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Unlike most weapons systems and configurations, which last a few decades, the flintlock mechanism was center stage for both military and civilian use for over 200 years. Not until the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth, a Scottish minister, invented the rudimentary percussion system in 1807 did the flintlock system begin to slide into oblivion. The slide was a slow one, even at that, since the percussion system was not widely used until around 1830 , and the flintlock continued in common use until the time of the American Civil War . TERMINOLOGY The following photographs show both sides of the flintlock mechanism, along with descriptions of the annotated parts. Diagram 1:
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