Wheellocks and Flintlocks

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by malloyd

Reality. .

I'd have called that "human belief" instead if reality.

There's actually an almost perceptible delay between the flash in the pan and the smoke coming out of the barrel. It's quite obvious on high speed film. It also goes away when percussion caps come in. It also gets you another 50 feet per second without making any other changes.

However, since all of the early lock types are identical from the pan to the barrel there's no speed difference between them.