flintlock mechanism

A gunlock was a flintlock mechanism that fired a cannon.

Old matchlock weapons were recovered and converted to flintlock mechanisms.

Le Bourgeoys fitted these various features together to create the flintlock mechanism.

Unfortunately, it still carried the old flintlock mechanism.

From 1828, experiments were made with flintlock mechanisms.

The rockets were launched using a flintlock mechanism, triggered by pulling a long cord.

In 1745, the British began using gunlocks (flintlock mechanisms fitted to cannon).

The flintlock mechanism was in main use for both military and civilian use for over 200 years.

Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism.

The miquelet lock, with its combined battery and pan cover was the final innovative link that made the "true" flintlock mechanism possible.

The flintlock mechanism was the first reliable and relatively inexpensive system for firing a gun, and was hugely popular in colonial America.

Flint is used in flintlock mechanisms where steel is the material that is sacrificed, instead of pyrite.

The flintlock mechanism, which was prone to misfiring, especially in wet weather, was replaced by the more reliable percussion cap.

The flintlock mechanism was a firing mechanism used on muskets and rifles in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

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

The gun operated using a standard flintlock mechanism, with the priming gunpowder igniting the central charge via a small vent.

Early matchlock and wheel lock mechanisms were replaced by later flintlock mechanisms and finally percussion locks.

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

Since flintlock mechanisms were complex and difficult to manufacture, many jezails used the lock mechanism from stolen or broken Brown Bess muskets.

Over the years, Dr. Grant also built up a collection of jade, English flintlock mechanisms and modern English watercolors.

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 tools.

A typical flintlock mechanism has a piece of flint which is held in place in between a set of jaws on the end of a short hammer.

The powder in the touch hole was lit either with a slow match, a linstock or a type of Flintlock mechanism that was known as a gunlock.

Marin le Bourgeoys (c. 1550-1634) was a French artist and inventor, known for inventing the flintlock mechanism that was used on weapons for over two centuries.