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, the country’s oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
With a flintlock, one pulls the trigger, and a piece of steel hits the flint, which is just a very hard rock.
From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2020
I reach down to feel the flintlock pistol still in my belt, but silencing the parrot will do no good.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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