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| Title: | Wheellock Rifle |
| Date: | c. 1730 |
| Artist: | Made by Felix Meier (Austrian (active Vienna), 1702–1739) |
| Medium: | Carved walnut overlaid with gilded brass (Stock); engraved and partially gilded steel (Lock); Steel inlaid with gold; gilded brass (Barrel); gilded brass (Mounts) |
| Dimensions: | 8 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 44 1/8 inches, 9.4 lb. (21.5 × 7.9 × 112 cm, 4253g) Caliber: 15 millimeters (1/16 inches) Width (lockplate to counter plate): 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) Length (of barrel without tang): 32 5/16 inches (82 cm) Weight (of barrel): 4.7 lb. (2152g) Length (barrel): 32 5/16 inches (82.1 cm) |
| Classification: | Arms and Armor |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
| Accession Number: | 1977-167-834 |
| Geography: | Made in Vienna, Austria, Europe |
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