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This weapon is engraved with the text "Das Erste" (the first). In 1645 Peter Kalthoff made a wheellock magazine rifle. Bartmans made a magazine rifle following his patent around 1642, which likely used a snaplock, though it is now missing from the gun. This patent specified a gun with separate magazines for powder and ball, a 30 shot capacity, and a trigger guard that could be rotated to reload the weapon. Later that year, another Dutch patent was granted to an individual named Hendrick Bartmans. This patent did not specify the mechanism by which the gun worked, but mentioned that he would be able to perfect the design within a year. A year later in 1641, Peter Kalthoff obtained a Dutch patent for a rifle which could fire 29 rounds before reloading. This patent specified muskets and pistols that were capable of firing 8-10 shots with a single loading, while retaining the weight, length and handing of a standard firearm. The first patent for the Kalthoff system was issued in France by Louis XIII to Guillaume Kalthoff in 1640. Members of the family later moved to other areas of Europe, including Denmark, France, The Netherlands, England and Russia. The Kalthoff system originates with a gun which was crafted in Solingen by an unknown member of the Kalthoff family around 1630.

5.2 Repeating rifle signed Michal Dorttlo, 1683.

The caliber of Kalthoff guns generally varied between 0.4 and 0.8 inches, though. A single forward and back movement of the trigger guard, which could be done in 1–2 seconds, readied the weapon for firing. The capacity varied between 5 and 30 rounds, depending on the style of the magazines. Some early Kalthoff guns were wheellocks, but the rest were flintlocks. At least nineteen gunsmiths are known to have made weapons following the Kalthoff design. The Kalthoff repeater was a type of repeating firearm that was designed by members of the Kalthoff family around 1630, and became the first repeating firearm to be brought into military service.

Separate component magazines, 5 to 30 rounds

Kalthoff-type flintlock rifle (1600s) at Livrustkammaren