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Examples for "percussion lock "
Examples for "percussion lock "
1 In the percussion lock , there are fifteen pieces; in the common flint lock, eight.
2 This was the percussion lock , invented in 1807 by a clergyman and chemist named Alexander Forsyth.
3 He surveyed with great attention the percussion lock 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 percussion locks .
5 The guns of the Cyane are medium thirty-two pounders; some of them have percussion locks .
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