Percussion cap, the Glossary
The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition.[1]
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107 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander John Forsyth, American Civil War, American Indian Wars, Anti-handling device, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Anvil, Arquebus, Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842, Austro-Prussian War, Belhelvie, Bolt action, Booby trap, Brass, Breechloader, Brown Bess, Bullet, C-4 (explosive), Cap gun, Cartridge (firearms), Centerfire ammunition, Charcoal, Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, Colt Dragoon Revolver, Copper, Derringer, Detonator, Double-barreled shotgun, Dreyse needle gun, Durs Egg, Edward Charles Howard, Firearm, Firing pin, Flare, Flint, Flintlock, Flintlock mechanism, François Prélat, Franco-Prussian War, Frizzen, Fulminate, Fuze, Grenade, Gun barrel, Gunfighter, Gunpowder, Hammer (firearms), History of the Russo-Turkish wars, Internal ballistics, John Wilkes Booth, ... Expand index (57 more) »
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
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Alexander John Forsyth
Alexander John Forsyth (28 December 1768 – 11 June 1843) was a Scottish Church of Scotland minister who first successfully used fulminating (or 'detonating') chemicals to prime gunpowder in fire-arms thereby creating what became known as percussion ignition.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. Percussion cap and American Civil War are Western (genre) staples and terminology.
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American Indian Wars
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, United States of America, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America.
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Anti-handling device
An anti-handling device is an attachment to or an integral part of a landmine or other munition such as some fuze types found in general-purpose air-dropped bombs, cluster bombs and sea mines.
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, usually known as Antonio López de Santa Anna (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,", Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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Anvil
An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
Arquebus
An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.
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Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842
The Augustin musket was an Austrian musket used in the mid 19th century.
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Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as Deutscher Krieg ("German War"), Deutscher Bruderkrieg ("German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each also being aided by various allies within the German Confederation.
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Belhelvie
Belhelvie (Baile Shealbhaigh) is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.
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Bolt action
Bolt-action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by directly manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the firearm (as most users are right-handed). Percussion cap and bolt action are firearm actions.
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Booby trap
A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal.
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Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.
Breechloader
A breechloader is a firearm in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech end of the barrel (i.e., from the rearward, open end of the gun's barrel), as opposed to a muzzleloader, in which the user loads the ammunition from the (muzzle) end of the barrel. Percussion cap and breechloader are firearm actions.
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Brown Bess
"Brown Bess" is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives.
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Bullet
A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel.
C-4 (explosive)
C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent.
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Cap gun
A cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and smoke when a small percussion cap is ignited.
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Cartridge (firearms)
A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for convenient transportation and handling during shooting. Percussion cap and cartridge (firearms) are ammunition.
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Centerfire ammunition
Two rounds of.357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center A centre-fire (or centrefire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head"). Percussion cap and centerfire ammunition are ammunition.
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Charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.
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Colt 1851 Navy Revolver
The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol or Navy Pistol, sometimes erroneously referred to as "Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber" or "of Navy Caliber" (Naval is heavy gun and Navy Size Caliber was termed later for another Colt model), is a.36 caliber, six-round cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850.
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Colt Dragoon Revolver
The Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver is a.44 caliber revolver designed by Samuel Colt for the U.S. Army's Regiment of Mounted Rifles.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Derringer
A derringer is a small handgun that is neither a revolver, semi-automatic pistol, nor machine pistol.
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Detonator
A detonator, sometimes called a blasting cap in the US, is a small sensitive device used to provoke a larger, more powerful but relatively insensitive secondary explosive of an explosive device used in commercial mining, excavation, demolition, etc. Percussion cap and detonator are detonators.
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Double-barreled shotgun
A double-barreled shotgun, also known as a double shotgun, is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots that can be fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession.
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Dreyse needle gun
The Dreyse needle-gun was a 19th-century military breech-loading rifle, as well as the first breech-loading rifle to use a bolt action to open and close the chamber.
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Durs Egg
Durs Egg (1745–1822) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his flintlock pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle.
