- A
wheellock, wheel-lock, or
wheel lock is a friction-wheel
mechanism which creates a
spark that
causes a
firearm to fire. It was the next
major development...
-
priming powder which fires the gun. It is the
mechanical progression of the
wheellock firing mechanism, and
along with the
miquelet lock and
doglock are predecessors...
- kept
alight in case one end
should be
accidentally extinguished. The
wheellock was the next
major development in
firearms technology after the matchlock...
-
replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock, the
wheellock, and the
earlier flintlock mechanisms such as the
snaplock and snaphaunce...
- is,
often applied to any form of
friction (flint) lock
other than the
wheellock with the
various forms sub-categorized as snaphaunce, miquelet, English...
-
fused grenades. The
action was
similar to a flintlock, matchlock, or
wheellock firearm (depending on the date of production), but the
barrel was short...
-
barrel length (e.g. 24 inches), to the
firing mechanism (e.g. matchlock,
wheellock, flintlock, or
percussion lock), to the design's
primary intended use...
- century. It
quickly replaced earlier technologies, such as the matchlock,
wheellock and
earlier flintlocks. It
continued to be in
common use for over two...
-
muzzleloader ignition mechanism is
referred to as the lock (e.g. matchlock,
wheellock, flintlock, and caplock).
Actions can be
categorized in
several ways,...
-
ammunition were
amongst the
first to be
issued self-igniting guns like the
wheellock and snaphance. The
matchlock was also
uneconomical to keep
ready for long...
