{"id":934,"date":"2015-08-02T23:31:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T03:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirates.blkline.com\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2015-08-02T23:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T03:31:54","slug":"flintlocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/flintlocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Flintlocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally called &#8220;French Locks&#8221; because that was the area where they first appeared, were the final development in firearms during this period. They are &#8216;state of the art&#8217; and remained in use for almost a hundred and fifty years. The flintlock (and the English lock) were cheaper to make and less complex than the snaphance. The flintlock has an internal &#8216;half cocked&#8217; position that facilitates loading and allows the weapon to be carried all but ready to fire. It also combines the pan cover and the Steel striking surface into one piece.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/flintlock.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a Flintlock\" width=\"691\" height=\"481\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of a Flintlock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big><big>Flintlock Muskets<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1717frencharmy.jpg\" alt=\"French Military Musket, circa 1717\" width=\"464\" height=\"103\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">French Military Musket, circa 1717<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1968px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fusil_Pale.jpg\" alt=\"French Musket\" width=\"1958\" height=\"417\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">French Civilian Trade Musket<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1918px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brownbess75cal.jpg\" alt=\"Brown Bess\" width=\"1908\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">English Military Musket, the &#8216;Brown Bess&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/engtrademusket.jpg\" alt=\"English Trade musket\" width=\"627\" height=\"154\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">English Trade musket<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally called &#8220;French Locks&#8221; because that was the area where they first appeared, were the final development in firearms during&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}