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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin
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.
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Ignoring for the moment issues of resolution is this more fragile in the sense of worse Malf or worse HT?
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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin
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.
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It's not for a historical setting. I'm considering having wheellocks hang around next to flintlocks as a status status due to the increased cost of making them and lack of any egregious disadvantages.
On the other hand matchlocks look stupid and so are going to exist only as a historical footnote.