Matchlock Petronel
1570/80
French
France
Petronels were shot from the chest (their name comes from the French word for chest, poitrine). These crook-butted long guns were a popular stock design for a few decades at the end of the 16th century. They were soon supplanted by more practical shoulder stocks as the recoil resulted in chronic chest injuries.
Steel, iron, fruitwood, staghorn, and horn