英语词汇“flintlock”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Only ten feet away, a man had appeared, a bow and quiver over his shoulder and two old-fashioned flintlock dueling pistols in his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Give the men flintlock pistols and horses and they could have come straight out of a children’s book. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

During his entire advance through history, he has been waving the banner of Christianity . . . and carrying in his other hand the sword and the flintlock. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, he drew back the flintlock and lifted the gun, then positioned himself in the doorway, one foot in, one foot out. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to collect her thoughts, stall for time, but it was difficult while staring down the smoking barrels of those flintlocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sciron screamed as he fell, firing his flintlock wildly, but for once hitting nothing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jonathan looked over at the edge of the field, where his father’s flintlock musket leaned against a stump. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many had ancient flintlocks, old squirrel guns, handed down for generations. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered one flintlock and scratched the side of his head with the other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

From it he took a small bundle of food, a couple of coins, and a flintlock musket. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers wrapped pieces of cloth around their flintlocks but didn’t bother with Jonathan’s gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan heard the click as he drew back his flintlock. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And in his left hand each carried a tall flintlock gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a flintlock musket, almost six feet long, butt and stock of polished wood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He talks about American history, If the American farmer, with flintlock and musket, could wrest from the English a continent, surely we, warriors ever, can recover our island. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reach down to feel the flintlock pistol still in my belt, but silencing the parrot will do no good. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He leveled the flintlock pistol at her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

These middlemen tribes ferried everything from buffalo robes to slaves, to be traded in exchange for muskets and flintlocks. When Native Americans were arms dealers: A history revealed in 'Thundersticks' 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

The pistol that once belonged to the Son of Sam killer is here, and so is a flintlock pistol used in the first recorded murder in Rochester. Books of The Times: ‘Gun Machine,’ by Warren Ellis 2013-01-02T21:35:39Z

It was an old and rusty pocket flintlock, probably not worth the three shillings he paid. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z

The most fun is the Nock volley, a seven-barrel flintlock used by the British navy for a few years around 1800, designed for all seven barrels to fire at once. The director of the National Firearms Museum shoots from the hip 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The actors are uniformly impressive, and Mr. Wheatley’s longtime cinematographer, Laurie Rose, shooting in black and white, combines stunning pastoral compositions with bursts of graphic violence punctuated by blazing flintlocks. Movie Review: ‘A Field in England,’ Directed by Ben Wheatley 2014-02-07T01:18:16Z

Another detail stands out: the warrior holds a spear in one hand and a gun in the other, one of the flintlock muskets European traders brought to Africa. Angola, Figures of Power - review 2010-11-23T13:59:00Z

It’s startling to realize that Colt was born in 1814, just before British troops carrying flintlock muskets burned the White House. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

In the 1930s, the Red Army brought famine; the local residents fought back with spears, flintlocks and muskets. The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

Then, freezing in her tracks, she aimed her flintlock at an unseen quarry. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z

Dial the time back to 1648, to the English Civil War when Roundheads and Cavaliers battled with flintlock weapons and sharpened pikes. ‘A Field in England’: an original, mind-blowing trip set in 1648 2014-02-06T22:43:31Z

Outside neat rows of white tents, they cleaned flintlock muskets, cooked over campfires in steaming kettles, and ate historically accurate lunches from tin plates. Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z

“A fixed-barrel gun that uses gas and a piston is now the same as a flintlock or muzzle loader,” Mr. Merino said. No kickbacks: A high-tech recoilless rifle could be in the Army’s future 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

The rules were geared more for semiautomatic pistols than flintlock weapons, but re-enactors who fear being arrested if they publicly re-stage battles from the colonial era to the Civil War are staying off the field. Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

After patenting the revolving pistol in 1835, Colonel Samuel Colt used new machine tools to produce thousands of weapons for soldiers and civilians and made the single- and double-shot flintlock pistol obsolete. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

“So a flintlock is actually the same thing as a muzzle loader,” he told a man at the shooting range. Unlikely path of game warden of Afro-Caribbean ancestry 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

Larry prefers to make flintlock rifles, which are a type of muzzle loader, and are one of the oldest firearm technologies dating back to the 1500s. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

A stolen flintlock rifle that was used at the Battle of New Orleans was returned to the museum it was stolen from decades earlier, authorities confirmed last year. Revolutionary War rifle stolen nearly 50 years ago back on display 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Metzger said he realizes local sheriff’s deputies have “a lot better things to do than to harass 70-year-old men with flintlocks,” but there was a chance someone could complain. Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

Down in the cool of the castle cellars, Monsieur Blanc produced 50 locks - the lock being the firing mechanism at the heart of a flintlock weapon. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

The gun companies could still profit, just not as much, by producing single-shot arms such as the Springfield and Kentucky rifles and other muskets, flintlocks or muzzleloaders. Opinion | ‘The Lives Lost:’ A must-read for the NRA 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

With a flintlock, one pulls the trigger, and a piece of steel hits the flint, which is just a very hard rock. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

The men carried a variety of equipage including the necessary flintlock weapons, cartridge boxes, knives, hatchets and bayonets. Cold weather doesn’t deter frontier ranger re-enactors 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Look closely, and you'll see that the two guns don't quite match: One has had its flintlock striking mechanism replaced with a slightly more modern percussion cap system. For the first time, the pistol used to kill Alexander Hamilton is on public view in D.C. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Then he calmly pulled out the parts at random and began to reassemble them into flintlocks. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Guns have always been part of our story, since the beginning, when flintlock muskets were the instruments of our American Revolution. Perspective | Can Americans ditch guns the way we ditched cigarettes? 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

He used the ram rod to push the black powder and bullet into the bottom of the gun, back by the flintlock. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Hoisting a flintlock rifle, Heston declared: “From my cold, dead hands!” Iran-Contra figure Oliver North named president of the NRA 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

The centerpiece of the Postal Museum's “Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon” is a set of flintlock English dueling pistols, made of walnut, brass and gold. For the first time, the pistol used to kill Alexander Hamilton is on public view in D.C. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

It is open to people willing to use primitive weapons including muzzle-loading flintlock rifles or recurve bows. West Virginia’s whitetail hunting season extended to 2019 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

As military weapons moved from flintlocks to cartridges to bolt action to semi-automatics so did their civilian counterparts. Gun Culture Is My Culture. And I Fear for What It Has Become. 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

It is the second year since its conception, and most notably, it is limited to primitive weapons - like flintlock muzzle loader rifles. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

But here was the NRA’s top voice in a time of tragedy, defending AR-15 ownership as a bedrock constitutional right by name-checking two 18th-century manually operated flintlocks — quite incorrectly — as “fully automatic weapons.” Perspective | The NRA and its allies use jargon to bully gun-control supporters 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

The wheellock predates flintlock pistols and muskets, which were first introduced in the 17th century. Old pistol part found at Kannah Creek archaeological dig 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

This has lead me to believe that the right to bear muzzle-loading flintlock muskets should not be infringed. Opinion | Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

A percussion shotgun as opposed to the earlier flintlock, it was crafted at least in part in Birmingham, England, a center of the world’s gun-manufacturing industry dating back to the 1700s. Montana river yields 19th-century shotgun to ponder 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

Historians have speculated that they were either slaughtered or dispersed, though archeologists recently uncovered English artifacts like flintlocks in nearby Native American sites that suggest the colonists probably assimilated into those tribes. The True Story Behind 'American Horror Story' Season Six, As Told in 1930 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Over and over, they silently and purposefully walked through the forest with bows and flintlock muskets at the ready as a camera on a moving dolly captured multiple takes. Re-enactors filmed for revamped Arch museum 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Visitors will learn from costumed interpreters about the history of flintlock weapons, their mechanics and their use in hunting and defense. Colonial Williamsburg opening new attraction: musket range 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

He dressed the part and toted a .54 caliber flintlock rifle mostly for my visit. Characters call Oklahoma deer camp home for decades 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

Their intent was to protect patriots' rights to possess single shot muzzle-loading flintlocks. End the Gun Epidemic in America 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Unless you collect antique flintlocks or World War II-era M1’s, what do you need with that many guns? Meet the Second Amendment dead-enders: The gun fetishists whose zombie arguments kill reform 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

I looked from Phil to this old flintlock rifle and the connection between guns and freedom became as vivid as burned black powder. The American Longrifle Has A Censored But Very Patriotic Story To Tell 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

“I went out and I learned to fire replicas of flintlock rifles, to throw a tomahawk,” he said in a lengthy interview in January magazine in 2003. Hugh Nissenson, Novelist, Dies at 80 2013-12-17T03:20:28Z

A flintlock musket or rifle that holds one round and fires on about every third pull of the trigger. Sandy Hook: Should Teachers Be Trained in Counter-Terrorism? 2012-12-17T12:35:00Z

An 18th century document that was referring to flintlock muskets and smooth bore pistols when the second amendment protected citizens rights to bear arms. Live Updates: School District Goes on Emergency Lockdown 2012-12-14T18:35:33Z

This company maintained one of its posts at Nisqually, Pierce County, and traded flintlocks and blankets with the Indians all over Western Washington, taking in trade their furs and skins. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z

