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Firearm action
A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development
Wheellock
Firearm with flint-striking ignition
replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock, the wheellock, and the earlier flintlock mechanisms such as the snaplock and snaphaunce
Flintlock
17th-century Danish firearm
weapons following the Kalthoff design. Some early Kalthoff guns were wheellocks, but the rest were flintlocks. The capacity varied between 5 and 30 rounds
Kalthoff_repeater
Pistol
A double-barreled wheellock pistol was crafted by German gunsmith Peter Peck for Charles V in 1540. It is one of the oldest surviving European pistols
Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V
Double-Barreled_Wheellock_Pistol_Made_for_Emperor_Charles_V
Type of firearm mechanism
priming powder which fires the gun. It is the mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors
Snaphance
Short-barreled firearm designed to be operated with one hand
kept alight in case one end should be accidentally extinguished. The wheellock was the next major development in firearms technology after the matchlock
Handgun
Firearm
fused grenades. The action was similar to a flintlock, matchlock, or wheellock firearm (depending on the date of production), but the barrel was short
Hand_mortar
Gun for an individual
(e.g. 24 inches), to the firing mechanism (e.g. matchlock, flintlock, wheellock, caplock or primer-ignited such as needlefire, pinfire, teat-fire, rimfire
Firearm
Class of gun which is loaded from the breech
and is loaded with a reloadable iron cartridge. Thought to have been used as a hunting gun to shoot birds. The original wheellock mechanism is missing.
Breechloader
Polish heavy cavalry from the 16th to 18th centuries
one or two wheellock (later flintlock) pistols in the saddle holsters, while retainers also might have carried a pistol or light wheellock arquebus or
Polish_hussars
Functional mechanism of breech-loading
muzzleloader ignition mechanism is referred to as the lock (e.g. matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, and caplock). Single-shot actions operate only to ignite a
Action_(firearms)
Firearm mechanism
ammunition were amongst the first to be issued self-igniting guns like the wheellock and snaphance. The matchlock was also uneconomical to keep ready for long
Matchlock
Topics referred to by the same term
Wheelock and similar may refer to: Look up wheellock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cooper Wheelock, a manufacturer of fire alarm and general signaling
Wheelock
Type of firearm mechanism
match. The pistol in question could be a snaplock but probably was a wheellock. Two years later is the letter-patent of the Emperor Maximilian I, banning
Snaplock
Short version of a blunderbuss
give the impression of a fire-breathing dragon. Early dragons were short wheellock firearms. It is called a dragon because the muzzle is decorated with a
Dragon_(firearm)
Small hole near the rear portion (breech) of a cannon or muzzleloading gun
(matchlock), a linstock or a flash pan ignited by some type of pyrite- (wheellock) or flint-based gunlock (snaplock, snaphaunce, and flintlock), which will
Touch_hole
Component of the firearm cartridge for initiating propellant combustion
In firearms and artillery, the primer (/ˈpraɪmər/) is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel
Primer_(firearms)
evolved into the matchlock, wheellock, doglock, and flintlock rifle, respectively, as ignition devices, matchlocks, wheellocks, snaplock, flintlocks and
History_of_the_firearm
Gun hybrid
a French mace-pistol made circa 1550 Wheellock pistol-falchion. German work for the Dukes of Modena. Wheellock pistol-falchion. German work for the Dukes
Combination_weapons
Firearm component
hole on muzzle-loading guns. Flash pans are found on gonnes, matchlocks, wheellocks, snaplocks, snaphances, and flintlocks. The flash pan probably first appeared
Flash_pan
Combination weapon in the collection Metropolitan Museum of Art
armaments collection. The weapon is an 89 3/4 inch boar spear with two wheellock pistol barrels fused to both flat sides of the spear's head; the intent
Boar Spear with Double Barrel Wheellock Pistol (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Boar_Spear_with_Double_Barrel_Wheellock_Pistol_(Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art)
