gunflint
Musket ignition chip
A gunflint is a small piece of flint shaped to fit in the hammer of a flintlock firearm.
When the trigger is pulled, the hammer strikes the gunflint against steel, creating sparks that ignite the powder charge.
Gunflints were essential military and hunting supplies from the 17th through early 19th centuries, before percussion caps replaced flintlock mechanisms.
Muzzle-loaded infantry firearm
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- panShallow cooking vessel
- frizzenFlintlock's spark-producing steel
- cockMale chicken
hammer · touchhole · priming · sparking · ignition · discharge · muzzleloader · rifle
Tiny fiery particle
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- frizzenFlintlock's spark-producing steel
- ignitionStarting combustion process
priming · flashpan · firing · discharge · reliability · misfire · hangfire · sparking
Fine-grained siliceous stone
- noduleRounded small lump
- knappingFracturing stone for tools
- flintknappingStriking stone to shape tools
- spallChipped-off rock piece
conchoidal · silica · quartzite · agate · chalcedony · Brandon · honey-colored · blade
Large Canadian bay
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- colonialOf occupied territories
- frontierEdge of settlement
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
Indigenous · trading post · barter · commodity · archaeological site · musket ball · trade goods
musket
Muzzle-loaded infantry firearm
cock · hammer · touchhole · priming · sparking · ignition · discharge · muzzleloader · rifle · fowler
spark
Tiny fiery particle
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- frizzenFlintlock's spark-producing steel
ignition · priming · flashpan · firing · discharge · reliability · misfire · hangfire · sparking · friction
chert
Fine-grained siliceous stone
- noduleRounded small lump
- knappingFracturing stone for tools
- flintknappingStriking stone to shape tools
spall · conchoidal · silica · quartzite · agate · chalcedony · Brandon · honey-colored · blade · core
Hudson's Bay
Large Canadian bay
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- colonialOf occupied territories
- frontierEdge of settlement
Native American · Indigenous · trading post · barter · commodity · archaeological site · musket ball · trade goods
square
Rhombus with right angles
heel · face · thickness · sharpness · resharpening · retouching · flake · chip · knapped · handwrought