{"id":29044,"date":"2026-02-26T23:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/wheellocks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:58:03","slug":"wheellocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/wheellocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheellocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LCeqjzwkVCk?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Become a member on YouTube or support us on Patreon! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wheellock firearm is perhaps the first example of a self-contained firearm that does not require an additional heat source such as a match. With a loaded and primed wheellock firearm, you can draw your weapon and pull the trigger to fire instantly. This readiness to fire and ease of concealment suddenly posed certain problems in the eyes of the law, and access to wheellock firearms was been severely restricted in some states as a consequence. Here we will explore how it works using a modern MENDI reproduction that has been slightly tweeked to give it a more authentic look.<\/p>\n<p>Buy Me A Coffee: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/BlokeOnTheRange\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/BlokeOnTheRange<\/a><br \/>Teespring: <a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/bloke-on-the-range-store\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/bloke-on-the-range-store<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blokeontherange\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blokeontherange\/<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blokeontherange\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blokeontherange\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become a member on YouTube or support us on Patreon! https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange The wheellock firearm is perhaps the first example of a self-contained firearm that does not require an additional heat source such as a match. With a loaded and primed wheellock firearm, you can draw your weapon and pull the trigger to fire instantly. This&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/wheellocks\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wheellocks!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":29045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}