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    The flintlock mechanism is a type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. It is commonly referred to...
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    Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early...
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    half-cock mechanism similar in function but differing in operation from the doglock. The flintlock is also referred to as the true flintlock to distinguish...
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    different varieties. Early matchlock and wheel lock mechanisms were replaced by later flintlock mechanisms and finally percussion locks. In some parts of the...
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    firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. The name is Dutch in origin but the mechanism cannot...
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    Firearm (section Flintlock)
    the barrel length (e.g. 24 inches), to the firing mechanism (e.g. matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, or percussion lock), to the design's primary intended...
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    Flint (section Flintlocks)
    A later, major use of flint and steel was in the flintlock mechanism, used primarily in flintlock firearms, but also used on dedicated fire-starting...
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    The Belton flintlock was a repeating flintlock design using superposed loads, conceived by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Joseph Belton some time...
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    priming powder and thereby fire the gun's main powder charge. The flintlock mechanism replaced older ignition systems such as the matchlock and wheellock...
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    of lock had no internal, half-cock loading position as the later flintlock mechanism contained. To load a firearm with a dog lock, the cock was secured...
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    Puckle gun (category Flintlock repeaters)
    known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually-operated flintlock revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724), a British inventor...
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  • flintlock mechanism was simpler and stronger than the wheel-lock, and the flint and steel provided a good, reliable source of ignition. The flintlock...
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    1550–1634) was a French artist and inventor, known for inventing a flintlock mechanism that was used in firearms for over two centuries. Marin le Bourgeoys...
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    Handgun (section Flintlocks)
    using a piece of flint to strike a steel frizzen. They succeeded the flintlock mechanism in firearm technology. The rudimentary percussion system was developed...
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    the pistols was modified, with its original flintlock mechanism replaced by a more modern caplock mechanism. This was done by Church's grandson for use...
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  • Exchange Training programme Flintlock (musical group), a 1970s pop group Flintlock mechanism, a firing mechanism Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, a 2023 video...
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    can also refer to the flintlock musket.: 211 : 5  They used a flintlock mechanism, and might be derived from Dutch flintlocks which entered the area...
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  • of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. The musket design remained in...
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    The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of...
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    torpedo was detonated by means of a trigger mechanism adapted from a rifle lock (see flintlock mechanism for a similar device). The spring-loaded trigger...
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    link that made the "true" flintlock mechanism possible. It proved to be both the precursor and companion to the "true" flintlock. Two main forms of the miquelet...
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  • sparking mechanisms in lighters and various toys, using ferrocerium; starting fires without matches, using a firesteel; the flintlock mechanism in firearms;...
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    remained in service until 1840, when percussion lock systems made the flintlock mechanism obsolete. Charleville muskets had a smoothbore barrel. Rifles were...
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    simpler and less-costly flintlock, by the late 17th century. The wheellock mechanism however gave faster ignition than the flintlock, because the sparks were...
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    devised an improved method which incorporated a snaphance (or later, flintlock mechanism) into the charge and connected its trigger to the surface with a...
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  • barrel configuration and was fired using a percussion cap mechanism rather than a flintlock mechanism. Although this gun was also a Boyer rifle, the gunsmith...
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    that they carried in their pockets. The tinder pistol, based on the flintlock mechanism, was a more expensive alternative to the tinderbox and was in use...
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    allow either the rifled or the smoothbore barrel to line up with a flintlock mechanism before firing. Modern combination guns tend to resemble double-barreled...
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  • Copenhagen. Joshua Shaw invents percussion caps which replace the flintlock trigger mechanism. Claude-Étienne Minié invents the Minié ball, making rifles a...
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  • accurate for their time. The firing mechanism was typically either a matchlock or a flintlock. Since flintlock mechanisms were complex and difficult to manufacture...
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