Usually means: Ignition system for muzzle-loading firearms.
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  1. percussion lock: Merriam-Webster
  2. percussion lock: Collins English Dictionary
  3. percussion-lock, percussion lock: Wordnik
  4. percussion lock: Wiktionary
  5. percussion lock: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Percussion lock, percussion lock: Dictionary.com
  7. Percussion lock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. percussion lock: FreeDictionary.org
  9. percussion lock: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (percussion lock)

noun:  (firearms) A kind of lock for a gun in which a hammer strikes upon a percussion cap on the nipple, igniting the charge.

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