- A
snaphance or
snaphaunce is a type of
firearm lock in
which a
flint struck against a
striker plate above a
steel pan
ignites the
priming powder which...
- used
alongside the
matchlock (c. 1410s), the
snaplock (c. 1540s), the
snaphance (c. 1560s), and the
flintlock (c. 1610s). The
wheellock works by spinning...
-
against an enemy. The
first firearms to
incorporate a
cylinder were the
snaphance and
flintlock types. The lock
mechanisms were very
similar and used the...
- to a
piece of
hardened steel. The
snaplock is
therefore similar to the
snaphance (sometimes
classed as an
advanced type of snaplock) and the
later flintlock...
- from the
matchlock to
wheellock to the
earlier flintlocks (snaplock,
snaphance, miquelet, and doglock) in the
previous two centuries, and each type had...
-
amongst the
first to be
issued self-igniting guns like the
wheellock and
snaphance. The
matchlock was also
uneconomical to keep
ready for long
periods of...
- the
armies of the
Thirty Years' War and
English Civil War era. Like the
snaphance, it was
largely supplanted by the flintlock. Much like the
later flintlock...
-
prevailed in the Moukahla. One,
which derived from
Dutch and
English types of
snaphance lock, was
found usually with a
thicker lockplate. Half **** was provided...
- Demi-culverin
Doglock Flintlock Hand
cannon Matchlock Miquelet lock
Musket Pistol Snaphance Snaplock Wheellock "culverin".
Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.)...
- due to wear from
striking the frizzen. (See also
flintlock mechanism,
snaphance,
Miquelet lock.) The
flintlock was
widely used
during the 17th, 18th,...
