matchlock

Then came the matchlock, which was used widely until around the 1720s.

The enemy too kept up their matchlock and round shot fire.

In one hand he casually held a long matchlock.

She recognized the figure of the man with the matchlock who had had her before.

During the preparations for battle a matchlock exploded and killed him.

Throughout the 16th century and up until 1690, muskets used the matchlock design.

He wouldn't have believed such shooting possible with matchlock muskets.

In distinction from its predecessor the hand cannon, it has a matchlock.

The first attempt to make the process of firing a small arm easier was the "matchlock".

Their common arms consisted of a sword, shield and matchlock.

The matchlock was also uneconomical to keep ready for long periods of time.

Over time, the hand cannon evolved into the matchlock musket.

And did they really think an experienced hunter would wait any more than three seconds before having his matchlock ready to fire again?

He also developed a seventeen-barrelled cannon fired with a matchlock.

Matchlock guns were used extensively and had a decisive role in warfare.

The weather was important because the matchlock muskets of the day would not work in wet conditions.

It quickly replaced earlier technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock.

An alternative to the matchlock in the earlier period was the wheellock mechanism.

Akbar introduced many improvements in the manufacture of the matchlock.

The firing mechanism was typically either a matchlock or a flintlock.

The following table shows the rates of pay for the various classes of the matchlock men.

"What's the best range for aimed fire you've ever seen out of a matchlock, Bryahn?"

The Satake won, due in part to the use of over 8600 matchlock rifles by their troops.

The conflict is the earliest example of cannon and matchlock warfare on the continent.

Cailletoque - A strange very long and heavy matchlock.