The basic goal of the flintlock is simple: to create a spark that can light the gunpowder stored in the barrel of the gun. To create this spark, the flintlock uses the "flint and steel" approach. ... The sparks that you see are the hot specks of iron burning! If these sparks come near gunpowder, they will ignite it.

Guns

by Arun Thomas

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