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FRIZZEN SPRING [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

The combined steel and pan cover were pivoted on the lockplate and held in position by a light V-shaped spring, known as the feather spring or frizzen spring. When the battery was struck a glancing blow by the flint in the cock, it was automatically knocked backward, and the pan was thus uncovered.

OBS

frizzen spring

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

(...) ressort placé à l'extérieur (...) destiné à assurer la parfaite fermeture du bassinet et à opposer assez de résistance au choc du chien, afin qu'il y ait production d'étincelles.

Spanish

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