flash pan

Filling the flash pan was even more difficult, but he managed it.

For each touch hole, a small flash pan was created at the cylinder's surface.

Lastly she filled the flash pan, snapping the cover back into place.

There was snow on the flash pan cover, but the barrel was clear.

He dispensed with the flash pan, too, and the hammer that had held the flint.

Rain had seeped into the flash pan, drenching the powder.

These fall into a flash pan holding priming powder.

This example, a flintlock, uses a single lock, with a flash pan for each of the six chambers.

The ignition of the main charge from the flash pan was not a guaranteed operation, however, and sometimes it failed.

The flash pan flared, but no shot followed.

A small amount of finely ground gunpowder is placed in the flash pan and ignited.

Most matchlock mechanisms mounted the serpentine forward of the flash pan.

"When the flash pan ignites a flame needs to pass through this hole to fire the main charge.

Jakon checked the flash pan of his stolen musket.

The flint scraping the steel causes a shower of sparks to be thrown into the flash pan.

Otherwise, they started a cook fire with flint and steel and black powder in the flash pan of the pistol.

The slow match held in the serpentine swung into a flash pan containing priming powder.

A single flashbulb or flash pan is used to ignite pieces of Thermalite leading to each motor.

The serpentine then brought the match into the flash pan to ignite the priming, firing the weapon.

The flash pan was at first attached to the gun barrel, but was later moved to the lock plate of the gun.

With nothing else to do Taybard returned to the doorway, cleaned out the flash pan and recharged it with fresh powder.

The flash from the flash pan travelled through the touch hole igniting the main propellant charge of the gun.

The Knights expertly primed the flash pans, snapping shut the covers, then tilted the weapons to add a charge of powder.

"Check the flash pan," ordered Chara.