{"id":143,"date":"2015-07-24T00:15:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirates.blkline.com\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2015-07-24T01:14:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T05:14:27","slug":"wheelock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wheelock\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheellock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big><big><big><br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><big><strong><big>Wheellocks<\/big><\/strong>, the first guns that could be carried loaded and ready to fire, are expensive and require constant maintenance to prevent the mechanism from seizing up. (A major problem in a ship board environment.) Still manufactured (though rarely) into the early 18<sup>th<\/sup> century, as expensive and ornate custom weapons, with many older ones still in service. Wheellocks use pyrite instead of flint.<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><big><img src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wheellockcloseup.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a Wheellock\" \/><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><big>Even wheellocks that are not exposed to dampness and a ship board environments required considerable cleaning and maintenance due to the corrosive effect of black powder on the complex spring mechanism.<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><big>Wheellocks were built into a variety of weapon types.<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big>\u00a0<big>Pistols<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><big>\u00a0\u00a0 <big><big>\u00a0 <img src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wheellock2.jpg\" alt=\"Wheellock pistols\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Wheellock_pistolPuffer.jpg\" alt=\"Puffer type Wheellock pistol\" \/><\/big><\/big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><big>Muskets &amp; Carbines<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><big><img src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wheelmusket.jpg\" alt=\"Wheellock Musket\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <img src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wheelarqu.jpg\" alt=\"Wheellock Carbine\" \/><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><big>Dragoon Pistol<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><big><img src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wheellock1.jpg\" alt=\"Wheellock carbines\" \/><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wheellocks, the first guns that could be carried loaded and ready to fire, are expensive and require constant maintenance to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}