User blog comment:Alockwood1/Abraham Lincoln (Vampire Hunter Film) Versus Abraham Lincoln (Vs. Zombies)/@comment-26384220-20150815203158/@comment-4392864-20150815205827

Actually, while this might not change your overall vote, in order to make a flintlock fire, you need to put some powder in a pan by the hammer, or else it won't fire. Putting a cap on a nipple is a little bit easier than putting loose powder in a pan - have you ever heard of "Flash in the Pan"? That's where the term comes from.