American inventor and gunsmith
Thomas P. Wheelock (1813–1864) was an American inventor and gunsmith. Together with his brother-in-law Ethan Allen, they produced several single-action
Thomas_P._Wheelock
Type of long gun appearing in 15th-century Europe
support weapon to the primary focus of most early modern armies. The wheellock mechanism was utilized as an alternative to the matchlock as early as
Arquebus
Type of firearm with a flared muzzle
mid-16th century, early examples of blunderbuss were either matchlock or wheellock firearms. A book published in Frankfurt in 1556 titled Von Kayserlichem
Blunderbuss
16th century firearm
from a belt across the chest. Petronels may have either matchlock or wheellock mechanisms. The sclopus was the prototype of the petronel. The petronel
Petronel
Handheld device used to generate a flame
Concept of a wall-mounted automatic wheellock lighter, that can be activated by opening a door from Löffelholz-Codex, Nuremberg 1505
Lighter
Ignition system for early firearms
century. It quickly replaced earlier technologies, such as the matchlock, wheellock and earlier flintlocks. It continued to be in common use for over two
Flintlock_mechanism
term for all shoulder arms fireweapons until the mid-19th century. The wheellock and flintlock trigger mechanisms are invented. Pistols and revolvers both
Timeline_of_the_gunpowder_age
Type of firearm mechanism
is, often applied to any form of friction (flint) lock other than the wheellock with the various forms sub-categorized as snaphaunce, miquelet, English
Miquelet_lock
Imperial dynasty of China (1368–1644)
used a complex trigger mechanism of falling weights, pins, and a steel wheellock to ignite the train of fuses, naval mines, fin-mounted winged rockets
Ming_dynasty
2009 video game
as dual hidden blades, poison blades, and the hidden gun (a miniature wheellock firearm), which are all based on schematics found in Altaïr's Codex pages
Assassin's_Creed_II
Sword with a pistol or revolver attached
during the Crimean War and Franco-Prussian War. German hunting sword with wheellock, c. 1550, displayed at the Palace Armoury in Valletta, Malta. German sword
Pistol_sword
Multi-barrel firearm
metal-cased ammunition systems used in breechloading firearms: matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, caplock, pinfire, rimfire, and centerfire. The weight of multiple
Pepper-box
Long spear used by cavalry
companies of knights that would act as an ad hoc unit. The advent of wheellock technology spelled the end of the lance in Western Europe, with newer
Lance
Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland
the coat of arms of Tuusula refers to the local artist community and a wheellock was borrowed from the coat of arms of the Stålhane noble family, which
Tuusula
into a reservoir (what would evolve into a flash-pan in later matchlock, wheellock, and flintlock, firearms.) of powder located on the top of the barrel
Firearms_of_Japan
Historical form of cavalry
from the harquebusier. The harquebusier would usually be armed with a wheellock, snaphaunce or doglock flintlock carbine hung from a swivel attached to
Harquebusier
Fully automatic firearm
immigrant to America, demonstrated a rotary cannon using a unique form of wheellock ignition. Patent activity accelerated through the 1850s. In 1854 Henry
Machine_gun
Historical period in the history of Sweden (1611–1721)
Caracole and heavy armor were mostly abandoned, and the saber replaced the wheellock pistol as the primary weapon of the cavalry. Horsemen rode knee-by-knee
Swedish_Empire
Topics referred to by the same term
of the United States Navy Puffer, name for a particular type of German Wheellock pistol, usually from Nuremberg or Augsburg Puffer jacket, a type of jacket
Puffer
Class of gun which is loaded from the muzzle
Flintlock Matchlock Miquelet Musket Pepperbox Snaphance Snaplock Terzerol Wheellock Rifled muzzle loader List of muzzle-loading artillery Bombard Falconet
Muzzleloader
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
A sword with built-in flint wheellock pistol made in Solingen in 1575
Solingen
Early gun; small arm and then a cannon
Hand cannon Matchlock Miquelet lock Musket Pistol Snaphance Snaplock Wheellock "culverin". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University
