miquelet lock

In less than three decades, a lock did appear that is known today as the Miquelet Lock.

The miquelet lock, with its combined battery and pan cover was the final innovative link that made the "true" flintlock mechanism possible.

Sculpturing of the hammer in the form of wildlife (lions, dogs, mythical beasts, or fish) was a common practice on these percussion miquelet locks.

Regional varieties include the Baltic Lock, the Russian Snaplock, and the Miquelet Lock.

Probably the oldest surviving example of what certainly qualifies as a patilla miquelet lock is item No.I.20 in the Real Armería, Madrid.

As a distinctive feature, this Flintlock possessed a Miquelet Lock, as well as 3 brass belts, in order to fix the barrel to the wood stock.

(See also flintlock mechanism, snaphance, Miquelet Lock) The flintlock was widely used during the 18th and 19th centuries in both muskets and rifles.

The miquelet lock, in all varieties, was common for several centuries in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean, particularly in Spain, Italy, the Balkans, and the Ottoman Empire domains including the coastal states of North Africa.

Cervantes says in the "Don Quixot" (in 1604) that in Catalonia their name was pedreñal, to the extent that pedreñal lock means miquelet lock, the long-barreled wheel lock pistols were not called pedreñals.