- A
snaphance or
snaphaunce is a type of
firearm lock in
which a
flint struck against a
striker plate above a
steel pan
ignites the
priming powder which...
- used
alongside the
matchlock (c. 1410s), the
snaplock (c. 1540s), the
snaphance (c. 1560s), and the
flintlock (c. 1610s). The
wheellock works by spinning...
-
amongst the
first to be
issued self-igniting guns like the
wheellock and
snaphance. The
matchlock was also
uneconomical to keep
ready for long
periods of...
-
against an enemy. The
first firearms to
incorporate a
cylinder were the
snaphance and
flintlock types. The lock
mechanisms were very
similar and used the...
- the
armies of the
Thirty Years' War and
English Civil War era. Like the
snaphance, it was
largely supplanted by the flintlock. Much like the
later flintlock...
- from the
matchlock to
wheellock to the
earlier flintlocks (snaplock,
snaphance, miquelet, and doglock) in the
previous two centuries, and each type had...
-
prevailed in the Moukahla, one,
which derived from
Dutch and
English types of
snaphance lock,
usually with a
thicker lockplate. Half **** was
provided by a dog...
- Demi-culverin
Doglock Flintlock Hand
cannon Matchlock Miquelet lock
Musket Pistol Snaphance Snaplock Wheellock "culverin".
Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.)...
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their appearance in the 16th
century in the form of the snaplock, the
snaphance, the miquelet, and the doglock. The so-called true
flintlock was developed...
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Caplock mechanism Firearms Flintlock Matchlock Miquelet Musket Pepperbox Snaphance Snaplock Terzerol Wheellock Rifled muzzle loader List of muzzle-loading...
