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• Springfield Model 1840 Flintlock Musket — The Model 1840 Flintlock Musket was produced at Springfield Armory. The .69 caliber Musket had a 42 barrel. More than 30,000 were produced by the Springfield Armory and two independent contractors between 1840 and 1846. Some were converted to… …   Wikipedia

• Flintlock — is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. Introduced about 1630, the flintlock rapidly replaced earlier firearm ignition technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock mechanisms. It continued to be in common use… …   Wikipedia

• Musket — Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. A musket is a muzzle loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer.… …   Wikipedia

• Musket ball — A musket ball was an early form of ammunition used for loading muskets. Musket balls were generally made from lead (though at times stone musket balls were used), and were muzzle loaded into the barrel of the musket, wrapped in a loosely fitting… …   Wikipedia

• Musket Model 1777 — Musket Modèle 1777 Musket Modèle 1777 corrigé an IX (1800) Type Musket Place of origin …   Wikipedia

• Flintlock — Flint lock , n. 1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. [1913 Webster] 2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old fashioned musket of European and other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flintlock — 1680s as a type of musket firing mechanism, from FLINT (Cf. flint) + LOCK (Cf. lock) (1) …   Etymology dictionary

• Musket — Mus ket, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.] [Sometimes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• musket — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. firearm; flintlock, blunderbuss; brown Bess. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flintlock, carbine, matchlock; see gun 2 , rifle , weapon 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. breechloader, flintlock,… …   English dictionary for students

• musket — noun /mʌskʌt,mʌskɪt/ A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the …   Wiktionary

• musket — n breechloader, flintlock, firelock, blun derbluss, matchlock, wheel lock, harquebus, muzzle loader, petronel; rifle, Winchester rifle, carbine, shotgun …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder