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Flintlocks

Scope note

Locks in which the steel and pan cover are made in one piece and the sear operates vertically to engage in two notches in a tumbler attached to the inner end of the cock spindle, to place the mechanism in either half-cock or full cock. When the trigger is pressed, the flint strikes the steel and simultaneously the pan is uncovered, exposing the priming powder therein to a shower of sparks that ignite the charge.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037190

Broader Terms used

flint-lock gun
snaphances

Narrower Terms used

miquelet locks

Term used for

flint-locks

Equivalent Terms used

flintlock

Created

13yrs ago

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