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...

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...

priming powder and thereby fire the gun's main powder charge. The flintlock mechanism replaced older ignition systems such as the matchlock and wheellock...

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...

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...

different varieties. Early matchlock and wheel lock mechanisms were replaced by later flintlock mechanisms and finally percussion locks. In some parts of the...

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...

Exchange Training programme Flintlock (musical group), a 1970s pop group Flintlock mechanism, a firing mechanism Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, a 2023 video...

The Belton flintlock was a repeating flintlock design using superposed loads, conceived by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Joseph Belton some time...

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...

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...

using a piece of flint to strike a steel frizzen. They succeeded the flintlock mechanism in firearm technology. The rudimentary percussion system was developed...

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...

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...

flintlock mechanism was simpler and stronger than the wheel-lock, and the flint and steel provided a good, reliable source of ignition. The flintlock...

remained in service until 1840, when percussion lock systems made the flintlock mechanism obsolete. Charleville muskets had a smoothbore barrel. Rifles were...

the steel, is an L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the front used in flintlock firearms. The frizzen is held in one of two positions, opened or closed...

of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. The musket design remained in...

spar. It was detonated by means of a trigger mechanism adapted from a rifle lock (see flintlock mechanism for a similar device). The spring-loaded trigger...

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...

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...

devised an improved method which incorporated a snaphance (or later, flintlock mechanism) into the charge and connected its trigger to the surface with a...

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...

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...

sparking mechanisms in lighters and various toys, using ferrocerium; starting fires without matches, using a firesteel; the flintlock mechanism in firearms;...

accurate for their time. The firing mechanism was typically either a matchlock or a flintlock. Since flintlock mechanisms were complex and difficult to manufacture...

chambers are ignited at once) to propagate a spark from a single flintlock mechanism to multiple barrels. Pepperbox pistols also did away with needing...

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...

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...

simpler and less-costly flintlock, by the late 17th century. The wheellock mechanism however gave faster ignition than the flintlock, because the sparks were...