flintlock in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Early matchlock and wheel lock mechanisms were replaced by later flintlock mechanisms and finally percussion locks.
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The wheellock mechanism however gave faster ignition than the flintlock, because the sparks were produced directly in the pan, rather than having to fall a certain distance from the frizzen.
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The wheellock was used along with the matchlock until both were replaced by the simpler and less-costly flintlock, by the late 17th century.
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The term firelock was originally applied, as the name suggests, to the matchlock, but was later successively applied to the wheellock and then the flintlock as each was invented.
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The flintlock firing mechanism provided superior rates of fire and accuracy over the cumbersome matchlocks.
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Types of lock include snaplock, matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, modern percussion, rotating bolt, and experimental electronic types.
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