Also known as wheel-lock, wheel lock
right|thumb|A wheellock pistol or puffer, Augsburg, c. 1580 A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development in firearms technology after the matchlock, and the first self-igniting firearm. Its name is from its rotating steel wheel to provide ignition. Developed in Europe around 1500, it was used alongside the matchlock (), the snaplock (), the snaphance (), and the flintlock ().
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簧輪式點火（英：Wheel lock），是一種利用內置的鋼輪摩擦黃鐵礦石而產生火花的點火方式，扳下扳機後鋼輪即會轉動，進而使齒輪摩擦黃鐵礦而出火花點火。簧輪槍原本是以取代火繩槍而發明的，不過由於構造複雜與價格昂貴，甚至有時候會沒有出現火花，所以並沒有與燧發槍一樣取代火繩槍。
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