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Matchlock - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Firelock

An old form of gunlock as the flintlock which ignites the priming by a spark perhaps originally a matchlock Hence a gun having such a lock...


Harquebus

A firearm with match holder trigger and tumbler made in the second half of the 15th century The barrel was about forty inches long A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock...


Matchlock

An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming hence a musket fired by means of a match...


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