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2. Flintlock mechanism - Wikipedia

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   A flintlock pistol made by Ketland Sparks generated by a flintlock mechanism. The flintlock mechanism is a type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. It is commonly referred to as a "flintlock" (without the word mechanism). The term is also used for the weapons themselves as a whole, and not ...

3. Flintlock - Wikipedia

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   Flintlock pistol in "Queen Anne" layout, made in Lausanne by Galliard, c. 1760. On display at Morges military museum. Flintlock pistols were used as self-defense weapons and as a military arm. Their effective range was short, and they were frequently used as an adjunct to a sword or cutlass. Pistols were usually smoothbore although some rifled ...

4. Handgun - Wikipedia

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   Sparks generated by a flintlock firing mechanism A flintlock pistol c. 1700 –1730. A flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism. The term may also apply to a particular form of the mechanism itself, which was introduced in the early 17th century, and rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition ...

5. Duelling pistol - Wikipedia

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   Single shot, flintlock, rifled, .58 caliber, blued steel, Versailles, 1794–1797. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. A duelling pistol is a type of pistol that was manufactured in matching pairs to be used in a duel, when duels were customary. Duelling pistols are often single-shot flintlock or percussion black-powder pistols which fire a lead ...

6. Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great

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   The flintlock pistols were made by Russian gunsmith Johan Adolph Grecke, who operated a workshop in the imperial capital of St. Petersburg. [1] Grecke was employed by the imperial court to produce a number of ornately-decorated firearms, [2] including the pair of pistols in question. Grecke notably continued to produce firearms with ivory ...

7. EXPLAINER: Guns on movie sets: How does that work? - AOL

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   Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a loaded weapon that was handed to him by an assistant director who mistakenly believed it was safe to use on the New Mexico ...

8. 3D printed device to turn pistols into automatic weapons ...

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   Nationally, from 2017 to 2021, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recovered 5,454 machine gun conversion parts, marking a 570% increase over the preceding five years.

9. Swivel gun - Wikipedia

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   A swivel gun (or simply swivel) [1] is a small cannon mounted on a swiveling stand or fork which allows a very wide arc of movement. Another type of firearm referred to as a swivel gun was an early flintlock combination gun with two barrels that rotated along their axes to allow the shooter to switch between either the rifled or the smoothbore ...