flintlock
Example Sentences
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The spread of the flintlock was a watershed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
We were also dealing with old flintlock pistols, though.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024
“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 • Jan. 19, 2023
Remington, the country’s oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
Rufus’s gun was a flintlock, a long slender Kentucky rifle.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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