So in my quest to find anything about early primitive flintlocks I found out that the Portuguese created with the help of German gun smiths two types of primitive flintlocks in the early 1500’s one called the Anselmo which was closer to a miquelet and the Molinhas that was closer to a proper flintlock but the the strangest thing is that this was hiding in front of me in plain sight Here’s the article https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1977-B37-First-Steps-Towards-An-Introduction-Into.pdf
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