a gun fired by means of a hammer (see sense 2c).

Firearms. The striking of an explosive powder (either loose or contained in a cap) so as to produce a spark and explode the charge in a firearm…

That detonates. esp. That explodes by a blow, or is used in explosion by percussion, as detonating hammer, detonating powder.

Something that detonates; a contrivance for producing detonation, as a percussion-cap; a railway fog-signal. †spec. A detonating gun (obsolete): see…

A gun fitted with this lock.

a gun with a flintlock.

A rifle in which the cartridge is exploded by the impact of a long pointed firing pin.

A pin-fire cartridge or gun. Also: the system of ignition that uses such cartridges.

A rimfire gun; (occasionally) a rimfire cartridge.

Firearms. A type of Spanish flintlock, chiefly characterized by its horizontally operating sear (more fully miquelet lock). Also: a gun with such a…