Early in firearm history, before the flintlocks, were the SNAPHAUNCES...
These were the forerunner to the flintlock and the snaphaunce replaced the wheel-lock as an ignition system.
Iron-Pyrate was held in the holding arm which struck the tooth face of the frizzen and created sparks...
The main difference between snaphaunces and flintlocks were the frizzen and primming pan cover of the snaphaunces are two seperate peices, unlike the single piece of the flintlocks that exposed the primming charge to the sparks once fired.
Moorish snaphaunces are mostly .62 caliber, long barreled guns held by six barrel bands.
These were the forerunner to the flintlock and the snaphaunce replaced the wheel-lock as an ignition system.
Iron-Pyrate was held in the holding arm which struck the tooth face of the frizzen and created sparks...
The main difference between snaphaunces and flintlocks were the frizzen and primming pan cover of the snaphaunces are two seperate peices, unlike the single piece of the flintlocks that exposed the primming charge to the sparks once fired.
Moorish snaphaunces are mostly .62 caliber, long barreled guns held by six barrel bands.