The Marauder's Pistol only has one bullet, but it has the highest damage ... provided your streak doesn't come to an end. Flintlock isn't one of those games where your starting weapon is trash.

The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution. 1637 - First use of firearms ...

Bill Harriman, firearms specialist on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow, told Making History that a flintlock is a mechanism attached to a firearm which produces its own sparks, doing what the human hand ...