PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months agoEngraved pocket pistols, England, ~1800 ADmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageEngraved pocket pistols, England, ~1800 ADmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squaretedd_deireadh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoWow, thanks for pointing that out! I looked at the photo for a few seconds, but it wasn’t til I read your comment that it registered the whole mechanism is a giant clamp holding that flint rock in place. Fascinating.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAnd here I am wondering how that clamp mechanism works. Edit: zoomed in and saw the screw. Nice! Now imagine having to say your gun stopped working because the rock fell out.
Wow, thanks for pointing that out!
I looked at the photo for a few seconds, but it wasn’t til I read your comment that it registered the whole mechanism is a giant clamp holding that flint rock in place. Fascinating.
And here I am wondering how that clamp mechanism works.
Edit: zoomed in and saw the screw. Nice! Now imagine having to say your gun stopped working because the rock fell out.