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Noun(1) a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock(2) an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge(3) a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock(4) a gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer(5) the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge

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(1) I've hunted game from rabbit to elk with flintlock rifles and smoothbores with great success and satisfaction.(2) an antique flintlock pistol(3) u2018When I saw the Mexican army up on the hill there and there I was in my full rig - with my flintlock rifle - it got kind of spooky,u2019 he added.(4) One carried an old-fashioned rifle that looked like a flintlock .(5) Muskets spanned the transition from matchlock, through wheel lock and flintlock , to percussion.(6) But colonists' victories were rare in the first half of a war that saw more than a dozen towns burned and entire companies ambushed by Indian marksmen firing flintlock muskets.(7) Decked in pitch-black garb, a flintlock pistol held tightly in each hand, Nathaniel watched as the dim curtain of midday crept over the autumn scarlet of the forest.(8) And in that society it was looked upon as the right to bear a flintlock rifle was a right that ought to be possessed.(9) He met my gaze and took a couple of steps toward me, a hand moving toward the hilt of a flintlock .(10) It was an old flintlock pistol, with four barrels.(11) Thirteen individual steps were required to load and fire a historic reproduction flintlock musket.(12) I'm sure that I have heard many gun rights supporters say that u2018every colonist had a flintlock over the mantleu2019 or words to that effect.(13) From the other side of the duck pond, Pete draws his flintlock and fires at the boat.(14) Aside from a few shotguns, most were flintlock rifles, kept more for hunting game than fighting.(15) This system of firearms ignition replaced the flintlock in the early 19th century.(16) As with the flintlock gun, the damage inflicted with a hit will be devastating.
Related Words
(1) flintlock
(2) lock
(3) flint
Synonyms
Noun
1. firelock


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