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Matchlock

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A Matchlock musket.

Matchlock Musket

Specifications

  • In service: (1430–18??)
  • Weight: Various
  • Length: Various
  • Caliber: Various
  • Action: Muzzleloading black powder
  • Rate of fire: 1-2 shot/minute
  • Effective range: Various
  • Feed system: Single-shot

Note, that near all firing Matchlock in the film or television are modern firing replicas due original flintlock pistols are unsafe to shots and much more expensive.

The Matchlock and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Honor and Glory (Cest a sláva) A fortress guard 1968
Colonel Wolodyjowski Robbers, Polish soldiers 1969
The Three Musketeers Michael York D'Artagnan 1973
The Four Musketeers Michael York D'Artagnan 1974
Frank Finlay Porthos
Richard Chamberlain Aramis
Flesh+Blood Blanca Marsillach Clara nun 1985
Pirates Spanish Officer 1986
Cossacks Go (Kozaky Ydut) Yuriy Mazhuga Som 1991
Oleg Maslennikov Overko
Cossacks
The Man in the Iron Mask King Louis' guards 1998
Anna and the King soldiers 1999
With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) Polish soldiers 1999
Ukrainian cossacks
Van Helsing In the weapons room 2004
Bathory: Countess of Blood King Mathias II guards, soldiers 2008
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba Polish soldiers 2009
Ukrainian cossacks
The Three Musketeers French soldiers 2011

Television

Title Actor Character Note/Episode Date
Midsomer Murders Members of historical reenactment club "The Dark Rider" (S15E1) 2012
Christopher Columbus Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and sailors 1985

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