Culverin
Iron (II) disulfide mineral
17th centuries as a source of ignition in early firearms, most notably the wheellock, where a sample of pyrite was placed against a circular file to strike
Pyrite
Successors to medieval French knights
gendarmes appeared in the form of the German reiter cavalry armed with wheellock pistols, who offered a cheaper form of heavy cavalry compared with the
Gendarme_(historical)
Finnish light cavalry that served during the Thirty Years' War
harquebusier light cavalry of their era; armed with a broadsword and two wheellock pistols and protected by a buff coat and a pot helmet. A steel breastplate
Hakkapeliitta
Pre-assembled firearm ammunition
burning slow match (matchlock) placed onto a touch hole, a piece of pyrite (wheellock)/flint (flintlock) striking a steel frizzen, or a shock-sensitive brass
Cartridge_(firearms)
Battleship of the United States Navy
hard surfaces. Pyrites were used to strike sparks to ignite gunpowder in wheellock guns, for example. The pyrites could have provided the ignition capability
USS_Maine_(1890)
Short version of a musket
cannon or blunderbuss. Musketoons had a brass or iron barrel, and used a wheellock, flintlock or caplock firing mechanism, like the typical musket of the
Musketoon
First rockets
Huolongjing. A stationary arrow launcher that carries one hundred fire arrows. It is activated by a trap-like mechanism, possibly of wheellock design.
History_of_rockets
Type of firearm with more than one barrel
pepper shakers. It has existed in all ammunition systems: matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, caplock, pinfire, rimfire, and centerfire. They were popular
Multiple-barrel_firearm
2001 film by John Fawcett
leave, Valerie retaliates by bashing Blair across the head twice with a wheellock. Kaitlyn finally admits to her family how gambling has overtaken her life
Lucky_Girl_(2001_film)
German inventor
Kiefuss was a German inventor. He is sometimes credited with inventing the wheellock in Nuremberg in 1517. However, it is unlikely he was the actual inventor
Johann_Kiefuss
16th-17th century heavy cavalrymen in Western Europe
addition to the lance, the demi-lancer would have been armed with one or two wheellock or snaphance pistols carried in saddle holsters, and a sword (including
Demi-lancer
Technology during the Renaissance era
Grenade musket Two 16th-century German grenade muskets working with a wheellock mechanism are on display in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. The
Renaissance_technology
Huolongjing. A stationary arrow launcher that carries one hundred fire arrows. It is activated by a trap-like mechanism, possibly of wheellock design.
List_of_Chinese_inventions
November 1536 The 47-year-old merchant and MP was killed in London by a wheellock pistol, making his death the first political assassination performed by
List of unusual deaths in the Renaissance
List_of_unusual_deaths_in_the_Renaissance
Laws regarding firearms in Canada
free to possess: Non-cartridge-firing long guns which use flintlock, wheellock or matchlock ignition mechanisms. As of 2022, a national freeze was placed
Firearms_regulation_in_Canada
Ignition source in a type of firearm mechanism
flintlock mechanism replaced older ignition systems such as the matchlock and wheellock, but all were prone to misfire in wet weather.[citation needed] The discovery
Percussion_cap
2010 COP .357 Derringer .38 Special .357 Magnum US 1983 Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V Peter Peck .46 GER 1540 DoubleTap derringer
List of multiple-barrel firearms
List_of_multiple-barrel_firearms
Explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
leading to multiple mines. A similar mechanism was used in the first wheellock musket in Europe as sketched by Leonardo da Vinci around 1500 AD. Another
Land_mine
Type of mounted soldiers
disputed and obscure. It possibly derives from an early weapon, a short wheellock, called a dragon because its muzzle was decorated with a dragon's head
Dragoon
Death after police custody in Ireland
rejects inquest verdict". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 13 July 2007. "Photos of Wheellock Injuries Considered". The Irish Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated
Terence_Wheelock
Laws or policies that regulate firearms
