The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader...

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 by a...

cartridge is the percussion cap. In English-speaking countries, the 6mm Flobert cartridge corresponds to .22 BB Cap and .22 CB Cap ammunition. These...

contains a percussion primer, usually a copper cap filled with a chlorate mixture and resting against an anvil. The striker of the gun strikes the cap and fires...

substance contained in the cartridge is within the percussion cap. In Europe, the .22 BB Cap and .22 CB Cap are both called 6mm Flobert and are considered...

and is a word play on percussion cap. It is now used to refer to any accessory product made to perform similar function. A snap cap is used to ensure that...

match, to a small charge of gunpowder in a flash pan, to a metallic percussion cap mounted on top of a "nipple" or cone), to serve as a source of activation...

has application in medicine and weaponry, as in percussion cap. However, all known uses of percussion appear to share a similar lineage beginning with...

30-grain charge of black powder, which was ignited by a small copper percussion cap that contained a volatile charge of fulminate of mercury (a substance...

are percussion cap guns, although some designs exist for compressed air guns and some examples were made in pinfire cartridge form. In percussion cap guns...

a "cone"), which holds a small percussion cap. The nipple contains a tube that goes into the barrel. The percussion cap contains a chemical compound called...

flintlock continued to be in common use for over two centuries, replaced by percussion cap and, later, the cartridge-based systems in the early-to-mid 19th century...

fragments of the burst percussion cap would fall clear of the weapon and not jam the mechanism. Some of the most popular cap-and-ball revolvers were...

metallic cartridge was the .22 BB Cap (also known as the 6 mm Flobert) cartridge, which consisted of a percussion cap with a bullet attached to the top...

Look up cap or cap. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cap is a form of headgear. Cap may refer to: Cap, a character in the comic strip Cap Stubbs and...

of the creep spring - that slammed the striker against the percussion cap. The percussion cap fired directly into the adjacent detonator, which in turn...

Although it has been superseded in these uses by different processes (the percussion cap), or materials (ferrocerium), "flint" has lent its name as generic term...

widely adopted. Percussion lock refers generally to firearms that use external percussive primers. Cap lock and tube lock refer to percussion-lock firearms...

firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to strike a percussion cap at the bullet base. The first experimental needle gun was designed by...

since it passed like a needle through the paper cartridge to strike a percussion cap at the base of the bullet. However, to conceal the revolutionary nature...

and the nipple primed with a percussion cap. Typical paper cartridges for revolvers differ from the robust percussion rifle cartridges, in that the cartridge...

some percussion cap and pinfire boxlocks also existed. The popularity of boxlock actions declined rapidly after the emergence of percussion cap and pinfire...

the cartridge being the percussion cap. In Europe, the .22 BB Cap, introduced in 1845, and the slightly more powerful .22 CB Cap, introduced in 1888, are...

reed is concussion Percussion (medicine), a method of clinical examination Percussion cap, an ignition system in firearms Percussive foraging, a method...

Flobert created the first rimfire metallic cartridge by modifying a percussion cap to hold a small lead bullet. In the 19th century, gallery guns were...

the percussion cap action, although both actions were manufactured and sold for some time. For arms of his own design, he adopted the newer percussion cap...

subsequent misfire. One would then remove the remains of the last fired percussion cap and place the handgun on its half-cock notch, pour 15 to 25 grains (1...

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...

was an attempt at improving the percussion cap system that had been previously developed. Instead of using individual caps which had to be placed for every...

first rimfire metallic cartridge, constituted by a bullet fit in a percussion cap. Usually derived in the 6 mm and 9 mm calibres, it is since then called...