#flintlocks

[ltwilliammowett]

A pair of naval officer's flintlock pocket pistols by Nock, London, early 19th century

[artemisareia]

Went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, have some blurry pictures of flintlocks

I want to make a space marine chapter based on the dutch golden age now, imagine the stupidity of flintlock bolt pistols

"Have at thee, heretic!"

*Blam*

*30 seconds of frenzied reloading*

*dies of charging Khornate Berserker*

Should I? I could take the piss with the whole golden age rhetoric?

[autumngracy]

Life or Death for the Longhunter | Townsends

The most important piece of gear for a longhunter was his flintlock. Simeon teaches us about the longhunter, his gear, and maintaining his kit. Full lock breakdown.

[firearmkind]

On the Origins of Gun Species

Gunpowder and invented in China, around 1200 years ago. They mixed sulfur and saltpeter, and immediately got to work exploding things with it.

The earliest gunpowder-based weapons were fire lances and fire cannons; fire cannons were held by hand, but otherwise worked similarly to later european cannons: Using explosions to shoot a metal ball really far.

Those same europeans also made hand cannons, which are smaller, more portable cousins of fire cannons.

That eventually evolved into the arquebus, similar in shape to modern rifles but supported by a hook.

All of these required the gunman to light the powder by hand, and didn't have a trigger to pull. By attaching a bit of flammable twine to a movable piece on the gun, we got matchlock guns.

Instead of igniting the gunpowder by hand, the gunman pulled the trigger, which moved a bit of string so that it set fire to the powder.

Matchlocks still weren't the most practical, so people experimented with the design. After trying out wheellocks, snaplocks, and snaphances, they arrived at the flintlock.

These have a similar idea, but use a bit of flint on a "hammer" instead of twine. Pulling the trigger makes the flint strike metal, causing a spark and igniting the powder. These are the guns used by pirates!

Flintlocks evolved into percussion cap guns, which had a primer on the gun instead of a flint on the hammer. And those evolved into modern cartridge guns!

Here, the primer is placed on the cartridges placed in the gun. Early cartridge guns were still single-shot, and needed to be reloaded after firing once. I'll go over further advanced in another post!

[filibusterfrog]

[sovalovesbeer]

Ninjago Skybound. Translations in alt text.

I think bald Nadakhan looks better.

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Allegorie der Vergänglichkeit (1634) - Antonio de Pereda y Salgado

[victusinveritas]

A rare Cieszyn style flintlock war hammer with lavish inlays, circa 1720

[loongit]

drew the homosexuals :)))

[ltwilliammowett]

Pair of naval flintlock pistols, by Taylor Warranted, England, c. 1815

[marksartsypalace]

Nadakhan could’ve just told them he needed to get married and Flintlocke would not hesitate

[cry-ptidd]

I was thinking about how Alucard reacts to sunlight and it triggered my neurodivergent Alucard headcanon where it's not harmful to him but it's like when autistic people touch a texture that gives them full-body shivers

[ai-satin-chic]

Her Grandfather had certainly left her some oddities in his collection.

[foamcraft-armory]

Behold! Flintloctopus 2!

[fishcrow]

Never criticize a birds music!

Patreon sketch reward for Parmesan! Thank you for supporting me!

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[rununcal]

The fish man from Libertatia