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flintlock

[ UK /flˈɪntlɒk/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫɪntˌɫɑk/ ]
NOUN
  1. an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
  2. a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock

How To Use flintlock In A Sentence

  • Modern-day pirates have traded in galleons and flintlocks for high-speed motor launches and semi-automatic rifles.
  • I have a sawback flintlock pistol that replicates a dueler (a Traditions Trapper) in 50 caliber. Transmitting History
  • When a flintlock guy jumped on board with me, I gave him grief because his newfangled peice was "rifled", not a smoothbore like mine. The Gun Nut Survey: A highly biased, unofficial poll of 2,000 readers on all things shooting
  • One carried an old-fashioned rifle that looked like a flintlock.
  • Two centuries ago, soldiers called fusiliers, who were armed with light flintlock muskets, fought on battlefields using tactics and formations trained on the parade field.
  • Traditional, or as many call them real, muzzle loaders are either percussion cap fired or flintlock. Okay muzzleloaders! I know NOTHING about these rifles, please inform and entertain me with your wisdom!
  • At any time during a political debate Washington was permitted to remove a flintlock pistol from his trousers and shoot off a finger of his rival.
  • But colonists' victories were rare in the first half of a war that saw more than a dozen towns burned and entire companies ambushed by Indian marksmen firing flintlock muskets.
  • This system of firearms ignition replaced the flintlock in the early 19th century.
  • All submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. from mosinman123 wrote 7 weeks 3 days ago yo man im 19 and im with you when i use a muzleloader i like that old style feel. of a flintlock or caplock muzleloader. if it was goog enough for elmer fud then its good enough for me. Old tradional muzzelloaders or the new inlines
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