There were burdens upon most of their heads, but a few carried what seemed to be long flintlock guns. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

The infantry was armed with flintlock muskets and paper cartridges charged with powder, buckshot, and ball. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z

Armed with the theological flintlock of a century ago, they were ordered to do battle for doctrines older than their weapons. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z

On the wall above this recess may be seen a bust of the founder, with crossed swords on either side of it, and a flintlock hung below it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z

Soon we heard a cracking in the brush and a noise that sounded like the snapping of a flintlock. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z

There was, he knew, a piece of the broken cooking pot the West African usually loads his flintlock gun with embedded in his leg. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

Various forms of flintlock small arms had been used in warfare since the middle of the 16th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z

The prehistoric art of chipping flints lingered among the shepherds on the Downs, till the percussion-cap came in, and no longer having to get flakes for the flintlock guns they slowly let it disappear. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z

Then the quick ringing of a rifle broke through the dull thud of the flintlock and the pistol's second crack, and Maxwell, reeling a little, hurled himself into the thicket. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

Emerson, very much infuriated, rushed to his quarters, loaded a pair of huge flintlock pistols, returned to McPhail, who was unarmed, and without ceremony presented them to the head of the little quartermaster. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z

The crash of a long flintlock gun broke through it, and in the midst of the uproar they heard a patter of naked feet. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

He moved the same way he handled his flintlock pistols, with a thoughtless poise. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

It was ignited by a spark from the flintlock. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z

Then she shuddered once more, recollecting what she had read of the scenes within an African stockade when the rifles lay cold in the undergrowth, and the smoke of the flintlocks had melted away. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

Had the flintlocks of pioneers spit defiance through the oblong loopholes inserted at intervals in its walls? Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z

They ran forward with glinting matchets and spears and brandished flintlock guns, and Ormsgill knew that now, at least, they would certainly get in. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

"Was he plannin' to make off with a few o' those new flintlocks we got up at Nevis?" Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Iron, flintlock, in good condition, curious and rare. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z

The heel-plate jarred on his shoulder, the barrel jumped in his left hand, red sparks flickered along the breastwork, and the sputtering roar of the flintlocks was repeated among the trunks. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

The rebel troops took possession of Mr. Brownlow's printing office—destroyed his press and type, and converted the building into a blacksmith shop for altering old flintlock muskets which Floyd had stolen from the Government. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z

Here and there one of them draped in white cotton carried a flintlock gun, but the rest were half-naked, and last of all a few plodded behind a lurching hammock. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

Without a word he carefully settled his flintlock in the corner, next to the rack that held Anthony's own guns—three matchlocks and two flintlocks—and slumped into a vacant chair by the table. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Within the house, upon a pair of massive moose horns, rests the old flintlock once filled with beans, “good enough for Yorkers,” and later loaded with a leaden death message for Tory and Hessian. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z

Long afterward, Dane remembered that Maxwell's smile was much the same when, clenching the hot rifle barrels, they watched the flintlocks flashing through thicker wreaths of a more deadly vapor. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

"It's just a hobby," said chemist Donald Macaulay, 62, who hoped to sell several reproduction flintlock and cap lock rifles at the show. Business brisk at Tucson gun show week after rampage 2011-01-15T22:45:38Z

Three or four also carried long flintlock guns, and the one who had the whip still dragged the Mission boy along. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

Unlike the others he carried no musket this morning, only a long flintlock pistol wedged into his belt. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

"It's just a hobby," said chemist Donald Macaulay, 62,. who hoped to sell several reproduction flintlock and cap lock rifles at the show. Business brisk at Tucson gun show in the wake of rampage 2011-01-15T22:08:56Z

There was nothing visible beyond the loom of shadowy trunks, but Dane could hear unseen men breathing heavily, the click-clack of flintlocks, and the rasp of a file along a matchet blade. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

It is packed with an armoury of family heirlooms - 19th Century flintlock pistols and a curved dagger. A cultural issue 2010-04-14T14:19:00Z

The men in charge of Ormsgill handed him and Nares over to a few others, who had only flintlock guns, and these led them forward to a more open space, where they sat down. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

But by the time it reached his gun, the young man's long flintlock was already drawn and leveled. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

“You’re always in the way,” cried Tom, savagely, and he dashed into the library, where he found Lord Barmouth busy with trembling hands examining a very old pair of flintlock duelling pistols. Lady Maude's Mania

A few picked men in flowing white draperies with flintlock guns on their shoulders were already floundering through the swamp ahead. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

He took the old flintlock to the gunsmith and had it fixed over into a cap lock, and now I was rigged out with both gun and traps. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping.

It was answered by a clear ringing crash of riflery, and then while the flintlocks and Sniders joined in, thin pale flashes blazed amidst the reeds and in the sliding mist. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

A flintlock cost three or four times as much as a matchlock and required almost constant maintenance by a skilled gunsmith. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Most of these twelve were arquebusiers; and besides the weight of the ridiculous little cannon, they had their ponderous flintlocks and their clumsy armor,—poor helps for scaling heights which the unencumbered athlete finds difficult. The Spanish Pioneers

A number of the men also carried long flintlock guns. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

How Phil wished his Winchester were a flintlock musket just at that moment. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895

When the French conquered this land more than a century ago they were armed with single-shot rifles which were still far in advance of your own long barrelled flintlocks. Black Man's Burden

Morris suspected that whereas a few of the rich royalist exiles on Barbados might own flintlocks, most of the poorer planters probably had nothing more than cheap matchlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

His second official report, dated two days after the battle, gave his "effective" forces at 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery and 6,000 horsemen, armed with flintlock muskets, rifles and shotguns. The Struggle for Missouri

Even worse than the flintlock trade guns were the escopetas of the south, matchlocks of prodigious bore and no accuracy or power, which were used by many of the Mexicans. Bring Me His Ears

He had never seen one that had, unless it was Kurilla's flintlock. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895

I at once gave orders that all firing except with muskets should be stopped; so there we lay aground for more than half an hour, answering the pirate's fire with our flintlocks. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published

Winston lifted a flintlock musket he had brought ashore from the Defiance and tested the lock by the light of a candle lantern. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Hand-to-hand in duel comic, They careered with flintlocks rusty, They embraced with bayonets blunted, Dunlap all the while retreating, Huffman all the while pursuing, Till a wide ravine arrested, Stopped their wild, ferocious progress. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County.

Here each lad was given a flintlock rifle and sent over to the mouth of the cave, where Ethan Allen and a half-dozen Green Mountain Boys were waiting, seated about a camp fire. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters

There was an arm rack upon the wall of the living-room, an arm rack that had at one time doubtless supported the old flintlocks of the early fur hunters. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills

An Arab hunter, with his long flintlock musket, brings us beautiful gray partridges which he has shot among the near-by hills. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit

There was, however, an improved type of firing mechanism recently come into use, called the flintlock, much preferred by sportsmen and anyone wealthy enough to afford it. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

They had a mighty, muzzle-loading, flintlock gun; and they were so delighted with the noise it made that they had exhausted their scanty provision of powder and lead long before the seals were in sight. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories

You'll find us all ready for you up there with an automobile full of flintlock rifles and things. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters

The stag horns over the fireplace and the flintlock gun that lay across their prongs spoke of days long past, before the deer and bear had been "dogged to death" in the Cumberlands. The Roof Tree

On the third morning Jeremy, on his knees by the hearth fire, was squinting down the bright barrel of a flintlock. The Black Buccaneer

Those assigned to lead the attack, all armed with flintlocks, were ordered over the side first. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The peasants were not Paradise men; they wore the costumes of the interior, and somebody had already armed them with scythes, rusty boarding-pikes, stable-forks, and one or two flintlock muskets. The Maids of Paradise

The roar of the flintlocks ceased and Bruce and the rest of the scouts stopped, thoroughly out of breath with excitement. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters

Both pair of pistols were of the old-fashioned duelling kind—flintlocks, with barrels nearly a foot in length. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley

But Jeremy, sniffing the air like the true woodsman that he was, announced that there would be a change of weather before night, and set about rubbing the barrel of the flintlock till it gleamed. The Black Buccaneer

He secretly rejoiced he had a new-style flintlock; at least there would be no lighted matchcord to betray his own whereabouts in the dark. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The mossback cannot win, because he prefers a flintlock to a Mauser. Chapters in Rural Progress

Some of them were perched in the lower branches with whatever arms they had been able to secure, principally old Hudson Bay flintlock muskets. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria

Though its flintlock and single muzzle-loading barrel would have made a sorry show in the presence of our improved modern weapons, yet it was capable of splendid execution. Footprints in the Forest

He had run nearly two miles, up hill and down, in heavy clothes drenched with rain, and carrying a dozen pounds of gold besides the flintlock fowling-piece which he still clutched in his left hand. The Black Buccaneer

He was still gripping his flintlock, knuckles white, as the other militiamen dragged him back into the trench. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The boy followed, and then the master took his seat in the stern, with his flintlock fowling piece within reach. Duffels

Two of the old flintlocks went off, the others missed fire. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria

