With the classic Spanish patilla style miquelet lock, the mainspring pushes up on the heel of the hammer and both sears engaged the toe of the foot.With the Italian or Roman style miquelet lock, the mainspring pushes down on the toe of the hammer and the sears engaged the hammer on both the toe and heel.Patilla style miquelet lock inlaid with gold and silver, late 1600sChiselled and pierced patilla style miquelet lock
Miquelet lock is a modern term used by collectors and curators for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of snaplock, originally as a flint-against-steel ignition form, once prevalent in the Spanish, Portuguese, and Ottoman empires, Italy, North Africa, and the Balkans from the late 16th to the mid-19th century.
The term miquelet lock was not recorded until the 19th century, long after the appearance of the mechanism in the 16th century, and is of uncertain origin. One commonly held view is that it was coined by British troops in the Peninsular War to describe the style of musket used by the Miquelet (militia) that had been assigned to the Peninsular Army of the Duke of Wellington.[1] In most of Spain, it was traditionally called the llave de rastrillo ("rake lock"), and in Catalonia and Valencia it was called the pany de pedrenyal ("flint-lock") or simply pedrenyal ("flint").
There is often confusion, or at least a difference of opinion, as to what constitutes a snaplock, snaphaunce, miquelet and a flintlock. The term flintlock was, and still is, often applied to any form of friction (flint) lock other than the wheellock with the various forms sub-categorized as snaphaunce, miquelet, English Doglock, Baltic Lock, and French or "true" flintlock ("true" being the final, widely used form). Strictly speaking, all are flintlocks. However, current usage demands the separation of all other forms of flintlock from the so-called "true flintlock".[2]
Miqueletlock is a modern term used by collectors and curators for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of...
other mechanism was the so-called Arab toe-lock, a form of miqueletlock, closely allied to the agujeta lock (which required a back or dog catch for half...
mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miqueletlock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. The name is...
percussion lock. Flintlock firing mechanisms made their appearance in the 16th century in the form of the snaplock, the snaphance, the miquelet, and the...
the frizzen. Miquelet Percussion cap Foley, Vernard; Steven Rowley; David F. Cassidy; F. Charles Logan (July 1983). "Leonardo, the Wheel Lock, and the Milling...
"snaphaunce" lock is often credited to French gun maker Marin le Bourgeoys around 1610. He may have been influenced by the Spanish "miquelet" lock that utilized...
brief and showy start, or momentary sensation of no real importance. Miqueletlock Glossary of firearms terminology Elkanah Settle, in Reflections on several...
development of firearm lock mechanisms had proceeded from the matchlock to wheellock to the earlier flintlocks (snaplock, snaphance, miquelet, and doglock) in...
Regional varieties include the Baltic Lock, the Russian Snaplock, and the Miqueletlock. The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus had many matchlock muskets converted...
were equipped with their own distinctive horse pistol, featuring a miqueletlock imported from Spain or Italy, a stock carved from an elm root, a bulbous...
from the early to middle 17th century, lists the barrel length of a wheel lock dragon at around 28 cm (11 in), compared to a 41 cm (16 in) length for a...
abandon the pike altogether (flintlocks and proto-flintlocks, such as the miqueletlock, had been in use since the mid-16th century, but remained less common...
from striking the frizzen. (See also flintlock mechanism, snaphance, Miqueletlock.) The flintlock was widely used during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries...
developed in Spain during the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian peninsula. Miqueletlock was invented by gunsmiths in Madrid during the late 16th century (circa...
tribes like the Qajars. Most soldiers were armed with flintlock or older miqueletlock muskets, with some having matchlocks, and every soldier also carried...
resembled other muskets of the 18th Century, the lock was unique, being of the characteristic Spanish "Miquelet" type. This action reworked some of the accepted...
its place in world history. Leiden: Brill. p. 111. ISBN 90-04-03945-7.. A lock-hold on trade between western Europe and Asia is often cited as a primary...
had fought Napoleon the previous year, it was badly lead, suffered from a lock of staff, and was extremely old-fashioned. L'Estocq's Corps therefore retired...
and Privateer guns; Dutch Flintlock Pistol (1/6 scale); and the Miquelet Moorish lock pistol. These kits were also re-boxed by Life-Like under license...
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