Matchlock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The matchlock was the first mechanism or "lock" invented to facilitate the firing of a hand-held firearm. This design removed the need to lower by hand a lit match into the weapon's flash pan and ma...
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The Matchlock Gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Matchlock Gun is a novel by Walter D. Edmonds that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1942. The book is set in the year 1756 during the French and Indian ...
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The Matchlock was a welcome improvement in the mid-fifteenth century and remained in use even into the early 1700s, when it was much cheaper to mass produce ...
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The rapid growth of rapier combat in the S.C.A. is encouraging many "duelists" to pick personae from eras as late as the 1600s. I could not help but notice that at one event I attended, more than one person bore "period" firearms for their particular persona. ... Matchlock - Mid 1400s...
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The matchlock gun is a huge antique that rests above the fireplace. ... Historical fiction like this is compelling reading; "The Matchlock Gun" is a very ...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on matchlock (firearm ignition device), in firearms, a device for igniting gunpowder developed in the 15th century, a major advance in the manufacture of small arms. The matchlock was the first mechanical firing device. ... The matchlock was the first mechanical firing device.
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During the Elizabethan period and the English Civil War the matchlock musket (caliver, arquebus, and other incarnations) was the most prominent firearm in use. Other firearms/lock mechanisms where employed (wheel lock, snaphaunce), yet the matchlock was selected as the primary weapon.
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