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
An Egyptian limestone statue, dating to 2400 BC, sold for £6 million; while a pair of Napoleonic flintlock pistols fetched £976,000.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022
Remington, the country’s oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
Only ten feet away, a man had appeared, a bow and quiver over his shoulder and two old-fashioned flintlock dueling pistols in his hands.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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