During the battle with the Crow, when Boone and Zeb fire their flintlocks, their frizzens are already forward in a fired position. In order to fire a flintlock, the frizzen needs to be back and covering the flash-pan. That way, when the trigger is pulled, the cock springs forward, strikes the frizzen and exposes the powder. At the same time, as the cock continues forward the flint sparks against the frizzen and drops sparks into the flash-plan. There, the powder ignites, sends a flash through the touch-hole, and ignites the main charge (propelling the bullet down and out of the barrel). BUT if the frizzen is already forward, the cock cannot strike sparks (and ignite the powder in the pan). Therefore, when the triggers on these weapons were pulled, the cock merely spring forward and struck nothing, meaning that these weapons could NOT fire.
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