Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder ... Powder is held in a "flash pan," and ignited by a wick, or match, in a ...

This worked in theory. Sometimes, the fire wouldn’t carry on to the powder in the barrel, and a “flash” in the gun’s pan had ...

The gun is equipped with leaf-type rear sight, flash suppressor and a spare barrel assembly. Associated components are the M63 antiaircraft mount and the M3 tripod mount. The M2A1 with Quick ...

Knowing both position and timing, the Arduino can then flash a white LED stuck to the end of the light gun barrel at the exact moment that part of the CRT would have been lit up, and as far as the ...