Wheellock pistol

[Balin50]

Anybody know where i can get one? A replica one to poor for a real one

Balin

[Ironbadger]

If you mean shootable, there used to be a few kits on the market- but none that I know of for at least 10 years.

The only source I know of anymore is the rifle shoppe-

http://www.therifleshoppe.com/catalog_p ... 623%29.htm

And their stuff isn't cheap.

Finding a shootable wheel lock for under a thousand dollars would be a real challenge anywhere because the lock itself is so expensive.

There used to be some inexpensive kits 20 years ago- I had one myself.
But the guy making them stopped quite a while back- unless he started up again and I missed it.

Theres a few makers producing finished guns here and there, but finding them is hit or miss, and I'd guess their starting price to be $2000 and up.



-Badger-

[Ironbadger]

So of course, having said that...I find one for under $700.

http://www.loyalistarms.com/Wheellock.htm

-Badger-

[Ironbadger]

The maker of the old kits I remember was something like JS Schroeter.

Pretty sure he either isn't around anymore, or stopped making the kits.

-Badger-

[Karl Helweg]

http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/ ... tols.shtml

I have had pretty good luck with these folks on other guns.

http://www.thedisease.net/?ejaculate=li ... unsmithing
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[Sasha_Khan]

The maker of the old kits I remember was something like JS Schroeter.

Pretty sure he either isn't around anymore, or stopped making the kits.

-Badger-

Jeffrey Schroeter - who was in your neck of the woods (Orange County, California) as I recall, Badger.

I hear of kits of his (unbuilt) still showing up every once in a while.

FrauHirsch would remember him as well.

[Ironbadger]

Ah, he has passed on?

I am sorry to hear that, if so.

-Badger-

The maker of the old kits I remember was something like JS Schroeter.

Pretty sure he either isn't around anymore, or stopped making the kits.

-Badger-

Jeffrey Schroeter - who was in your neck of the woods (Orange County, California) as I recall, Badger.

I hear of kits of his (unbuilt) still showing up every once in a while.

FrauHirsch would remember him as well.

[Sasha_Khan]

Ah, he has passed on?

I am sorry to hear that, if so.

I don't know if he's still kicking around the planet or not - I haven't run into him in quite a few years.

[FrauHirsch]

Sasha Khan,

Yes, Jeff Schroeter passed on. My husband has two kits that are not finished and not for sale.

From what I'm told, they do require a fair amount of gunsmithing/tweaking to make work properly.

The butt ends are not the ball ends like you'd see in Landsknecht pistols, so my husband was changing his.

[Chris - GSMBristol]

Ya they are interesting to work on. I've had mine second hand for about 4 years now. I think I've gotten it to fire a whole 6 times.

[darksole03]

http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/17thcenturyPistols.shtml

I have had pretty good luck with these folks on other guns.

http://www.thedisease.net/?ejaculate=li ... unsmithing
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HELL YEAH KARL! You got anymore plans for flintlocks or percussion?

[Johann ColdIron]

http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/17thcenturyPistols.shtml

I have had pretty good luck with these folks on other guns.

http://www.thedisease.net/?ejaculate=li ... unsmithing
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I just downloaded the 59 pages. Looks pretty complete. Fair amount of fabrication involved but doable.