The frizzen is a curved plate of steel used in flintlock firearms. When the trigger is pulled, the hammer, which contains a shaped piece of flint held by a scrap of leather, strikes forward causing the flint to hit the frizzen. This in turn causes a shower of sparks to be thrown into the pan, which contains black powder, this ignites and sets fire to the powder in the touch hole. The main charge of powder then explodes and sends the projectile out the barrel. Two flintlock pistols Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. ... A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ... Pebble beach made up of flint nodules eroded out of the nearby chalk cliffs, Cape Arkona, Rügen Flint (or flintstone) is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline silica rock with a glassy appearance. ... Flash pan or Priming pan is a small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzleloading guns. ... Black powder - here a 100 grams container - can be freely bought in Switzerland. ... A touch hole is a small hole, through which the propellent charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited. ...