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flintlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | firelock |
| Type of | muzzle loader |
flintlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gunlock, firing mechanism |
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Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism.
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The flintlock was able to dent but not penetrate the breastplate on its dummy.
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In the 17th century, the flintlock, which strikes a flint against steel, appeared.
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Anderson makes his own flintlock rifles and shot competitively for many years.
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But he acknowledges that most hunters pick up a flintlock only in the late season.
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This meant that flintlock weapons could not be used in rainy or damp weather.
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See flintlock, percussion and cartridge firearms and accouterments made before 1898.
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Flintlock hunters must possess a general hunting license and a muzzleloader license.
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He is a former state flintlock champion in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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- A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
- An obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
- Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. The term may also apply to the mechanism itself. ...
- Flintlock were a 1970s pop group from Essex, England. Its members were Derek Pascoe (vocals), Mike Holoway (drums/percussion), Jamie Stone (bass), John Summerton (guitar) and Bill Rice (keyboards).
- A type of muzzleloading firearm; uses flint and steel to create a shower of sparks, which ignites the powder.
- Operational code name for the US invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944
- System of firearm ignition in which the priming powder is ignited by sparks struck from a piece of flint when the trigger is pressed.
- A system of firearms ignition, in general use circa 1660 - 1825, whereby the pull of a trigger releases a sear from a notch in a spring-loaded hammer, which holding a properly knapped piece of flint, strikes a vertical slab of steel (called a frizzen) scraping off tiny molten particles of the ...
- A type of firing mechanism in muzzleloading firearms. Flint is used to strike a frizzen (piece of steel), which results in a spark that ignites the priming charge (a small pan of powder). The priming charge shoots flame through a small hole in the breech to ignite the main charge.
