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Marin le Bourgeoys: The Man Who Standardized the Flintlock

admin · 2026-03-16T23:04:06.908Z

Most shooters who've handled a flintlock reproduction at a rendezvous or watched a NMLRA match have some vague sense that the mechanism has old roots. Few know there's a specific guy to credit — and that he was working out of the Louvre. If you've ever heard someone say "don't go off half-cocked" or "a flash in the pan," you're quoting the mechanical reality of the gun Marin le Bourgeoys built. Every time someone in a gun shop says their buddy went off half-cocked about some new legislation...

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Marin le Bourgeoys: The Man Who Standardized the Flintlock

Marin le Bourgeoys (c. 1550–1634) was a French artist, gunsmith, and inventor who created what historians and firearms scholars now call the "true flintlock" — the ignition mechanism that would define firearms technology for more than two centuries.

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