According to the official report of McCulloch, his entire effective force was 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery, 6,000 horsemen armed with flintlock muskets, rifles, and shotguns, and a number of unarmed horsemen. From Fort Henry to Corinth

He made his men put his back to a treestump and with a flintlock rifle fired at the enemy until he bled to death. Greener Than You Think

Let us use those flintlocks you've got here on the ship. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The most welcome capture was the arms, for many of his men were armed with flintlock muskets. A Little Union Scout

It was vainly urged in reply that the stores of the arsenal were almost valueless, the arms being altered flintlock muskets, and the accouterments out of date. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War

He went to examine the holsters, and found that each of them contained a large horse-pistol with a flintlock. Ahead of the Army

Perhaps a few firearms may be carried, but they are generally either flintlocks or the older matchlocks. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania

You give those new flintlocks over to the militia and you'll never see half of them again. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The next moment he was presenting a big flintlock pistol at his pursuer’s head. The New Forest Spy

The captured arms and accouterments served to equip Waller's men, whose rifles were altered flintlocks and worthless, and the prisoners were sent to the Teche to be guarded by Fournet's Acadians. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War

It was still a long shot from him, as he had only a smooth-bore, flintlock gun. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians

The excisemen stood reloading the flintlocks, and Gilchrist, in a flutter of fear, gave no orders until the skiffs were offshore and rowing hard for the Gull, waiting with her sails all aback. The McBrides A Romance of Arran

He slipped the flintlock from the left side of his belt and handed it to her. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

At first some apprehensions were entertained that a night-attack would be made, but a heavy thunderstorm coming on, during which the flintlocks of the enemy would have been useless, rendered that improbable. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign

The guns would have to be converted to flintlocks, though, since we don't have what we need for cartridge priming material. Space Prison

I have known an old Indian, with only two old flintlock guns, kill seventy-five large grey geese in one day. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians

Two thirds of us will have to manage, until we can do better, with the smoothbore and even with the old flintlock. The Long Roll

With an exhale of relief, he quickly turned and ordered the longboat lowered, assigning four men to the oars and another four to bring flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

It was the military flintlock, a clumsy gun, better suited to scare crows than shoot straight, but it was the best we had. The Black Colonel

It was a cumbersome, heavy thing, firing with a flintlock action, and it could not be loaded with much powder lest the charge burst the barrel. Space Prison

My acquaintance with weapons is limited to that circle which includes my collection of antique armor and several old flintlocks picked up at different times in New England and in the South. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice

He had an old flintlock, but in his dream he did not like it, and it changed to one of the beautiful modern rifles they were beginning to take from the Yankees. The Long Roll

Behind them the seamen had begun readying their flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

We climbed in, and found also a rusty flintlock musket, standing between two barrels. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors

The result was, in this case, the flintlock guns did not seem to be able to pierce his skull. Winter Adventures of Three Boys

It was fire from the flintlock in them both, though nature had a far softer and loftier persuasion with the Concord philosopher and naturalist. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets

If not he knows nothing of flintlock guns, and I must explain. The Big Brother A Story of Indian War

After they had disappeared up the trail and into the salt savannah, the Defiance rejoined the Swiftsure, at which time Winston ordered the fo'c'sle unlocked and flintlocks distributed, together with bandoliers of powder and shot. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The oarsmen, with their eyes on mine, acted in sympathy, and every oar touched the water; but the old flintlock had only snapped. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors

It was the barrel of a gun, with part of the flintlock still attached, but it was rusted almost beyond recognition, the bore completely filled with dirt, accumulation and rust. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns

I heard the crash of some savage blazing away with his old flintlock. Lords of the North

Scythes were carried as swords, and old flintlocks that had not seen service for twenty years were taken down from the chimney places. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom

As they waded through the mud, each carrying a flintlock musket and a pike, they dragged the dugouts ashore and into the brush. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

In those days there were no matches; for kindling a fire pioneers depended on igniting a little powder and tow in the pans of their flintlocks. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

The boys also took an axe and an old flintlock gun, for much of the way was then through forest. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know

Montenegro had no artillery and no equipment save flintlocks and the hand jar, the heavy knife used for decapitation. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle

The pioneers of old, pressing into the dim wilderness, christened their old flintlocks and talked to them as a man may talk to a man. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer

From the platform above, two musketmen covered his approach with flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

In another corner see the firearms and weapons of long ago: old flintlocks, muskets, Spanish bayonets, crossbows, and spears. A Truthful Woman in Southern California

Jonathan brought the bark, and meanwhile Nathaniel drew the charge from the old "Queen's arm," then ignited some powder in the pan with the flintlock, and started a blaze going. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know

He pointed out landmarks with his long chibouk, carried an old flintlock, and seemed to live in terror of enemies. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle

Bring ’em out, and look at the locks; not the flintlocks—it’s a wet night; get the others. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1

Now the men stirred impatiently on the decks, new flintlocks glistening in the moonlight, anxious for their first feel of Spanish gold. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Many people, perhaps, will be surprised to learn that the Mexican war was fought mainly with the antiquated flintlock muskets. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

The pistol had the saw-handle grip of an automatic, but it was a flintlock, as were the rifles of the young men who stood so watchfully on either side of the door. The Return

The boy who had started to climb down off the library halted, fired his flintlock, and began reloading it. The Return

Intrusive messengers from the courts and officious colonels of raw militia regiments pestered and threatened; those, with paper warrants from local magistrates, these, with flintlock muskets in reserve. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett

He examined them a moment longer, then glanced up at the breastwork, where a line of seamen had appeared, holding flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Powder only he would have for their long, heavy small-bore rifles with flintlocks, such as Davy Crockett used. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War

The boy who had started to climb down off the Library halted, fired his flintlock, and began reloading it. The Return

Evidently they understood the capabilities and limitations of the villagers' flintlocks; this was a terrifying surprise to them. The Return

Just a lot of raw recruits with old flintlocks! The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis

The Yoruba still had his cutlass at his waist, and Serina, her white shift torn and stained from the underbrush, was now carrying a Spanish flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

They employed the same—or almost the same—weapons in both directions; the flintlock and the halberd against the Indians, and the cat-o'-nine-tails against the heretics. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series)

Evidently they understood the capabilities and limitations of the villagers' flintlocks, but this was a terrifying surprise to them. The Return

Half-awake, and that half all excitement, the old man rushed out into the snow with his muzzle-loading flintlock and let drive. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure

Beauregard's assertion that the South could whip the North even if her only arms were flintlocks and pitchforks had been often and loudly repeated. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis

Before he could finish, the man raised a long flintlock pistol and fired. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

One was a musket, with a wide butt and a band-fastened stock; the lock-mechanism, vaguely flintlock, had been dotted in tentatively. Time Crime

His irresolute heart grew faint, and in the flash of a flintlock in its pan, honour was sacrificed and fame cast to the winds. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812

Remember the pair of Cominazo flintlocks illustrated in Pollard's Short History of Firearms? Murder in the Gunroom

Yes! and there were two old flintlock guns, and several cutlasses, all eaten away with rust, also a rough seaman's chest open and falling to pieces. Pieces of Eight

Leading them was Anthony Walrond, wearing a brocade doublet and holding a long flintlock pistol, puzzlement in his face. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The flintlock was wet, the weapon was useless. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6

Several swords I kept for decorative purposes, and also some of the huge flintlock pistols. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles

Of course it's an original flintlock; I didn't list it as re-altered, did I?... Murder in the Gunroom

But there were no wires; there was no electricity; only one flint-lock musket waking up another flintlock musket, till a hundred guns had been fired, and a hundred men were marching to the battle. Stories of American Life and Adventure

"Just because you like to strut about with a pair of fancy flintlocks in your belt, don't think we'll all heel to your bluff." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Edmonson's was not the only flintlock wet, as the soldiers, weary and dispirited, toiled up from the surf. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6

No, sir; me and the old flintlock will live and die together. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana

"Or the Rappahannock Forge, or the Collier flintlock, or the Hall?" Murder in the Gunroom

Like all men in the backwoods, he carried a hatchet and a knife stuck in his belt, and he almost always had his old-fashioned flintlock rifle on his right shoulder. Stories of American Life and Adventure

All had flintlock pistols in their belts, the usual precaution in an island of unruly indentures. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

They all carried muzzle-loaders, either antiquated flintlocks, or guns sufficiently modern to be fitted with nipples for percussion caps. The Wings of the Morning

And is your sleep disturbed by dreams of British redcoats or hissing flintlocks? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen

Martials, including the 1818 Springfield, all the S. North types, a couple of Virginia Manufactory models, and—he got this since the last time you saw the collection—a real Rappahannock Forge flintlock. Murder in the Gunroom

It is true that the flintlock gun at Lexington was not the first, nor yet the last, to fire a "shot heard round the world." Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages

Morris looked back to see the muzzle of Winston's second flintlock leveled at his temple. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

But there he stood, and mounted guard over the old flintlock that was so powerful a magnet to us in those days. The Amateur Poacher

Lead was precious in those days, but sundry bullets, that she had moulded, Ralph Emsden never rammed down into the long barrel of his flintlock rifle. The Frontiersmen

