a small
pan, located on the top of a firearm, which was part of the
firing mechanism of an
old-fashioned
flintlock gun, from the early 1600s until the middle of the 1800s. This system used a
hammer or cock which had a clamp on it
holding a piece of
flint. When the trigger was
pulled, the
hammer moved by a
spring action down towards a
steel bar and when the
flint struck the
bar,
sparks would shower into the
pan which held a small
supply of priming powder. The resulting
flash would ignite the
main charge of gunpowder contained in the barrel, by moving through a vent into the barrel, and thus
fire the
bullet. In
fact the
flintlock hammers were just about halfway down on the priming
pan.
in early firearms, a recess in the side of a weapon
holding a small amount of gunpowder, which, when exploded by the
action of the
hammer of the
gun,
fired the
main charge.
a small
pan, located on the top of a firearm, which was part of the
firing mechanism of certain
old-fashioned guns, from the early 1600s until the middle of the 1800s. This system used a
hammer or cock which held a piece of
flint. When the trigger was
pulled, the
hammer moved down towards a
steel bar and when the
flint struck the
bar,
sparks would shower into the
pan which held a small
supply of powder. The resulting
flash would ignite the
main charge of gunpowder contained in the barrel,
firing the
bullet. In
fact the
flintlock hammers were just about halfway down on the priming
pan.
-Suppressives and GAEs (2 Aug. 66) a small
pan, located on the top of a firearm, which was part of the
firing mechanism of certain
old-fashioned guns, from the early 1600s until the middle of the 1800s. This system used a
hammer or cock which held a piece of
flint. When the trigger was
pulled, the
hammer moved down towards a
steel bar and when the
flint struck the
bar,
sparks would shower into the
pan which held a small
supply of powder. The resulting
flash would ignite the
main charge of gunpowder contained in the barrel,
firing the
bullet. In
fact the
flintlock hammers were just about halfway down on the priming
pan.