A wheellock mechanism is a wheel that creates a spark to ignite the gunpowder.
You can see the wheel on the right side of the weapon just below the dog (the arm that holds the pyrite). You wind it up and upon release it moves the dog to create a spark.
It has nothing to do with the rotating cylinder of a revolver.
The description says “pistol with seven channel barrel and wheel lock action”.
That may mean it was actually rotating…?
A wheellock mechanism is a wheel that creates a spark to ignite the gunpowder.
You can see the wheel on the right side of the weapon just below the dog (the arm that holds the pyrite). You wind it up and upon release it moves the dog to create a spark.
It has nothing to do with the rotating cylinder of a revolver.
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