to the spread of the wheellock mechanism, which made guns smaller and easier to conceal than earlier matchlocks. In 1518, wheellock firearms were prohibited
Gun_control
Swedish musket
squadrons within the Swedish Empire. However, some weapons equipped with wheellock mechanism were primarily reserved for the cavalry. The Swedish, purely
Swedish_Land_Pattern_Musket
Territories of China controlled by the Communist Party during the civil war
muskets and smoothbore muskets Flintlock and snaphance guns Matchlock and wheellock guns Spears and rakes (though later during the Long March, spears were
Communist-controlled China (1927–1949)
Communist-controlled_China_(1927–1949)
Flobert BB Cap 9 mm Flobert Shot .410 bore Czech Republic Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V Peter Peck .46 Germany 1540 DoubleTap
List_of_pistols
American reality television series episodes
wrench commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Liberty Bell; an antique wheellock puffer pistol; a Luke Skywalker landspeeder; and a limited edition screen
List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes
hundred fire arrows. It is activated by a trap-like mechanism, possibly of wheellock design. Gunpowder bombs had been mentioned since the 11th century. In
History_of_gunpowder
Turning maneuver on horseback
integrate gunpowder weapons into cavalry tactics. Equipped with one or more wheellock pistols or similar firearms, cavalrymen would advance on their target
Caracole
Indian rifle
Part of the reason why the matchlocks were still more popular than the wheellocks and flintlocks was because the matchlocks were easier and cheaper to produce
Toradar
Gun mechanism
require a lit slow match to fire. The first of this type is the wheellock. The wheellock produces a spark in much the same way as a Zippo lighter. Pyrite
Lock_(firearm)
Elastic object that stores mechanical energy
known as Chevron spring. Used in antique firearm mechanisms such as the wheellock, flintlock and percussion cap locks. Also used as a door-lock spring,
Spring_(device)
Hand tool used for turning screws
movement.[further explanation needed] The jaws that hold the pyrites inside wheellock guns were secured with screws, and the need to constantly replace the
Screwdriver
Projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun
happen via several methods: by using only gunpowder (as in flintlock, wheellock, or matchlock weapons) by using a percussion cap and gunpowder (as in
Bullet
Firearm that holds one round of ammunition
centuries. Notable pre-cartridge era single-shot firearms included matchlock, wheellock, snaplock, doglock, miquelet lock, flintlock, and percussion cap firearms
Single-shot
Weaponry of the Mughal Empire
was not adopting an efficient trigger and lock, such as the European wheellock and snaplock or the Ottoman miquelet lock. During the mid-18th century
Mughal_weapons
Notes 1536 London, England Robert Pakington, Member of Parliament Unknown Wheellock pistol Believed by some to be the first political assassination ever to
List of assassinations by firearm
List_of_assassinations_by_firearm
Manor house in Middlewich, Cheshire, England
married in 1846 Jane Skerratt (1822-1901), daughter of James Skerratt of Wheellock House, Sandbach. The couple had three sons and five daughters. When he
Middlewich_Manor
1526–1791 series of wars in Europe
firearms spread much more slowly than in the Western Christian armies. Wheellock firearms were unfamiliar for Ottoman soldiers until the siege of Székesfehérvár
Ottoman–Habsburg_wars
Mounted soldier who uses a pistol
greater range and firepower. Cuirassiers of the early 1600s armed with wheellock horse pistols Ottoman Empire pistolier from the early 19th century c. 1847
Pistoleer
cannonballs, the two-stage rocket with a booster rocket, the naval mine and wheellock mechanism to ignite trains of fuses. The Jesuit China missions of the
History of science and technology in China
History_of_science_and_technology_in_China
Russian cavalry during the early modern period
composite bow. After the Time of Troubles, firearms became common, including wheellock pistols and arquebuses. Armour included the brigandine, mail and plate
Landed_Army
ABA basketball jersey, a 1980s boombox, a 1920s safe and a 17th-century wheellock gun. Paid $5,000 Value $12,200 Profit $7,200 Donated to the IAVA $25,000