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Edward Charles Howard
Edward Charles Howard FRS (28 May 1774 – 28 September 1816) the youngest brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, was a British chemist who has been described as "the first chemical engineer of any eminence.".
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Firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.
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Firing pin
A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire.
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Flare
A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, fusee, or bengala, bengalo in several European countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion.
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
Flintlock
Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century. Percussion cap and Flintlock are early modern firearms and firearm actions.
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Flintlock mechanism
The flintlock mechanism is a type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. Percussion cap and flintlock mechanism are firearm actions and Western (genre) staples and terminology.
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François Prélat
François Prélat was a Frenchman involved in gunmaking in the early part of the nineteenth century.
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Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Frizzen
The frizzen, historically called the "hammer" or the steel, is an L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the front used in flintlock firearms.
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Fulminate
Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion.
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Fuze
In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function. Percussion cap and fuze are ammunition.
Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.
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Gun barrel
A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns.
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Gunfighter
Gunfighters, also called gunslingers or in the late 19th and early 20th century gunmen, were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in shootouts. Percussion cap and Gunfighter are Western (genre) staples and terminology.
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
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Hammer (firearms)
The hammer is a part of a firearm that is used to strike the percussion cap/primer, or a separate firing pin, to ignite the propellant and fire the projectile.
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History of the Russo-Turkish wars
Russo-Turkish wars (Russko-turetskiye voyny) or Russo-Ottoman wars (Osmanlı-Rus savaşları) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries.
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Internal ballistics
Internal ballistics (also interior ballistics), a subfield of ballistics, is the study of the propulsion of a projectile. Percussion cap and Internal ballistics are ammunition.
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John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
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Joseph Manton
Joseph Manton (6 April 1766 – 29 June 1835) was a British gunsmith.
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Joshua Shaw
Joshua Shaw (1776–1860) was an English artist and inventor.
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Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
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Lead styphnate
Lead styphnate (lead 2,4,6-trinitroresorcinate, C6HN3O8Pb), whose name is derived from styphnic acid, is an explosive used as a component in primer and detonator mixtures for less sensitive secondary explosives.
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Lee–Metford
The Lee–Metford (also known as the Magazine Lee–Metford) is a British bolt action rifle which combined James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system and detachable magazine with an innovative seven-groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford.
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Lock (firearm)
The lock of a firearm is the mechanism used to initiate firing. Percussion cap and lock (firearm) are firearm actions.
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Long gun
A long gun is a category of firearms with long barrels.
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Lorenz rifle
The Lorenz rifle was an Austrian rifle used in the mid 19th century.
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M1819 Hall rifle
The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech-loading rifle (also considered something of a hybrid breech and muzzle-loading design) designed by John Hancock Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819.
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Martini–Henry
The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army.
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Matchlock
A matchlock or firelock is a historical type of firearm wherein the gunpowder is ignited by a burning piece of flammable cord or twine that is in contact with the gunpowder through a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or trigger with their finger. Percussion cap and matchlock are firearm actions.
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Maynard tape primer
The Maynard tape primer was a system designed by Edward Maynard to allow for more rapid reloading of muskets. Percussion cap and Maynard tape primer are 19th-century inventions, ammunition and early modern firearms.
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Mercury(II) fulminate
Mercury(II) fulminate, or Hg(CNO)2, is a primary explosive.
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Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
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Military surplus
Military surplus are goods, usually matériel, that are sold or otherwise disposed of when held in excess or are no longer needed by the military.
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Minié ball
The Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle, for muzzle-loading rifled muskets.
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Modelguns
Modelguns are Japanese replica or toy guns, which are usually made of zinc alloys or plastic materials.
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Morges
Morges (Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges.
Muzzleloader
A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel). Percussion cap and muzzleloader are ammunition and firearm actions.
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Nipple wrench (black powder)
Relating to black-powder firearms, a nipple wrench is used to unscrew nipples which hold percussion caps.
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Pattern 1853 Enfield
The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a.577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle.
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Pepper-box
The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a revolving mechanism.
