Significados de caplock mechanism en inglés

In the percussion lock, there are fifteen pieces; in the common flint lock, eight.

This was the percussion lock, invented in 1807 by a clergyman and chemist named Alexander Forsyth.

He surveyed with great attention the percussion lock and heavier barrel of the rifle, surprised, no doubt, at its superior make and accuracy.

He had also purchased an old-fashioned double-barrelled fowling-piece, muzzle-loading and with percussion locks.

The guns of the Cyane are medium thirty-two pounders; some of them have percussion locks.