List of Auction Hunters episodes
List_of_Auction_Hunters_episodes
Science fiction character trope of space, rather than seafaring pirate
(Cutback, Drydock, Lockpick, Neurotoxin, Rolling Thunder, Thunderclap, and Wheellock)," Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 58, Aug. 2014, p. 14 Rosenberg
List_of_space_pirates
Military tactics involving mounted troops
integrate gunpowder weapons into cavalry tactics. Equipped with one or two wheellock pistols, cavalrymen would advance on their target at less than a gallop
Cavalry_tactics
scientific treatment of mining in Germany. First known reference to a wheellock gun. May 20 – Levinus Lemnius, Dutch physician (d. 1568) Giovan Battista
1505_in_science
(Cutback, Drydock, Lockpick, Neurotoxin, Rolling Thunder, Thunderclap, and Wheellock)," Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 58, Aug. 2014, p. 14 Maurer
List_of_fictional_pirates
Museum in Vienna, Austria
firearms from the arquebus of the 16th century to the matchlock, the wheellock, and the flintlock musket. Several suits of armour, batons, and thrusting
Museum of Military History, Vienna
Museum_of_Military_History,_Vienna
American suppliers of prop weapons
functional Gatling guns; two 17th-century German rifles, a matchlock and a wheellock; and an 1850 palm pistol. Displays of guns of industry interest included
Stembridge_Gun_Rentals
Firearms older than 20th century
designed to fire rim-fire or centre-fire cartridges (e.g. flintlock, wheellock, matchlock, cap and ball), capable of only firing rim-fire cartridges
Antique_firearms
14th-century military treatise from the early Ming dynasty (1368–1683)
progression of the earliest European arquebus to the matchlock and the wheellock, and the advent of the flintlock musket of the 17th century, they surpassed
Huolongjing
Family name
Lagemann (1696–1766), a German gunsmith famous for making breech-loading wheellock sporting rifles in Vollmarshausen, Germany Sigrid Lagemann (1924–1992)
Lagemann
Part of the Chinese Soviet Republic the Chinese Civil War
rifles and smoothbore muskets Flintlock and Snaphance guns Matchlock and Wheellock guns Spears and rakes (although later during the Long March, spears were
Jiangxi_Soviet
Company, called Winchester Center Fire, as in the .30–30 WCF or .32-20 WCF. Wheellock An obsolete mechanism for discharging a firearm. Wildcat cartridge wildcat
Glossary_of_firearms_terms
Gold 1956 for bronze and silver, 1961 for gold Features two crossed Wheellock pistols. Sub-machine Gun Badge Maskinpistolmærke Bronze, Silver, Gold
Badges_of_the_Danish_Military
Provveditore Generale di Terrafirma, in 1574 Soranzo banned the use of wheellock guns in Brescia to prevent feuding and banditry. Giacomo Soranzo's diplomatic
Giacomo_Soranzo
si.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-25. "German flintlock rifle conversion from wheellock". americanhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-03. "1733 Small Sword". National
List of artifacts in the National Museum of American History
List_of_artifacts_in_the_National_Museum_of_American_History
Army of the Dutch Republic (1575–1795)
Henceforth a company of 119 men would have 38% pikes, 25% muskets, and 37% wheellock arquebuses, compared with the old formation that had more than 50% polearms
Dutch_States_Army
centuries as a source of ignition in early firearms, most notably the wheellock, where the cock held a lump of pyrite against a circular file to strike
Glossary_of_firelighting
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Lord of the Brave
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An Epithet of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
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Hindi/Indian
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Sikh
Love for the lords elixir, Drinking the elixir of courage
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Variant spelling of English Wolf, WOLFE means "wolf."
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Indian
Goddess Durga, Meditation, Concentration
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Muslim
Happy, Joyful, Cheerful, Glad, Delighted
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Indian, Sanskrit
Wind; Fire
Boy/Male
Sikh
One having the highest elixir
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