im actually back matt, i never left, i read the thread all the time at school but i finally connected ethernet back up to my desktop so i can post once more
and were matchlocks really that much in use by now? in all seriousness, the matchlock mechanism by this point was way outdated, and i feel most self-igniting weapons were wheellock (c. 1505 AD) or flintlock (c. 1610 AD)