Two English Bullet Crossbows, The First Late 17th Century, The Second Circa 1765

Two English Bullet Crossbows
The First Late 17th Century, The Second Circa 1765
The first with slender steel bow, folding fore-sight, built-in gaffle with turned button and sliding iron retaining ring at the rear, straight tapering figured tiller (minor old splits) with carved line borders, and steel mounts (steel parts pitted, wooden pommel replaced); the second of characteristic form (steel parts pitted, stock with old splits and repairs, fore-sight and back-sight incomplete) (2)
67 cm. and 80.5 cm.