Flintlock

"flintlock" is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. The type is now obsolete. Introduced about 1630, it rapidly replaced earlier types, such as the matchlock and wheellock, and continued in common use for over two centuries, replaced by cap and cartridge-based systems. The last major use of flintlocks in the Americas occurred in the first years of the American Civil War; however, a few guns of this type are still manufactured for black powder enthusiasts.

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Firearm: A firearm is a kinetic energy mechanical device that fires either single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning is technically known as deflagration. In older firearms, this prope...

Flintlock mechanism: French courtier Marin le Bourgeoys made the first firearm incoporating a true flintlock mechanism for King Louis XIII shortly after his accession to the throne in 1610. The development of firearm lock mechanisms had proceeded from matchlock to wheellock to snaphance and miquelet in the previous two ...

Matchlock: The Matchlock was the first mechanism or "lock" invented to facilitate the firing of a hand-held firearm....

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