Art Institute of Chicago

Triple-Wheellock Pistol

Franco-German (Alsatian); Strasbourg

Date

1610/20

Medium

Steel, brass, and cherrywood

Culture

Strasbourg

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

The half minute needed to wind and load a wheellock pistol led to the invention of various multilock and multibarrel systems. Here three independent pistols are stocked together with alternating triggers. To fire the weapon, the shooter need only rotate the grip on the gun and pull the next trigger.

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