I took some pictures at the event Tivar was referring to, and you can see
some of the weapons used:

http://kelly.dwarfworks.com/lj/AOS/index.html

Ceallach mac Donal


On 1/3/06, Michael Hurley <mephit@...> wrote:
>
> On Jan 3, 2006, at 6:03 AM, Chris Zakes wrote:
>
> > It was a mix: some folks were using their own gear (including a rather
> > cool
> > .50 cal hand-cannon) some folks were borrowing equipment.
>
> I still want a 14th century handegonne. Nothing like a man-portable
> mortar. Heh.
>
> > There was only one flintlock in use, the rest were matchlocks. That may
> > have made a difference.
>
> I bet that would make a difference. I've never fired a match-lock, but
> as I understand it, you generally have to pull the serpentine a long
> way (unless it's a snapping match-lock, which seem to have been rare)
> which would need to use the entire hand and could throw aim off. With a
> snaphaunce, dog-lock, or flint-lock, I would expect that not to be a
> problem since you have a more modern trigger that takes just a finger.
>
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