Martials, with two rows of the regulation pistols, flintlock and percussion, of foreign governments, placed on the left, and the collection of Colts on the right. Murder in the Gunroom

The powder-horn and the flintlock rifle are the only volunteer articles. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896

Sentries armed with flintlocks, in helmets and flamboyant Spanish coats, barred the gateway till de Fontenay waved them aside. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. The Amateur Poacher

On the table lay an ancient flintlock pistol, somewhat apart from a heap of small arms belonging to an eighteenth century trophy. Out of the Ashes

The vertical row next to it seemed to be all snaphaunces, but among them Rand saw a pair of Turkish flintlocks. Murder in the Gunroom

Here the deserter comes to sell his uniform and his ricketty old flintlock. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern

While the seamen opened sporadic covering fire with their flintlocks, the militia began scrambling down the wet steps. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

This old Bheel is girt about the loins with knives, pouches, powder-horns, and ramrods; and he carries on his shoulder an aged flintlock. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series

These were only flintlocks, but efficient enough in their way, and supplied with bayonets. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

Not even good Turkish flintlocks; a pair of the sort of weapons hastily thrown together by native craftsmen or imported ready-made from Belgium for bazaar sale to gullible tourists. Murder in the Gunroom

"Sherman tried to commandeer those flintlock muskets from the Mexican war--several thousand of them--but Coleman got them first." Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts

The second man staggered back against the wall, while his flintlock clattered unused to the floor. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

He put his long flintlock pistol close to her face. The Grandissimes

They had gone mad with fright; the whole land was quarantined against us; musket, flintlock, shotgun, faced us through the smoke of their burning turpentine. Ailsa Paige

"Outside of maybe his wife, and the gunsmith who made his fake Walker Colts and North & Cheney flintlocks, who is?" he countered. Murder in the Gunroom

Trading became almost as dangerous as privateering, and sea captains were chosen as much for their knowledge of the flintlock and the cutlass as for their seamanship. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main

Behind him were three helmeted infantrymen holding flintlock muskets. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

We ought to have a pistol in the house, and one that will go off, too—not those rotten flintlocks. The Wouldbegoods

In the seventeenth century he would have worn huge flintlock pistols stuck into a wide leather belt, and been something in the seafaring line. Ponkapog Papers

I believe that by the last quarter of the seventeenth century, most of the matchlocks that were lying around had been scrapped, and the barrels used in making flintlocks. Murder in the Gunroom

Some rows of old flintlock guns stood in racks in the gateway, rusty, dusty, and untended; they might have been untouched since the last insurrection. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places

But with these flintlocks we might have an advantage. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Joe has an old flintlock musket suggestive of Hudson's Bay times, which he wished to discharge and reload. Travels in Alaska

Other groups of soldiers came out, with their flintlocks in their hands: a boy was struck on the head; several times the guns were leveled, and the threat was made to fire. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775

And every imaginable kind of flintlock—over a hundred U.S. Murder in the Gunroom

So accustomed have some old loons become to being fired at and missed by Indians using the old-fashioned flintlock shotgun, which makes such a flash when fired, that they just barely keep out of range. Algonquin Indian Tales

Morris reached into Briggs' belt and deftly extracted the long flintlock, its gilded stock glistening in the candlelight. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Brown occupied a rude couch, made from two long boxes in which flintlock guns are shipped. Lister's Great Adventure

Their officers were chosen by themselves, of the same rank and character as they; their only uniforms were their flintlocks and hangers. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775

Gillis went to one of the racks under the windows and selected a long flintlock rifle, carrying it out the door at the rear. Murder in the Gunroom

Kennedy first loaded his old flintlock shotgun and blazed away, but, as usual, they were out of sight under the water before the shot struck the place where the loons had been. Algonquin Indian Tales

One of the helmeted infantrymen raised his flintlock and waved Katherine forward. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

We would strike fire by means of the flintlock gun which we had with us. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra

It was unimportant settlements like the one we are describing that sent their quota of stout hearts and flintlock muskets to the trenches on Bunker Hill. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel

Then I have a few early flintlocks, and a number of mid-eighteenth-century types, and some late flintlocks and percussion types. Murder in the Gunroom

Even on parade he was as stiff as his long-barrelled flintlock, looking as if England could hope for no quarter at his hands; yet he permitted no admiring glances from bright eyes to escape him. Taken Alive

With your guns, maybe –-“ "I'll be needing those flintlocks where I'm going." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Each soldier was provided with a flintlock musket, powder horn, bullet-pouch, knife, and hatchet, besides enough powder and ball for 200 rounds. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

The thickness of the butt and the breech of the barrel showed it to be an old flintlock which had been altered into a percussion gun by some local gunsmith. The Fortune of the Rougons

Martials, flintlock to automatic, and also enemy and Allied Army weapons from all our wars. Murder in the Gunroom

Over a pair of buck antlers sometimes lay the long heavy home-made rifle of the backwoodsman—sometimes even with a flintlock and called by some pet feminine name. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The candle lantern cast a golden glow over a shiny new flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

An arm shot off by an Iroquois flintlock in 1687 gave him through life a grim reminder of his combative habits in early days. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism

The King, who used a flintlock gun, was a very good marksman. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X

The gun was a flintlock, or rather, a dog-lock; sure enough, stamped on the breech was the big "A" of the Company of Workmen Armorers of London, the seventeenth-century gunmakers' guild. Murder in the Gunroom

Mesa waited until they were well away from cover, then gave the expected order: two hundred muskets, carbines, and flintlock pistols were discharged, and one piece of artillery. The Valiant Runaways

Briggs started to move forward, then glanced warily at the infantrymen holding flintlock muskets. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

Their arms had been matchlocks, but had been converted, these stirring times, into flintlocks! Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet

Though admirably drilled and disciplined, they were poorly armed, mostly with flintlock muskets, and they were also deficient in artillery except that of antiquated pattern. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors

"This is one, gentlemen," Walters said, producing a Springfield 1818 Model flintlock. Murder in the Gunroom

Neither the White nor the Black Kendah, I should say, possessed any guns, except a few antiquated flintlock weapons that the former had captured from some nomadic tribe and kept as curiosities. The Ivory Child

The first attackers had crept up behind the cannon and fired into the gunners with flintlocks, so there would be no smoldering ignition match on their muskets to betray them. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

In the Richelieu and Montreal districts, where disaffection was strongest, the habitants lacked leadership, discipline, and touch with other groups, and were armed only with old flintlocks, scythes, or clubs. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor

The old method of firing off the musket by means of slow matches kept alight during action was now obsolete; the latest device was the flintlock. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence

Rand was still typing when Gladys came up the spiral and perched on the corner of the desk, picking up a long brass-barreled English flintlock and hefting it. Murder in the Gunroom

At this tedious operation they may be seen every day, and they manage to finish off a gun with a flintlock very handsomely. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1

He tried to bellow above the din as he began pouring priming powder from a flask on his bandolier into the flintlock's powder pan. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

One was a musket Jean's father had used in the war of the rebellion and the other was a long, heavy, muzzle-loading flintlock Kentucky, rifle with which Jean had learned to shoot. To the Last Man

Half of the soldiers were armed with shotguns and squirrel rifle and the greater part of the other half with flintlock muskets. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

He had begun on the true flintlocks when Walters, who had finished his own dinner, came up to help him. Murder in the Gunroom

Pepper Whitcomb had a horse-pistol nearly as large as himself, and Jack Harris, though he, to be sure, was a big boy, was going to have a real oldfashioned flintlock musket. The Story of a Bad Boy

One of the infantrymen was handing the flintlock to Morris. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

They were armed defensively with a shield, and offensively with a curved sword, and a flintlock musket slung at the saddle-bow. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar

The parted edges disclosed also the butts of two flintlock pistols. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows

There was a big army pistol, of Central European origin and in abominable condition, among a row of fine multi-shot flintlocks. Murder in the Gunroom

Screaming and spitting and raving, and firing their flintlocks, they poured from street into street, watching for their victim and seeing him in every shadow. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable

As he watched them approach, he suddenly remembered his lost flintlock, a gift from Anthony, and the thought of its loss completed his mortification. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

This was too much for Quonob; he levelled his flintlock; snap, bang, it went, pointed at the old male, but he dived at the snap and escaped. Rolf in the Woods

Silver glittered about the flintlock and the hardwood stock of his gun. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows

An English flintlock pocket-pistol; I can show you one almost like it, up front. Murder in the Gunroom

He could hear the tramp of countless footsteps, the cries of multitudes of voices, and the rattle of flintlocks. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable

He shouted a challenge as he climbed up the parapet, readying his flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

The Great Cabin was empty save for Colonel Richard Morris, now seated at the center table and rubbing the dirt off Jeremy's flintlock musket. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

He might have passed for an ordinary seaman had it not been for the two Spanish flintlock pistols, freshly polished and gleaming, that protruded from his wide belt. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

She lifted one of the flintlocks and squinted in the half-light. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

On the wall above hung leather thongs, and a long Reefian flintlock stood in the corner. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable

