flintlock

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On the other hand, if the parts of a flintlock rifle were interchangeable, a soldier could repair his weapon without the need for a gunsmith.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 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 the region in 1816.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2023

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

Give the men flintlock pistols and horses and they could have come straight out of a children’s book.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz