Hunting with 16th century tinder lock arquebus
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Experimental archaeology is an important leg of firearms history research. Follow Capandball as he walks the ewoods of Gyulaj, Hungary to understand how the early 16th century tinder lock arquebus was used for huunting by our ancestors.
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