He waited a moment in fascination, savoring what it was like to face death, then drew up his own flintlock and sighted the man's chest down the barrel. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

In the first place, the firing mechanism's a flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

He picked up one of the pistols again and traced his finger along the flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

He also has superb taste in flintlock muskets. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

单词	flintlock
例句	flintlock Only ten feet away, a man had appeared, a bow and quiver over his shoulder and two old-fashioned flintlock dueling pistols in his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Give the men flintlock pistols and horses and they could have come straight out of a children’s book. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z During his entire advance through history, he has been waving the banner of Christianity . . . and carrying in his other hand the sword and the flintlock. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, he drew back the flintlock and lifted the gun, then positioned himself in the doorway, one foot in, one foot out. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Hazel tried to collect her thoughts, stall for time, but it was difficult while staring down the smoking barrels of those flintlocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sciron screamed as he fell, firing his flintlock wildly, but for once hitting nothing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Jonathan looked over at the edge of the field, where his father’s flintlock musket leaned against a stump. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Many had ancient flintlocks, old squirrel guns, handed down for generations. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered one flintlock and scratched the side of his head with the other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z From it he took a small bundle of food, a couple of coins, and a flintlock musket. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers wrapped pieces of cloth around their flintlocks but didn’t bother with Jonathan’s gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan heard the click as he drew back his flintlock. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And in his left hand each carried a tall flintlock gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a flintlock musket, almost six feet long, butt and stock of polished wood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He talks about American history, If the American farmer, with flintlock and musket, could wrest from the English a continent, surely we, warriors ever, can recover our island. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I reach down to feel the flintlock pistol still in my belt, but silencing the parrot will do no good. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He leveled the flintlock pistol at her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z These middlemen tribes ferried everything from buffalo robes to slaves, to be traded in exchange for muskets and flintlocks. When Native Americans were arms dealers: A history revealed in 'Thundersticks' 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The pistol that once belonged to the Son of Sam killer is here, and so is a flintlock pistol used in the first recorded murder in Rochester. Books of The Times: ‘Gun Machine,’ by Warren Ellis 2013-01-02T21:35:39Z It was an old and rusty pocket flintlock, probably not worth the three shillings he paid. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z The most fun is the Nock volley, a seven-barrel flintlock used by the British navy for a few years around 1800, designed for all seven barrels to fire at once. The director of the National Firearms Museum shoots from the hip 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The actors are uniformly impressive, and Mr. Wheatley’s longtime cinematographer, Laurie Rose, shooting in black and white, combines stunning pastoral compositions with bursts of graphic violence punctuated by blazing flintlocks. Movie Review: ‘A Field in England,’ Directed by Ben Wheatley 2014-02-07T01:18:16Z Another detail stands out: the warrior holds a spear in one hand and a gun in the other, one of the flintlock muskets European traders brought to Africa. Angola, Figures of Power - review 2010-11-23T13:59:00Z It’s startling to realize that Colt was born in 1814, just before British troops carrying flintlock muskets burned the White House. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z In the 1930s, the Red Army brought famine; the local residents fought back with spears, flintlocks and muskets. The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Then, freezing in her tracks, she aimed her flintlock at an unseen quarry. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z Dial the time back to 1648, to the English Civil War when Roundheads and Cavaliers battled with flintlock weapons and sharpened pikes. ‘A Field in England’: an original, mind-blowing trip set in 1648 2014-02-06T22:43:31Z Outside neat rows of white tents, they cleaned flintlock muskets, cooked over campfires in steaming kettles, and ate historically accurate lunches from tin plates. Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z “A fixed-barrel gun that uses gas and a piston is now the same as a flintlock or muzzle loader,” Mr. Merino said. No kickbacks: A high-tech recoilless rifle could be in the Army’s future 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The rules were geared more for semiautomatic pistols than flintlock weapons, but re-enactors who fear being arrested if they publicly re-stage battles from the colonial era to the Civil War are staying off the field. Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z After patenting the revolving pistol in 1835, Colonel Samuel Colt used new machine tools to produce thousands of weapons for soldiers and civilians and made the single- and double-shot flintlock pistol obsolete. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “So a flintlock is actually the same thing as a muzzle loader,” he told a man at the shooting range. Unlikely path of game warden of Afro-Caribbean ancestry 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Larry prefers to make flintlock rifles, which are a type of muzzle loader, and are one of the oldest firearm technologies dating back to the 1500s. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z A stolen flintlock rifle that was used at the Battle of New Orleans was returned to the museum it was stolen from decades earlier, authorities confirmed last year. Revolutionary War rifle stolen nearly 50 years ago back on display 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Metzger said he realizes local sheriff’s deputies have “a lot better things to do than to harass 70-year-old men with flintlocks,” but there was a chance someone could complain. Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Down in the cool of the castle cellars, Monsieur Blanc produced 50 locks - the lock being the firing mechanism at the heart of a flintlock weapon. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The gun companies could still profit, just not as much, by producing single-shot arms such as the Springfield and Kentucky rifles and other muskets, flintlocks or muzzleloaders. Opinion \| ‘The Lives Lost:’ A must-read for the NRA 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z With a flintlock, one pulls the trigger, and a piece of steel hits the flint, which is just a very hard rock. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The men carried a variety of equipage including the necessary flintlock weapons, cartridge boxes, knives, hatchets and bayonets. Cold weather doesn’t deter frontier ranger re-enactors 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Look closely, and you'll see that the two guns don't quite match: One has had its flintlock striking mechanism replaced with a slightly more modern percussion cap system. For the first time, the pistol used to kill Alexander Hamilton is on public view in D.C. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Then he calmly pulled out the parts at random and began to reassemble them into flintlocks. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Guns have always been part of our story, since the beginning, when flintlock muskets were the instruments of our American Revolution. Perspective \| Can Americans ditch guns the way we ditched cigarettes? 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z He used the ram rod to push the black powder and bullet into the bottom of the gun, back by the flintlock. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Hoisting a flintlock rifle, Heston declared: “From my cold, dead hands!” Iran-Contra figure Oliver North named president of the NRA 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The centerpiece of the Postal Museum's “Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon” is a set of flintlock English dueling pistols, made of walnut, brass and gold. For the first time, the pistol used to kill Alexander Hamilton is on public view in D.C. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z It is open to people willing to use primitive weapons including muzzle-loading flintlock rifles or recurve bows. West Virginia’s whitetail hunting season extended to 2019 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z As military weapons moved from flintlocks to cartridges to bolt action to semi-automatics so did their civilian counterparts. Gun Culture Is My Culture. And I Fear for What It Has Become. 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It is the second year since its conception, and most notably, it is limited to primitive weapons - like flintlock muzzle loader rifles. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z But here was the NRA’s top voice in a time of tragedy, defending AR-15 ownership as a bedrock constitutional right by name-checking two 18th-century manually operated flintlocks — quite incorrectly — as “fully automatic weapons.” Perspective \| The NRA and its allies use jargon to bully gun-control supporters 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The wheellock predates flintlock pistols and muskets, which were first introduced in the 17th century. Old pistol part found at Kannah Creek archaeological dig 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z This has lead me to believe that the right to bear muzzle-loading flintlock muskets should not be infringed. Opinion \| Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z A percussion shotgun as opposed to the earlier flintlock, it was crafted at least in part in Birmingham, England, a center of the world’s gun-manufacturing industry dating back to the 1700s. Montana river yields 19th-century shotgun to ponder 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Historians have speculated that they were either slaughtered or dispersed, though archeologists recently uncovered English artifacts like flintlocks in nearby Native American sites that suggest the colonists probably assimilated into those tribes. The True Story Behind 'American Horror Story' Season Six, As Told in 1930 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Over and over, they silently and purposefully walked through the forest with bows and flintlock muskets at the ready as a camera on a moving dolly captured multiple takes. Re-enactors filmed for revamped Arch museum 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Visitors will learn from costumed interpreters about the history of flintlock weapons, their mechanics and their use in hunting and defense. Colonial Williamsburg opening new attraction: musket range 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z He dressed the part and toted a .54 caliber flintlock rifle mostly for my visit. Characters call Oklahoma deer camp home for decades 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Their intent was to protect patriots' rights to possess single shot muzzle-loading flintlocks. End the Gun Epidemic in America 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Unless you collect antique flintlocks or World War II-era M1’s, what do you need with that many guns? Meet the Second Amendment dead-enders: The gun fetishists whose zombie arguments kill reform 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z I looked from Phil to this old flintlock rifle and the connection between guns and freedom became as vivid as burned black powder. The American Longrifle Has A Censored But Very Patriotic Story To Tell 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z “I went out and I learned to fire replicas of flintlock rifles, to throw a tomahawk,” he said in a lengthy interview in January magazine in 2003. Hugh Nissenson, Novelist, Dies at 80 2013-12-17T03:20:28Z A flintlock musket or rifle that holds one round and fires on about every third pull of the trigger. Sandy Hook: Should Teachers Be Trained in Counter-Terrorism? 