Matchlock Escopeta?

[Hawkyns]

I'm working on bringing my impression back to a 1670-80 date. One of the reasons is that I prefer the matchlock to the flintlock, and the match fits much better into the early timeframe. I've also been fascinated by the escopeta for a bunch of years. Is there any documentation for a matchlock escopeta or are they all miquelets and flints? I've got a lock and barrel, just need to make a stock, but I don't want a fantasy piece. So documentation before I start cutting wood.

Hawkyns

[Capt. Bo of the WTF co.]

The escopeta appears to be an 18th century gunne. Not sure if Spain ever made matchlock escopetas haven't seen any yet, still looking though.,

http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/hispanic_period/escopeta.html

Bo

Edited May 10, 2011 by Capt. Bo of the WTF co.

[Capt. Bo of the WTF co.]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nramuseum.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx%3Fimage%3D/media/4279/00046_r.jpg%26width%3D160%26height%3D106%26Pad%3Dfalse%26Constrain%3Dfalse%26crop%3Dresize&imgrefurl=http://www.nramuseum.com/the-museum/the-galleries/old-guns-in-a-new-world/case-13-exploration,-settlement,-survival-trade-in-the-new-world.aspx&usg=__Q22LkLq9REMOr6J2nqPI44y6RNo=&h=106&w=160&sz=2&hl=en&start=15&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=NnBEAQ3DrEPS8M:&tbnh=65&tbnw=98&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dspanish%2Bmatchlock%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1575%26bih%3D980%26tbm%3Disch&ei=rb_ITfzLFYna0QGG57nPBw

If this link works, there's a nice Spanish matchlock here, but a hundred years earlierthan your target dates.

Bo

[Hawkyns]

Thanks, Bo. Yeah, that's what I was finding, too. Damn, I really like the shape of that catalan stock.

Hawkyns