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Snaplock logo #10101) Firearm action 2) Renaissance-era weapon
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Snaplock

Snaplock logo #21000 A Snaplock is a particular type of mechanism for firing a gun (also, a gun fired by such a mechanism). A snaplock ignites the (usually muzzleloading) weapon`s propellant by means of sparks produced when a spring-powered cock strikes a flint down on to a piece of hardened steel. The snaplock is therefore similar to the snaphaunce (sometimes classe....
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