2012-12-17T12:35:00Z An 18th century document that was referring to flintlock muskets and smooth bore pistols when the second amendment protected citizens rights to bear arms. Live Updates: School District Goes on Emergency Lockdown 2012-12-14T18:35:33Z This company maintained one of its posts at Nisqually, Pierce County, and traded flintlocks and blankets with the Indians all over Western Washington, taking in trade their furs and skins. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z There were burdens upon most of their heads, but a few carried what seemed to be long flintlock guns. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The infantry was armed with flintlock muskets and paper cartridges charged with powder, buckshot, and ball. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Armed with the theological flintlock of a century ago, they were ordered to do battle for doctrines older than their weapons. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z On the wall above this recess may be seen a bust of the founder, with crossed swords on either side of it, and a flintlock hung below it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z Soon we heard a cracking in the brush and a noise that sounded like the snapping of a flintlock. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z There was, he knew, a piece of the broken cooking pot the West African usually loads his flintlock gun with embedded in his leg. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Various forms of flintlock small arms had been used in warfare since the middle of the 16th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The prehistoric art of chipping flints lingered among the shepherds on the Downs, till the percussion-cap came in, and no longer having to get flakes for the flintlock guns they slowly let it disappear. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Then the quick ringing of a rifle broke through the dull thud of the flintlock and the pistol's second crack, and Maxwell, reeling a little, hurled himself into the thicket. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Emerson, very much infuriated, rushed to his quarters, loaded a pair of huge flintlock pistols, returned to McPhail, who was unarmed, and without ceremony presented them to the head of the little quartermaster. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The crash of a long flintlock gun broke through it, and in the midst of the uproar they heard a patter of naked feet. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z He moved the same way he handled his flintlock pistols, with a thoughtless poise. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z It was ignited by a spark from the flintlock. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Then she shuddered once more, recollecting what she had read of the scenes within an African stockade when the rifles lay cold in the undergrowth, and the smoke of the flintlocks had melted away. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Had the flintlocks of pioneers spit defiance through the oblong loopholes inserted at intervals in its walls? Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z They ran forward with glinting matchets and spears and brandished flintlock guns, and Ormsgill knew that now, at least, they would certainly get in. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z "Was he plannin' to make off with a few o' those new flintlocks we got up at Nevis?" Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Iron, flintlock, in good condition, curious and rare. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z The heel-plate jarred on his shoulder, the barrel jumped in his left hand, red sparks flickered along the breastwork, and the sputtering roar of the flintlocks was repeated among the trunks. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The rebel troops took possession of Mr. Brownlow's printing office—destroyed his press and type, and converted the building into a blacksmith shop for altering old flintlock muskets which Floyd had stolen from the Government. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z Here and there one of them draped in white cotton carried a flintlock gun, but the rest were half-naked, and last of all a few plodded behind a lurching hammock. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Without a word he carefully settled his flintlock in the corner, next to the rack that held Anthony's own guns—three matchlocks and two flintlocks—and slumped into a vacant chair by the table. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Within the house, upon a pair of massive moose horns, rests the old flintlock once filled with beans, “good enough for Yorkers,” and later loaded with a leaden death message for Tory and Hessian. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Long afterward, Dane remembered that Maxwell's smile was much the same when, clenching the hot rifle barrels, they watched the flintlocks flashing through thicker wreaths of a more deadly vapor. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z "It's just a hobby," said chemist Donald Macaulay, 62, who hoped to sell several reproduction flintlock and cap lock rifles at the show. Business brisk at Tucson gun show week after rampage 2011-01-15T22:45:38Z Three or four also carried long flintlock guns, and the one who had the whip still dragged the Mission boy along. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Unlike the others he carried no musket this morning, only a long flintlock pistol wedged into his belt. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "It's just a hobby," said chemist Donald Macaulay, 62,. who hoped to sell several reproduction flintlock and cap lock rifles at the show. Business brisk at Tucson gun show in the wake of rampage 2011-01-15T22:08:56Z There was nothing visible beyond the loom of shadowy trunks, but Dane could hear unseen men breathing heavily, the click-clack of flintlocks, and the rasp of a file along a matchet blade. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z It is packed with an armoury of family heirlooms - 19th Century flintlock pistols and a curved dagger. A cultural issue 2010-04-14T14:19:00Z The men in charge of Ormsgill handed him and Nares over to a few others, who had only flintlock guns, and these led them forward to a more open space, where they sat down. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z But by the time it reached his gun, the young man's long flintlock was already drawn and leveled. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z “You’re always in the way,” cried Tom, savagely, and he dashed into the library, where he found Lord Barmouth busy with trembling hands examining a very old pair of flintlock duelling pistols. Lady Maude's Mania A few picked men in flowing white draperies with flintlock guns on their shoulders were already floundering through the swamp ahead. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z He took the old flintlock to the gunsmith and had it fixed over into a cap lock, and now I was rigged out with both gun and traps. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. It was answered by a clear ringing crash of riflery, and then while the flintlocks and Sniders joined in, thin pale flashes blazed amidst the reeds and in the sliding mist. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z A flintlock cost three or four times as much as a matchlock and required almost constant maintenance by a skilled gunsmith. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Most of these twelve were arquebusiers; and besides the weight of the ridiculous little cannon, they had their ponderous flintlocks and their clumsy armor,—poor helps for scaling heights which the unencumbered athlete finds difficult. The Spanish Pioneers A number of the men also carried long flintlock guns. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z How Phil wished his Winchester were a flintlock musket just at that moment. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 When the French conquered this land more than a century ago they were armed with single-shot rifles which were still far in advance of your own long barrelled flintlocks. Black Man's Burden Morris suspected that whereas a few of the rich royalist exiles on Barbados might own flintlocks, most of the poorer planters probably had nothing more than cheap matchlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z His second official report, dated two days after the battle, gave his "effective" forces at 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery and 6,000 horsemen, armed with flintlock muskets, rifles and shotguns. The Struggle for Missouri Even worse than the flintlock trade guns were the escopetas of the south, matchlocks of prodigious bore and no accuracy or power, which were used by many of the Mexicans. Bring Me His Ears He had never seen one that had, unless it was Kurilla's flintlock. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 I at once gave orders that all firing except with muskets should be stopped; so there we lay aground for more than half an hour, answering the pirate's fire with our flintlocks. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published Winston lifted a flintlock musket he had brought ashore from the Defiance and tested the lock by the light of a candle lantern. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Hand-to-hand in duel comic, They careered with flintlocks rusty, They embraced with bayonets blunted, Dunlap all the while retreating, Huffman all the while pursuing, Till a wide ravine arrested, Stopped their wild, ferocious progress. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. Here each lad was given a flintlock rifle and sent over to the mouth of the cave, where Ethan Allen and a half-dozen Green Mountain Boys were waiting, seated about a camp fire. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters There was an arm rack upon the wall of the living-room, an arm rack that had at one time doubtless supported the old flintlocks of the early fur hunters. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills An Arab hunter, with his long flintlock musket, brings us beautiful gray partridges which he has shot among the near-by hills. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit There was, however, an improved type of firing mechanism recently come into use, called the flintlock, much preferred by sportsmen and anyone wealthy enough to afford it. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z They had a mighty, muzzle-loading, flintlock gun; and they were so delighted with the noise it made that they had exhausted their scanty provision of powder and lead long before the seals were in sight. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories You'll find us all ready for you up there with an automobile full of flintlock rifles and things. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters The stag horns over the fireplace and the flintlock gun that lay across their prongs spoke of days long past, before the deer and bear had been "dogged to death" in the Cumberlands. The Roof Tree On the third morning Jeremy, on his knees by the hearth fire, was squinting down the bright barrel of a flintlock. The Black Buccaneer Those assigned to lead the attack, all armed with flintlocks, were ordered over the side first. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The peasants were not Paradise men; they wore the costumes of the interior, and somebody had already armed them with scythes, rusty boarding-pikes, stable-forks, and one or two flintlock muskets. The Maids of Paradise The roar of the flintlocks ceased and Bruce and the rest of the scouts stopped, thoroughly out of breath with excitement. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Both pair of pistols were of the old-fashioned duelling kind—flintlocks, with barrels nearly a foot in length. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley But Jeremy, sniffing the air like the true woodsman that he was, announced that there would be a change of weather before night, and set about rubbing the barrel of the flintlock till it gleamed. The Black Buccaneer He secretly rejoiced he had a new-style flintlock; at least there would be no lighted matchcord to betray his own whereabouts in the dark. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The mossback cannot win, because he prefers a flintlock to a Mauser. Chapters in Rural Progress Some of them were perched in the lower branches with whatever arms they had been able to secure, principally old Hudson Bay flintlock muskets. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Though its flintlock and single muzzle-loading barrel would have made a sorry show in the presence of our improved modern weapons, yet it was capable of splendid execution. Footprints in the Forest He had run nearly two miles, up hill and down, in heavy clothes drenched with rain, and carrying a dozen pounds of gold besides the flintlock fowling-piece which he still clutched in his left hand. The Black Buccaneer He was still gripping his flintlock, knuckles white, as the other militiamen dragged him back into the trench. