In the percussionlock, there are fifteen pieces; in the common flint lock, eight.
2
This was the percussionlock, invented in 1807 by a clergyman and chemist named Alexander Forsyth.
3
He surveyed with great attention the percussionlock and heavier barrel of the rifle, surprised, no doubt, at its superior make and accuracy.
4
He had also purchased an old-fashioned double-barrelled fowling-piece, muzzle-loading and with percussionlocks.
5
The guns of the Cyane are medium thirty-two pounders; some of them have percussionlocks.
6
Percussionlocks had not at that time come into fashion, and long ranges had not yet been dreamed of.
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A dissertation on the comparative merits of Manton's, Lancaster's, and Moore's guns, and the advantage of percussionlocks, it is true, generally diversifies the conversation.