Wheellock rifle. Wheellock firearms were expensive to produce, but many believed the additional cos...

Wheellock rifle. Wheellock firearms were expensive to produce, but many believed the additional cost was worth it. Wheellock "Paddle Butt" Cavalry Carbine Lodgewood's owner David Stavlo built this beautiful 17th Century "Paddle Butt" Wheellock carbine from castings supplied by the Rifle Shoppe in Oklahoma. . All our Antique Wheellock Rifles can be bought with no licence and sent straight to your door. A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. Ben Vinto Cellini, (in his diary) talks about having to live in the Colosseum in Rome during the plague of 1526, states that he lived off of pigeons, rarely ever missing one at 200 paces with his wheellock rifle. The advantage of the wheellock was better resistance to rain or damp conditions than the matchlock or even flintlocks. Paddle Butt carbines were used by light cavalry troops during the middle of 17th Century, before they were eventually replaced by flintlocks. Wheellock firearms were safer to handle than the matchlock firearms used by many hunters and soldiers. The first repeating firearm used a wheellock for ignition, as well. qkv dtnii ggk wbds xvaiqg thurt wmxmp uall bmcn yfu