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The boy followed, and then the master took his seat in the stern, with his flintlock fowling piece within reach. Duffels Two of the old flintlocks went off, the others missed fire. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria According to the official report of McCulloch, his entire effective force was 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery, 6,000 horsemen armed with flintlock muskets, rifles, and shotguns, and a number of unarmed horsemen. From Fort Henry to Corinth He made his men put his back to a treestump and with a flintlock rifle fired at the enemy until he bled to death. Greener Than You Think Let us use those flintlocks you've got here on the ship. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The most welcome capture was the arms, for many of his men were armed with flintlock muskets. A Little Union Scout It was vainly urged in reply that the stores of the arsenal were almost valueless, the arms being altered flintlock muskets, and the accouterments out of date. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War He went to examine the holsters, and found that each of them contained a large horse-pistol with a flintlock. Ahead of the Army Perhaps a few firearms may be carried, but they are generally either flintlocks or the older matchlocks. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania You give those new flintlocks over to the militia and you'll never see half of them again. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The next moment he was presenting a big flintlock pistol at his pursuer’s head. The New Forest Spy The captured arms and accouterments served to equip Waller's men, whose rifles were altered flintlocks and worthless, and the prisoners were sent to the Teche to be guarded by Fournet's Acadians. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War It was still a long shot from him, as he had only a smooth-bore, flintlock gun. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians The excisemen stood reloading the flintlocks, and Gilchrist, in a flutter of fear, gave no orders until the skiffs were offshore and rowing hard for the Gull, waiting with her sails all aback. The McBrides A Romance of Arran He slipped the flintlock from the left side of his belt and handed it to her. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z At first some apprehensions were entertained that a night-attack would be made, but a heavy thunderstorm coming on, during which the flintlocks of the enemy would have been useless, rendered that improbable. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign The guns would have to be converted to flintlocks, though, since we don't have what we need for cartridge priming material. Space Prison I have known an old Indian, with only two old flintlock guns, kill seventy-five large grey geese in one day. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians Two thirds of us will have to manage, until we can do better, with the smoothbore and even with the old flintlock. The Long Roll With an exhale of relief, he quickly turned and ordered the longboat lowered, assigning four men to the oars and another four to bring flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z It was the military flintlock, a clumsy gun, better suited to scare crows than shoot straight, but it was the best we had. The Black Colonel It was a cumbersome, heavy thing, firing with a flintlock action, and it could not be loaded with much powder lest the charge burst the barrel. Space Prison My acquaintance with weapons is limited to that circle which includes my collection of antique armor and several old flintlocks picked up at different times in New England and in the South. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice He had an old flintlock, but in his dream he did not like it, and it changed to one of the beautiful modern rifles they were beginning to take from the Yankees. The Long Roll Behind them the seamen had begun readying their flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z We climbed in, and found also a rusty flintlock musket, standing between two barrels. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors The result was, in this case, the flintlock guns did not seem to be able to pierce his skull. Winter Adventures of Three Boys It was fire from the flintlock in them both, though nature had a far softer and loftier persuasion with the Concord philosopher and naturalist. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets If not he knows nothing of flintlock guns, and I must explain. The Big Brother A Story of Indian War After they had disappeared up the trail and into the salt savannah, the Defiance rejoined the Swiftsure, at which time Winston ordered the fo'c'sle unlocked and flintlocks distributed, together with bandoliers of powder and shot. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The oarsmen, with their eyes on mine, acted in sympathy, and every oar touched the water; but the old flintlock had only snapped. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors It was the barrel of a gun, with part of the flintlock still attached, but it was rusted almost beyond recognition, the bore completely filled with dirt, accumulation and rust. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns I heard the crash of some savage blazing away with his old flintlock. Lords of the North Scythes were carried as swords, and old flintlocks that had not seen service for twenty years were taken down from the chimney places. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom As they waded through the mud, each carrying a flintlock musket and a pike, they dragged the dugouts ashore and into the brush. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In those days there were no matches; for kindling a fire pioneers depended on igniting a little powder and tow in the pans of their flintlocks. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The boys also took an axe and an old flintlock gun, for much of the way was then through forest. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Montenegro had no artillery and no equipment save flintlocks and the hand jar, the heavy knife used for decapitation. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle The pioneers of old, pressing into the dim wilderness, christened their old flintlocks and talked to them as a man may talk to a man. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer From the platform above, two musketmen covered his approach with flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In another corner see the firearms and weapons of long ago: old flintlocks, muskets, Spanish bayonets, crossbows, and spears. A Truthful Woman in Southern California Jonathan brought the bark, and meanwhile Nathaniel drew the charge from the old "Queen's arm," then ignited some powder in the pan with the flintlock, and started a blaze going. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know He pointed out landmarks with his long chibouk, carried an old flintlock, and seemed to live in terror of enemies. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Bring ’em out, and look at the locks; not the flintlocks—it’s a wet night; get the others. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Now the men stirred impatiently on the decks, new flintlocks glistening in the moonlight, anxious for their first feel of Spanish gold. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Many people, perhaps, will be surprised to learn that the Mexican war was fought mainly with the antiquated flintlock muskets. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The pistol had the saw-handle grip of an automatic, but it was a flintlock, as were the rifles of the young men who stood so watchfully on either side of the door. The Return The boy who had started to climb down off the library halted, fired his flintlock, and began reloading it. The Return Intrusive messengers from the courts and officious colonels of raw militia regiments pestered and threatened; those, with paper warrants from local magistrates, these, with flintlock muskets in reserve. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett He examined them a moment longer, then glanced up at the breastwork, where a line of seamen had appeared, holding flintlocks. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Powder only he would have for their long, heavy small-bore rifles with flintlocks, such as Davy Crockett used. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War The boy who had started to climb down off the Library halted, fired his flintlock, and began reloading it. The Return Evidently they understood the capabilities and limitations of the villagers' flintlocks; this was a terrifying surprise to them. The Return Just a lot of raw recruits with old flintlocks! The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis The Yoruba still had his cutlass at his waist, and Serina, her white shift torn and stained from the underbrush, was now carrying a Spanish flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z They employed the same—or almost the same—weapons in both directions; the flintlock and the halberd against the Indians, and the cat-o'-nine-tails against the heretics. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) Evidently they understood the capabilities and limitations of the villagers' flintlocks, but this was a terrifying surprise to them. The Return Half-awake, and that half all excitement, the old man rushed out into the snow with his muzzle-loading flintlock and let drive. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Beauregard's assertion that the South could whip the North even if her only arms were flintlocks and pitchforks had been often and loudly repeated. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Before he could finish, the man raised a long flintlock pistol and fired. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z One was a musket, with a wide butt and a band-fastened stock; the lock-mechanism, vaguely flintlock, had been dotted in tentatively. Time Crime His irresolute heart grew faint, and in the flash of a flintlock in its pan, honour was sacrificed and fame cast to the winds. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Remember the pair of Cominazo flintlocks illustrated in Pollard's Short History of Firearms? Murder in the Gunroom Yes! and there were two old flintlock guns, and several cutlasses, all eaten away with rust, also a rough seaman's chest open and falling to pieces. Pieces of Eight Leading them was Anthony Walrond, wearing a brocade doublet and holding a long flintlock pistol, puzzlement in his face. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The flintlock was wet, the weapon was useless. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 Several swords I kept for decorative purposes, and also some of the huge flintlock pistols. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Of course it's an original flintlock; I didn't list it as re-altered, did I?... Murder in the Gunroom But there were no wires; there was no electricity; only one flint-lock musket waking up another flintlock musket, till a hundred guns had been fired, and a hundred men were marching to the battle. Stories of American Life and Adventure "Just because you like to strut about with a pair of fancy flintlocks in your belt, don't think we'll all heel to your bluff." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Edmonson's was not the only flintlock wet, as the soldiers, weary and dispirited, toiled up from the surf. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 No, sir; me and the old flintlock will live and die together. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana "Or the Rappahannock Forge, or the Collier flintlock, or the Hall?" Murder in the Gunroom Like all men in the backwoods, he carried a hatchet and a knife stuck in his belt, and he almost always had his old-fashioned flintlock rifle on his right shoulder. Stories of American Life and Adventure All had flintlock pistols in their belts, the usual precaution in an island of unruly indentures. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z They all carried muzzle-loaders, either antiquated flintlocks, or guns sufficiently modern to be fitted with nipples for percussion caps. The Wings of the Morning And is your sleep disturbed by dreams of British redcoats or hissing flintlocks? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Martials, including the 1818 Springfield, all the S. North types, a couple of Virginia Manufactory models, and—he got this since the last time you saw the collection—a real Rappahannock Forge flintlock. Murder in the Gunroom It is true that the flintlock gun at Lexington was not the first, nor yet the last, to fire a "shot heard round the world." Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages Morris looked back to see the muzzle of Winston's second flintlock leveled at his temple. