percussion lock

American  

noun

1. a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.

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percussion lock British  

noun

1. a gunlock in which the hammer strikes a percussion cap

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Etymology

Origin of percussion lock

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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percussion lock

“We only have handmade guns and percussion lock firearms,” the villager said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021

General Scott doubted if the percussion lock was as well suited to field use as the flint lock, but Davis knew better.

From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed

Masquerading, in Lord Wellesley's verses, as Praxiteles, who could not well be represented with a Manon having a percussion lock, Chantrey is armed with a bow and arrows: 'En! trajecit aves una sagitta duas.'

From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

That they should have been built before the Conquest is as unlikely as, say, that the rustiest old gun with a percussion lock should be older than the date of Waterloo.'

From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Thomas Hardy

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

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell