GUNS Magazine January 1957

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Among royal guns in famous Wallace collection in London at 2nd from top) louble-barreled flint-lock made about 1805 for Napoleon I; (4th from top) Soupriant flintlock made in 1776 for Charles X of France; (5th from top) flintlock bearing arms of Spain, monogram of Joseph Bonaparte. Almost identical is gun (7th from top) of Charles IV of Spain. 32
and he was constantly using up his "pocket money" to buy more. Louis didn't use his collection just to pretty the walls of his gunroom. He spent several hours a day shooting like mad in his private shooting gallery in the Louvre palace. After .he became king, he never allowed affairs of state to interfere with his recreation. His min- isters often had to take documents to the shooting gallery to get his signa- ture. After hunting, Louis always disas- sembled and cleaned his firearms him- self. This greatly annoyed the boot- licking courtiers who were thus de- prived of what was regarded as a great honor and privilege. ! i Heavy double-barreled pistols were for i defense against dangerous game at close quarters. Gun was made for Ed- ward VII of England by Wil!cinson. Louis' personal cabinet d'armes con tained hundreds of guns. Although the royal sportsman reigned from 1610 to 1643, his collection survived intact until the French Revolution. Louis XIV had the collection catalogued in 1673 Â and inventory numbers were stamped on the stocks. By these marks it is still possible to identify each gun exactly. ~ It is not clear what befell the magnifi- cent collection after the Revolution. Many of the superbly ornamented weapons were separated from the plain , military guns. 'and the latter were 1 moved to the Paris Arsenal where they stayed until Paris was occupied after rn rn rn the Battle of Waterloo- Then the guns Contemporary drawing shows the DUC became war souvenirs. &Orleans attacked by tiger on hunt. Breech-loading gun made for Henry VIII is shown at left with action open and at right with action closed ready for firing. Lock is not one with which gun was originally fitted, is a match-lock added early in 19th century replacing wheel lock. - 0 . - 7 . . - - -7 -.--.-.--,--
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GUNS Magazine January 1957

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