Matchlock: Most of the plate, part of the serpentine, and remnants of a few of the other gun parts are present on this very deteriorated matchlock from the 17th century recovered from Jordan’s Journey, near Hopewell in Prince George County. See a more complete example: whole matchlock
Updated April 10, 2018
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