Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "flint-lock".
The Punjabi cried out and fell to his knees, and the man on the other side of the fire snatched a flint-lock pistol from among his rags and shot him through the body.
Just as in the days of yore their forefathers excelled in the use of the spear, brandishing and twirling it as easily as an Indian club or singlestick, so they excel to-day in the exercise of their five-foot flint-locks, performing the most dexterous feats on horseback at full gallop.
It was simply a horde of half-naked banditti, carrying old flint-locked muskets, the barrels of which were decorated with copper rings.