"lock" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The expression, however, derives from the percussion lock.
- Many were converted to percussion lock before they made it to the field.
- They were armed with inferior smoothbore muskets that had been converted from flintlock to percussion lock.
- When percussion locks became popular, musketeers also carried another small box on their belt which held the percussion caps.
- The Minié rifle had a percussion lock and weighed 10 lb 9 oz (4.8 kg).
- In the 1830s and 1840s, many old Charleville muskets (mostly later models) were converted from flintlock to percussion lock.
- Most 1835 muskets had the flintlock replaced with a percussion lock during the 1840s and 1850s.
- It continued to be in common use for over two centuries, until it was finally replaced by the percussion lock.
- Flintlock weapons based on this design were used for over two centuries, until they were finally replaced by percussion locks in the 1840s and 1850s.
- This proved to be unreliable, and the Model 1861 reverted to the original percussion lock.
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