Miquelet lock is a modern term used by collectors and curators for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of...

the trigger. The dog is only released when the lock is bought to the full-cock position. The miquelet lock is the penultimate of the flint-sparking locks...

other mechanism was the so-called Arab toe-lock, a form of miquelet lock, closely allied to the agujeta lock (which required a back or dog catch for half...

century. Arquebus Demi-culverin Doglock Flintlock Hand cannon Matchlock Miquelet lock Musket Pistol Snaphance Snaplock Wheellock "culverin". Oxford English...

mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. The name is...

percussion lock. Flintlock firing mechanisms made their appearance in the 16th century in the form of the snaplock, the snaphance, the miquelet, and the...

A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development...

brief and showy start, or momentary sensation of no real importance. Miquelet lock Glossary of firearms terminology Elkanah Settle, in Reflections on several...

"snaphaunce" lock is often credited to French gun maker Marin le Bourgeoys around 1610. He may have been influenced by the Spanish "miquelet" lock that utilized...

Regional varieties include the Baltic Lock, the Russian Snaplock, and the Miquelet lock. The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus had many matchlock muskets converted...

development of firearm lock mechanisms had proceeded from the matchlock to wheellock to the earlier flintlocks (snaplock, snaphance, miquelet, and doglock) in...

rifle) Explosive-propelled Musket Wheellock Snaplock / snaphance / miquelet lock Doglock Flintlock Che Dian Chong Pistol Blunderbuss Musketoon Wall gun...

were equipped with their own distinctive horse pistol, featuring a miquelet lock imported from Spain or Italy, a stock carved from an elm root, a bulbous...

A pair of early dragons from Poland fitted with the miquelet lock...

from the early to middle 17th century, lists the barrel length of a wheel lock dragon at around 28 cm (11 in), compared to a 41 cm (16 in) length for a...

abandon the pike altogether (flintlocks and proto-flintlocks, such as the miquelet lock, had been in use since the mid-16th century, but remained less common...

single-shot firearms included matchlock, wheellock, snaplock, doglock, miquelet lock, flintlock, and percussion cap firearms. Muzzleloaders included the...

from striking the frizzen. (See also flintlock mechanism, snaphance, Miquelet lock.) The flintlock was widely used during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries...

developed in Spain during the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian peninsula. Miquelet lock was invented by gunsmiths in Madrid during the late 16th century (circa...

tribes like the Qajars. Most soldiers were armed with flintlock or older miquelet lock muskets, with some having matchlocks, and every soldier also carried...

resembled other muskets of the 18th Century, the lock was unique, being of the characteristic Spanish "Miquelet" type. This action reworked some of the accepted...

its place in world history. Leiden: Brill. p. 111. ISBN 90-04-03945-7.. A lock-hold on trade between western Europe and Asia is often cited as a primary...

had fought Napoleon the previous year, it was badly lead, suffered from a lock of staff, and was extremely old-fashioned. L'Estocq's Corps therefore retired...

and Privateer guns; Dutch Flintlock Pistol (1/6 scale); and the Miquelet Moorish lock pistol. These kits were also re-boxed by Life-Like under license...

withdraw to the line of the Ter, harassed en route by General Trinxería's miquelets. By shielding Barcelona in this way the Allies kept Spain in the war for...