flintlock
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The spread of the flintlock was a watershed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
You have to be particular about muzzle-loading a flintlock and making sure the flint is in place.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2024
Remington began making guns in the region in 1816, starting with flintlock rifles.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
The rules were geared more for semiautomatic pistols than flintlock weapons, but re-enactors who fear being arrested if they publicly re-stage battles from the colonial era to the Civil War are staying off the field.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
Beyond that, Mapper was scrambling back onto the brachy while Halsey Crunk pointed an old flintlock pistol at something Magdalys couldn’t see.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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