- The
percussion cap,
percussion primer, or
caplock,
introduced in the
early 1820s, is a type of single-use
percussion ignition device for
muzzle loader...
- or a stocking. The
original Philadelphia Deringer was a
muzzleloading caplock single-shot
pistol introduced in 1825 by
Henry Deringer. In total, approximately...
-
percussion cap
system was developed. The
caplock offered many
improvements over the flintlock. The
caplock was
easier to load, more
resistant to weather...
-
chemical primer, or "cap", and the
mechanism which used it,
called the "
caplock".
Percussion ignition was
invented by
Scottish clergyman Rev. Alexander...
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alternative to
spark ignition of the propellant. The
percussion lock (also
caplock) was
adapted from the
flintlock firing mechanism, with the ****
being modified...
- combat. Some
Confederate cavalry units were
equipped with single-shot
caplock or even
flintlock pistols early in the war. Some
pistols were of the military...
-
revolver (Germany, c. 1580) Colt
Paterson 2nd belt
model Early revolvers were
caplock muzzleloaders: the user had to pour
black powder into each chamber, ram...
- air rifle, an
Ardesa percussion rifle, a pistol, and an
Ardesa "Patriot"
caplock pistol. The
barrels and
stocks of the two
rifles were
sawed off. In addition...
- priming. In 1842, the
Norwegian Armed Forces adopted the breech-loading
caplock, the Kammerlader, one of the
first instances in
which a
modern army widely...
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Musketoons had a br**** or iron barrel, and used a wheellock,
flintlock or
caplock firing mechanism, like the
typical musket of the period. They were fired...
