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Miquelet lock is a
modern term used by
collectors and
curators for a type of
firing mechanism used in
muskets and pistols. It is a
distinctive form of...
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Miquelets or
Micalets (Catalan pronunciation: [mikəˈlɛts]; Spanish: Migueletes) were
irregular Catalan and
Valencian mountain light infantry units. They...
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mechanical progression of the
wheellock firing mechanism, and
along with the
miquelet lock and
doglock are
predecessors of the
flintlock mechanism. The name...
- of
miquelet lock,
closely allied to the
agujeta lock (which
required a back or dog
catch for half ****) and the
Italian romanlock. The term
miquelet is...
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matchlock to
wheellock to the
earlier flintlocks (snaplock, snaphance,
miquelet, and doglock) in the
previous two centuries, and each type had been an...
- 1737" by Carl
Hofverberg 17th
century pistols at Läckö Castle. Pair of
Miquelet Pistols, in the
Peninsular Spanish style, made in
colonial Mexico, dated...
- Tran 2006, p. 107.
Andrade 2016, p. 169.
Andrade 2016, p. 171. "Pair of
Miquelet Pistols".
Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Andrade 2016, pp. 104–106...
- is only
released when the lock is
bought to the full-**** position. The
miquelet lock is the
penultimate of the flint-sparking locks. It has an L-shaped...
- wear from
striking the frizzen. (See also
flintlock mechanism, snaphance,
Miquelet lock.) The
flintlock was
widely used
during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries...
- French-occupied
Castellfollit de la Roca, and 16
companies of
Catalan miquelets and
several armed peasants at the
orders of
Ramon de Sala i Saçala, the...