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z But there he stood, and mounted guard over the old flintlock that was so powerful a magnet to us in those days. The Amateur Poacher Lead was precious in those days, but sundry bullets, that she had moulded, Ralph Emsden never rammed down into the long barrel of his flintlock rifle. The Frontiersmen Martials, with two rows of the regulation pistols, flintlock and percussion, of foreign governments, placed on the left, and the collection of Colts on the right. Murder in the Gunroom The powder-horn and the flintlock rifle are the only volunteer articles. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 Sentries armed with flintlocks, in helmets and flamboyant Spanish coats, barred the gateway till de Fontenay waved them aside. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. The Amateur Poacher On the table lay an ancient flintlock pistol, somewhat apart from a heap of small arms belonging to an eighteenth century trophy. Out of the Ashes The vertical row next to it seemed to be all snaphaunces, but among them Rand saw a pair of Turkish flintlocks. Murder in the Gunroom Here the deserter comes to sell his uniform and his ricketty old flintlock. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern While the seamen opened sporadic covering fire with their flintlocks, the militia began scrambling down the wet steps. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z This old Bheel is girt about the loins with knives, pouches, powder-horns, and ramrods; and he carries on his shoulder an aged flintlock. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series These were only flintlocks, but efficient enough in their way, and supplied with bayonets. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado Not even good Turkish flintlocks; a pair of the sort of weapons hastily thrown together by native craftsmen or imported ready-made from Belgium for bazaar sale to gullible tourists. Murder in the Gunroom "Sherman tried to commandeer those flintlock muskets from the Mexican war--several thousand of them--but Coleman got them first." Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The second man staggered back against the wall, while his flintlock clattered unused to the floor. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He put his long flintlock pistol close to her face. The Grandissimes They had gone mad with fright; the whole land was quarantined against us; musket, flintlock, shotgun, faced us through the smoke of their burning turpentine. Ailsa Paige "Outside of maybe his wife, and the gunsmith who made his fake Walker Colts and North & Cheney flintlocks, who is?" he countered. Murder in the Gunroom Trading became almost as dangerous as privateering, and sea captains were chosen as much for their knowledge of the flintlock and the cutlass as for their seamanship. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main Behind him were three helmeted infantrymen holding flintlock muskets. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z We ought to have a pistol in the house, and one that will go off, too—not those rotten flintlocks. The Wouldbegoods In the seventeenth century he would have worn huge flintlock pistols stuck into a wide leather belt, and been something in the seafaring line. Ponkapog Papers I believe that by the last quarter of the seventeenth century, most of the matchlocks that were lying around had been scrapped, and the barrels used in making flintlocks. Murder in the Gunroom Some rows of old flintlock guns stood in racks in the gateway, rusty, dusty, and untended; they might have been untouched since the last insurrection. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places But with these flintlocks we might have an advantage. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Joe has an old flintlock musket suggestive of Hudson's Bay times, which he wished to discharge and reload. Travels in Alaska Other groups of soldiers came out, with their flintlocks in their hands: a boy was struck on the head; several times the guns were leveled, and the threat was made to fire. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 And every imaginable kind of flintlock—over a hundred U.S. Murder in the Gunroom So accustomed have some old loons become to being fired at and missed by Indians using the old-fashioned flintlock shotgun, which makes such a flash when fired, that they just barely keep out of range. Algonquin Indian Tales Morris reached into Briggs' belt and deftly extracted the long flintlock, its gilded stock glistening in the candlelight. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Brown occupied a rude couch, made from two long boxes in which flintlock guns are shipped. Lister's Great Adventure Their officers were chosen by themselves, of the same rank and character as they; their only uniforms were their flintlocks and hangers. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Gillis went to one of the racks under the windows and selected a long flintlock rifle, carrying it out the door at the rear. Murder in the Gunroom Kennedy first loaded his old flintlock shotgun and blazed away, but, as usual, they were out of sight under the water before the shot struck the place where the loons had been. Algonquin Indian Tales One of the helmeted infantrymen raised his flintlock and waved Katherine forward. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z We would strike fire by means of the flintlock gun which we had with us. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra It was unimportant settlements like the one we are describing that sent their quota of stout hearts and flintlock muskets to the trenches on Bunker Hill. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel Then I have a few early flintlocks, and a number of mid-eighteenth-century types, and some late flintlocks and percussion types. Murder in the Gunroom Even on parade he was as stiff as his long-barrelled flintlock, looking as if England could hope for no quarter at his hands; yet he permitted no admiring glances from bright eyes to escape him. Taken Alive With your guns, maybe –-“ "I'll be needing those flintlocks where I'm going." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Each soldier was provided with a flintlock musket, powder horn, bullet-pouch, knife, and hatchet, besides enough powder and ball for 200 rounds. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The thickness of the butt and the breech of the barrel showed it to be an old flintlock which had been altered into a percussion gun by some local gunsmith. The Fortune of the Rougons Martials, flintlock to automatic, and also enemy and Allied Army weapons from all our wars. Murder in the Gunroom Over a pair of buck antlers sometimes lay the long heavy home-made rifle of the backwoodsman—sometimes even with a flintlock and called by some pet feminine name. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine The candle lantern cast a golden glow over a shiny new flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z An arm shot off by an Iroquois flintlock in 1687 gave him through life a grim reminder of his combative habits in early days. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The King, who used a flintlock gun, was a very good marksman. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X The gun was a flintlock, or rather, a dog-lock; sure enough, stamped on the breech was the big "A" of the Company of Workmen Armorers of London, the seventeenth-century gunmakers' guild. Murder in the Gunroom Mesa waited until they were well away from cover, then gave the expected order: two hundred muskets, carbines, and flintlock pistols were discharged, and one piece of artillery. The Valiant Runaways Briggs started to move forward, then glanced warily at the infantrymen holding flintlock muskets. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Their arms had been matchlocks, but had been converted, these stirring times, into flintlocks! Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet Though admirably drilled and disciplined, they were poorly armed, mostly with flintlock muskets, and they were also deficient in artillery except that of antiquated pattern. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors "This is one, gentlemen," Walters said, producing a Springfield 1818 Model flintlock. Murder in the Gunroom Neither the White nor the Black Kendah, I should say, possessed any guns, except a few antiquated flintlock weapons that the former had captured from some nomadic tribe and kept as curiosities. The Ivory Child The first attackers had crept up behind the cannon and fired into the gunners with flintlocks, so there would be no smoldering ignition match on their muskets to betray them. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In the Richelieu and Montreal districts, where disaffection was strongest, the habitants lacked leadership, discipline, and touch with other groups, and were armed only with old flintlocks, scythes, or clubs. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor The old method of firing off the musket by means of slow matches kept alight during action was now obsolete; the latest device was the flintlock. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence Rand was still typing when Gladys came up the spiral and perched on the corner of the desk, picking up a long brass-barreled English flintlock and hefting it. Murder in the Gunroom At this tedious operation they may be seen every day, and they manage to finish off a gun with a flintlock very handsomely. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 He tried to bellow above the din as he began pouring priming powder from a flask on his bandolier into the flintlock's powder pan. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z One was a musket Jean's father had used in the war of the rebellion and the other was a long, heavy, muzzle-loading flintlock Kentucky, rifle with which Jean had learned to shoot. To the Last Man Half of the soldiers were armed with shotguns and squirrel rifle and the greater part of the other half with flintlock muskets. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come He had begun on the true flintlocks when Walters, who had finished his own dinner, came up to help him. Murder in the Gunroom Pepper Whitcomb had a horse-pistol nearly as large as himself, and Jack Harris, though he, to be sure, was a big boy, was going to have a real oldfashioned flintlock musket. The Story of a Bad Boy One of the infantrymen was handing the flintlock to Morris. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z They were armed defensively with a shield, and offensively with a curved sword, and a flintlock musket slung at the saddle-bow. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar The parted edges disclosed also the butts of two flintlock pistols. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows There was a big army pistol, of Central European origin and in abominable condition, among a row of fine multi-shot flintlocks. Murder in the Gunroom Screaming and spitting and raving, and firing their flintlocks, they poured from street into street, watching for their victim and seeing him in every shadow. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable As he watched them approach, he suddenly remembered his lost flintlock, a gift from Anthony, and the thought of its loss completed his mortification. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z This was too much for Quonob; he levelled his flintlock; snap, bang, it went, pointed at the old male, but he dived at the snap and escaped. Rolf in the Woods Silver glittered about the flintlock and the hardwood stock of his gun. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows An English flintlock pocket-pistol; I can show you one almost like it, up front. Murder in the Gunroom He could hear the tramp of countless footsteps, the cries of multitudes of voices, and the rattle of flintlocks. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable He shouted a challenge as he climbed up the parapet, readying his flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Great Cabin was empty save for Colonel Richard Morris, now seated at the center table and rubbing the dirt off Jeremy's flintlock musket. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He might have passed for an ordinary seaman had it not been for the two Spanish flintlock pistols, freshly polished and gleaming, that protruded from his wide belt. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She lifted one of the flintlocks and squinted in the half-light. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z On the wall above hung leather thongs, and a long Reefian flintlock stood in the corner. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable He waited a moment in fascination, savoring what it was like to face death, then drew up his own flintlock and sighted the man's chest down the barrel. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In the first place, the firing mechanism's a flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He picked up one of the pistols again and traced his finger along the flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He also has superb taste in flintlock muskets. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
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