• Track_Shovel
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    31 year ago

    Why is it called a Flint lock…oh. there is a big chunk of flint locked in place…

    • PugJesus
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      31 year ago

      Yep! The successor to the less complex, and cheaper, matchlock, which served the same purpose, but with a lit match.