Snaphance Highland pistol. with very straight iron stock. circa 1630. A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of firearm lock in which a flint struck against a striking plate over a steel pan ignites the primer that sets the weapon in motion. From the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original
Snaphance Highland pistol. with very straight iron stock. circa 1630. A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of firearm lock in which a flint struck against a striking plate over a steel pan ignites the primer that sets the weapon in motion. From the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original
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