Flintlock
Flintlock noun - An obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge.
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Smoothbore and flintlock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smoothbore" instead a noun "Flintlock".
Smoothbore
Smoothbore noun - A firearm that has no rifling.
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Flintlock and smoothbore are semantically related. You can use "Flintlock" instead a noun "Smoothbore".
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- The Nock Volley Gun, a smoothbore flintlock small arm with seven barrels, designed to be fired from the rigging of Royal Navy warships during The Napoleonic Wars.
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In the novel Sharpe's actually trying to gut-shoot Bampfylde, but unfortunately the smoothbore flintlock doesn't quite shoot straight.
Source: Duel to the Death -
It should also be mentioned that ballistic technology in this series is fairly archaic; probably about an 18th-to-early-19th century level (think Flintlock muskets and Smoothbore Cannons).
Source: Guns Are Worthless
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