#snaphaunce

[armthearmour]

A snaphaunce Carbine with a revolving cylinder,

OaL: 36.6 in/92.9 cm

Barrel Length: 22.6 in/57.5 cm

Weight: 6.7 lbs/3 kg

Germany, 1595, housed at the Royal Armouries Study Collection.

[peashooter85]

Snaphaunce rifle for a child, Morocco, 19th century.

from Helios Auctions

[redarmyscreaming]

Curator holds a Moroccan 16-Bore Snaphaunce gun at Bonhams Auctioneers.

[fishstickmonkey]

Pair of Snaphaunce Pistols

Gunsmith: Matteo Cecchi, called Acquafresca (Italian, Bargi, 1651–1738)

Barrelsmith: Giovan Battista Francino (Italian, Brescia, active second half of 17th century)

Date: ca. 1690

Culture: Italian, Bargi

Medium: Steel, silver, wood (ebony)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[peashooter85]

Ornate Moroccan snaphaunce, musket with silver and bone mounts, 19th century.

from Helios Auctions

[peashooter85]

Algerian miquelet musket, 19th century.

from Czerny’s International Auction House

[peashooter85]

Silver mounted snaphaunce pistol from Brescia, Italy, late 17th century. from Czerny's International Auction House

[peashooter85]

Silver and ivory mounted snaphaunce moukhala musket from Morocco, 19th century.

from Bonhams