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Replica Weaponry offers the largest selection of historical Replica Flintlock Guns including pistols and rifles.   Find your favorite blunderbuss, musket, or flintlock pistol or flintlock rifle replica.

 

Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. The term may also apply to the mechanism itself. Introduced at the beginning of the 17th century, the flintlock gun rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the doglock, matchlock, and wheellock mechanisms. It continued to be in common use for over two centuries, replaced by percussion cap and, later, cartridge-based systems in the early-to-mid 19th century. Although long superseded by modern firearms, flintlock weapons enjoy continuing popularity with black powder shooting enthusiasts.

These replica flintlock pistols are safe and non-firing. They can not be made to fire. Popular as stage props and re-enactor guns. Build a fantastic historic gun collection at a fraction of the cost of the originals or expensive black powder gun replicas.

Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. Introduced about 1630, the flintlock replaced earlier firearm technologies.. It continued to be in common use for over 200 years. Flintlock weapons use was replaced by percussion cap and then cartridge-based systems in the early-to-mid 19th century. The Model 1840 U.S. musket was the last flintlock firearm produced for the U.S. military.

Flintlock muskets were the mainstay of European armies between 1660 and 1840. A musket was a muzzle-loading smoothbore long gun that was loaded with a round lead ball, but it could also be loaded with shot for hunting. For military purposes, the weapon was loaded with ball, or a mixture of ball with several large shot (called buck and ball), and had an effective range of about 75 to 100 meters. Smoothbore weapons that were designed for hunting birds were called "fowlers." Flintlock muskets tended to be of large caliber and usually had no choke, so they could also be used to fire a ball.

The flintlock mechanism produces sparks when a piece of flint, held in the jaws of a spring-loaded hammer or "cock" strikes the steel face of the "frizzen", knocking the frizzen forward to uncover a small pan of gunpowder beneath the frizzen. The resulting spark ignites the powder in the pan and this flame is transferred through a small hole to ignite the main powder charge inside the barrel. Under damp or rainy conditions, the gunpowder in the pan could get wet and the gun would be unable to fire.

Multishot Flintlock Guns
Because of the time needed to reload (even experts needed 15 seconds to reload a smooth-bore, muzzle-loading musket[3]), flintlocks were sometimes produced with two, three, four or more barrels for multiple shots. These designs tended to be costly to make and were often unreliable and dangerous. While weapons like double barreled shotguns were reasonably safe, weapons like the pepperbox revolver would sometimes fire all barrels simultaneously, or would sometimes just explode in the user's hand. It was often less expensive, safer, and more reliable to carry several single-shot weapons instead.

There are some cool little percussion and dueling pistols, flintlock rifles, and blunderbluss gun replicas,  the "Brown Bess" rifle!  Also, be sure to check out our flintlock replica gun Boxed Sets for a very special gift!

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