tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post2880467584499828292..comments2024-03-23T12:56:15.004-04:00Comments on I LIKE the things I LIKE!: "He's no fun! He fell right over!"Scott B. Leschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-22200264240351945762012-04-06T15:50:08.922-04:002012-04-06T15:50:08.922-04:00Gents, thanks for the replies about the firing res...Gents, thanks for the replies about the firing rests. A Call to Arms made figures with and with out them but only the slightly larger scale figures firing with rests. These don't fit with the other musketeer figures.Scott B. Leschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-14234740692147525002012-04-05T15:43:46.381-04:002012-04-05T15:43:46.381-04:00Great converions on the bases and heads Scott. By ...Great converions on the bases and heads Scott. By 1642 most matchlock muskets was light enough to fire without a rest, although they were used at the start of the war by some regiments (presumably those with older heavier muskets). Having tried with and without in my re-enactment days, carrying the rest is a completer pain in the behind and it is easy to see why they were dispensed with (much like Pikemens tassets and gorgets as the war progressed).<br />cheers<br />MikeSpringinsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088330681756351208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-61746655509238637172012-04-05T12:24:06.840-04:002012-04-05T12:24:06.840-04:00The ones with staves are more than likely matchloc...The ones with staves are more than likely matchlocks..basically arquebuses, although flintlocks were also fired using rests, they came as carbine versions which didn´t need them but sometimes were used anyway to increase accuracy.<br />Cheers<br />paulPaul´s Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698894821198907112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-13891674646428823752012-04-05T06:51:24.905-04:002012-04-05T06:51:24.905-04:00Neat little conversion; it certainly stops the ...Neat little conversion; it certainly stops the 'oh bother!' as yet another rank topples over. ;)Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.com