When one looks at the principal arms being used by the militaries of major powers in the mid-19th century ... the substitution of percussion for flintlock ignition. It is surprising then, that ...

In the mid-19th century, many nations updated their obsolete ... In France, though, this conversion project extended the life of many former flintlock muskets that had already been updated to ...

During the 19th century ... but simpler and less expensive, was the flintlock. The earliest versions of flintlocks had appeared in the mid-sixteenth century. But not until the end of the ...

1630 - The first true flintlock. The flintlock solved a longstanding ... In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out. This period produced a number of single-purpose firearms.