely for a child's use.