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Peter Hawker
Colonel Peter Hawker (24 November 1786 – 7 August 1853) was a celebrated diarist and author, and a shooting sportsman accounted one of the "great shots" of the 19th century.
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Pipe (fluid conveyance)
A pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but not necessarily of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow — liquids and gases (fluids), slurries, powders and masses of small solids.
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Pistoleer
A pistoleer is a mounted soldier trained to use a pistol, or more generally anyone armed with such a weapon.
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Potassium chlorate
Potassium chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen, with the molecular formula KClO3.
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Primer (firearms)
In firearms and artillery, the primer is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel the projectiles out of the gun barrel. Percussion cap and primer (firearms) are ammunition.
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Regency era
The Regency era of British history is commonly described as the years between and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820.
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Remington Arms
Remington Arms Company, LLC, was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition.
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Repeating rifle
A repeating rifle is a single-barreled rifle capable of repeated discharges between each ammunition reload. Percussion cap and repeating rifle are firearm actions.
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Revolver
A revolver is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Percussion cap and revolver are firearm actions and Western (genre) staples and terminology.
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Rifling
Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.
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Rimfire ammunition
A rim-fire (or rimfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms where the primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. Percussion cap and rimfire ammunition are ammunition.
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Rocket-propelled grenade
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.
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S-mine
The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine, Springmine or Splittermine in German), known by enemy Allied Forces as the "Bouncing Betty" on the Western Front and "frog-mine" on the Eastern Front, is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines.
Samuel Parkes (chemist)
Samuel Parkes (1761–1825) was a British manufacturing chemist, now remembered for his Chemical Catechism.
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Samurai
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.
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Shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.
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Smoothbore
A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling.
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Snider–Enfield
The British.577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Sphere
A sphere (from Greek) is a geometrical object that is a three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle.
Spring (device)
A spring is a device consisting of an elastic but largely rigid material (typically metal) bent or molded into a form (especially a coil) that can return into shape after being compressed or extended.
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Springfield Model 1861
The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War.
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Springfield model 1873
The Springfield Model 1873 was the first standard-issue breech-loading rifle adopted by the United States Army (although the Springfield Model 1866 had seen limited issue to troops along the Bozeman Trail in 1867). The rifle, in both full-length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against Native Americans.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Sulfur
Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16.
Tabatière rifle
The Tabatière rifle was a breech-loading rifle of the French Army.
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Tanegashima (gun)
, most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English, was a type of matchlock-configured arquebus firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543.
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The Reverend
The Reverend is an honorific style given before the names of certain Christian clergy and ministers.
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TNT
Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.
Tripwire
A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism.
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Tubes and primers for ammunition
Tubes and primers are used to ignite the propellant in projectile weapons. Percussion cap and Tubes and primers for ammunition are ammunition.
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Type 99 grenade
The, also known as the Kiska grenade by the American Army, was an improved version of the Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during World War II.
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United States Cavalry
The United States Cavalry, or U.S. Cavalry, was the designation of the mounted force of the United States Army.
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Westley Richards
Westley Richards is a British manufacturer of guns and rifles and also a well established gunsmith.
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Wheellock
A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. Percussion cap and wheellock are firearm actions.
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See also
Detonators
- Cordtex
- Daisy cutter (fuse)
- Detonating cord
- Detonator
- Exploding wire method
- Exploding-bridgewire detonator
- Fuse (explosives)
- Hi-Fi Digimonster
- Modulated neutron initiator
- NASA standard detonator
- Nickel hydrazine nitrate
- Nonel
- Pencil detonator
- Percussion cap
- Plastic igniter cord
- Primacord
- Shock tube detonator
- Slapper detonator
- Thermalite
Early modern firearms
- Ángel arcabucero
- Flintlock
- Maynard tape primer
- Percussion cap
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_cap
Also known as Cap & ball, Cap and ball, Cap lock, Caplock, Caplock mechanism, Nipple (firearm), Percussion (firearms), Percussion caps, Percussion gun, Percussion ignition, Percussion lock, Percussion primer, Percussion rifle.
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