Firearm

A Flintlock was a type of gun loading mechanism first introduced in about 1630. It was a revolutionary design that replaced the firearm-ignition technologies at the time such as the matchlock and wheellock.



The gun became a symbol of its day and it common use lasted for about 200 years until the introduction of new gun types such as the percussion cap system durng the 19th century. It was still found in use even after being out dated by newer gun loading systems in wars such as the early days of the American Civil War. The gun is still favoured by tradional gun powder shooting enthusiasts and is kept in production for that reason.

The Flintlock was renouned for becoming useless in the rain and most verisons had enough rounds to fire only once before reloading. Due to the length of time it took to reload, most gunmen using the weapon would carry several spares on them so they did not have to waste time reloading after each round. Despite their downfalls, the Flintlock was a favourite military weapon.

One Piece
The Flintlock is the main gun type seen in One Piece. They are slightly more advanced then the tradional flintlocks of real life in that they do not suffer the same reloading time and limited rounds as found in the real life versions. Both Yasopp and Lucky Roux have been seen using these type of guns as well as many background characters. The guns however still fire small round ball-like bullets like those used by the tradional guns until the last couple of centuries.

Other type of guns have been seen such the machine gun found amongst Franky's built-in weaponary however they are rarer then the Flintlock.

4Kids Dub
4Kids reaction to the presence of the guns is to colour them green (or blue in a few cases), remove them or turn them into something else (hammer-gun, arrows or cork gun). However it is noted this is a common edit with ALL guns.