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Originally Posted by Sindri
As it stands wheellocks and the different varieties of flintlocks work mostly the same. Wheellocks seem to cost more and require a spanner, Snaplocks don't operate as well in rain. There are also familiarity penalties between flintlock varieties.
Is there anything else that's significant enough to justify mechanical representation? I've heard that, for example, wheellocks are faster igniting.
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Wheellocks are more complicated and more fragile. They also need their pyrite component replaced after roughly every 10th shot. The flint and iron striker of a flintlock need adjustment after every 20th shot at most.
About the only advantage I've ever heard of for wheellocks is that very finely made ones are a little more reliable in rain than flintlocks.
You generally only see the two at the same time very early in flintlock's timeline and only as a temporary thing. You get more overlap between matchlocks (for muskets) and flintlocks.