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Originally Posted by Sindri
Ignoring for the moment issues of resolution is this more fragile in the sense of worse Malf or worse HT?
It's not for a historical setting. I'm considering having wheellocks hang around next to flintlocks as a status status due to the increased cost of making them and lack of any egregious disadvantages.
On the other hand matchlocks look stupid and so are going to exist only as a historical footnote.
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I'd say wheel-locks have both lower HT and HP.
Wheel-locks have lots of egregious disadvantages compared to flintlocks. Costing more, needing more maintenance and breaking easier are altogether egregious. That's why even very conservative gun-makers such as the Germans abandoned them over a very short period of time (c. 20 years).
If the wealthy want more expensive guns they'll just get more decorations. In near-modern times this manifests in items such as Sadaam Hussein's gold-plated AK-47.