| The lock is a true
flintlock, with no dog latch and is set on the half cock position.
Locks of this type can be easily distinguished from the earlier
dog locks by the shape of the tumbler that incorporated a reliable
half cock, thus eliminating the need for the dog latch. Though the
French possibly invented true flintlocks in the middle 17th century,
dock locks were being used by the English military in the first
decades of the 18th century. |
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