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
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 • Sep. 28, 2022
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
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