Talk:Flintlock mechanism
A fact from Flintlock mechanism appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 April 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:
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Heading edit
ARGH! It starts with a heading!!
This page does not explain how the flintlock works. Only the history behind the mechanism and the history of the mechanism are discussed.
Merge edit
It looks like the merge to Flintlock has been proposed for a long time (since 2009). Is there no objection to it? Doniasis (talk) 22:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Strange omission in article edit
The difference between the doglock and the 'true flintlock' is the internal half-cock sear in the latter, this is true. However, I would class the doglock as a type of flintlock, as would many others. The really important development of the flintlock over the earlier snaphaunce lock is the integration of the striking plate and pan cover into a single frizzen. That this is not mentioned in the article is a serious shortcoming. Urselius (talk) 09:28, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Fundamental problem with the article edit
There is a fundamental problem with this article. From first principles and the application of logic, any mechanism employing a flint to cause a spark is a "flintlock mechanism". The exact type of flintlock used on firearms in various regions differed, before becoming more-or-less uniform around 1720 - and there are exceptions to this. The snaphaunce, English lock, doglock, Scandinavian lock and miquelet lock are all types of flintlock, and they need to be mentioned here. At present the French or "true" flintlock, which superseded the other types (except for the miquelet in Spain) by about 1720, is the only type described. As it stands the article is most definitely not encyclopaedic. Urselius (talk) 17:36, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Contradiction within Wekipedia edit
The definition of a flintlock includes the word hammer, but there is no hammer on a flintlock, it is a Cock, and then the definition of hammer supports this. Ron Geronimo (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2024 (UTC)