flintlock

Example Sentences

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“A fixed-barrel gun that uses gas and a piston is now the same as a flintlock or muzzle loader,” Mr. Merino said.

From Washington Times

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

“So a flintlock is actually the same thing as a muzzle loader,” he told a man at the shooting range.

From Washington Times

The assailant’s two flintlock derringers both misfired, and an enraged Jackson clubbed the would-be assassin with his walking stick before the man was subdued.

From Reuters

In the 1930s, the Red Army brought famine; the local residents fought back with spears, flintlocks and muskets.

From New York Times