10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERCUSSION CAP»
Discover the use of
percussion cap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
percussion cap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Complete Blackpowder Handbook
There is little difference between the smooth-side percussion cap and the ribbed.
The ribbed design is for better fragmentation on the cone of the nipple so the
spent cap will fall away more readily. However, the smooth-bodied cap usually
falls ...
2
Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
THE PERCUSSION CAP Although a number of gentlemen claimed the invention
of the percussion cap as their own, the most likely candidate was Joshua Shaw,
an English-born landscape artist who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1817.
3
Making Arms in the Machine Age: Philadelphia's Frankford ...
Making Arms in the Machine Age traces the growth and development of the United States Arsenal at Frankford, Pennsylvania, from its origin in 1816 to 1870.
4
British Infantry Equipments 1808-1908
Only sergeants, mostly armed with pike and sword, could afford to wear the
haversack and canteen more evenly balanced. Two items of equipment which
appeared with the issue of percussion muskets were the percussion cap and
expense ...
5
The Gun Digest Blackpowder Loading Manual
11 percussion cap. I have every faith that it will go boom! when I pull the trigger.
Technically, the old-time percussion cap functions on the same principle as the
modern primer, so it should be no surprise that these caps are so efficient.
Normal ...
6
Black Powder Loading Manual
11 percussion cap. I have every faith that it will go boom! when I pull the trigger.
Technically, the old-time percussion cap functions on the same principle as the
modern primer, so it should be no surprise that these caps are so efficient.
Normal ...
7
Muzzleloading for Deer and Turkey
The advent of pelletized Pyrodex has caused rifle manufacturers to rethink the
percussion cap igniters. To add to the decision- making dilemma, the in-line
companies are advertising improved ignition qualities with shotgun primers and
musket ...
8
Technology and the Civil War
Additionally, it was possible to load the percussion caps more quickly, thus
increasing the rate of firing. A percussion cap is a small copper or brass cylinder.
The cylinder has one closed end and one open end. In the base, at the closed
end, ...
Shane Mountjoy, Tim McNeese, 2009
9
Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences
the said nipple piece 0, is placed an ordinary percussion cap d, such nipple
piece a, occupying the inside of the percussion cap. By means of a hammer or
mallet, or by pressure, the percussion cap d, is forced upon the central piece 0,
until the ...
10
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a safety percussion fuse, in combination, a percussion-cap or primer, a firing-
pin or point, and a centrif- ugally-operated support for the said firing-pin or point
relative to which the latter is Independently movable longitudinally of the fuse, the
...
United States. Patent Office, 1909
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERCUSSION CAP»
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percussion cap is used in the context of the following news items.
Throwback Thursday: The Guns of Manassas, 1861
He then brought the hammer to the half-cock position, affixed a copper percussion cap lined with an explosive compound to the nipple or ... «American Rifleman, Jul 15»
Parry Sound Anglers and Hunters host historic gun show
The percussion cap was placed on a hollow nipple near the rear end of the barrel assembly and contained a small amount of impact sensitive ... «www.parrysound.com, Jul 15»
50 THINGS/DAY 13: Bamberg inventor tested forerunner of torpedo …
He described it as a wooden affair and very crude, loaded with gunpowder and a percussion cap. It was self-propelled by means of a spring ... «The Times and Democrat, Jul 15»
Weapon bought for £12.50 at charity shop lands man in court
The court heard there was a wooden plug in the breach, and a percussion cap nipple was sealed and obstructed, requiring machinery to fix it. «Portsmouth News, Jun 15»
Days Gone By: June 19, 2015
Presumably it was some kind of coyote bait with a percussion cap attached, although that point has not yet been cleared up. The explosion was ... «East Oregonian, Jun 15»
LeBlanc: How and why to use black powder percussion caps
11 percussion cap ignition and it still shot a patched round ball like the side hammer models but the firing mechanism and breech were ... «Your Houston News, Jun 15»
Cannon will be at military weekend
Members dressed in 1860 working order will conduct the firings, followed by afternoon demonstrations of their 1853 pattern percussion cap ... «Portsmouth News, Jun 15»
Home on the Range: The Shiloh Sharps
The rifle started out as an altered muzzle-loading percussion cap rifle. It was altered to shoot a metallic cartridge with a primer set in a brass ... «White Mountain Independent, Jun 15»
MIlton Civil War re-enactors teach students, residents
... reloadable steel cylinders with a chamber holding a ball and black-powder charge, and a percussion cap on one end." That means preparing ... «Gazettextra, May 15»
Ethan Allen Percussion Revolvers: Father of the Pocket Gatling Gun
With the advent of percussion cap system, they saw much more popularity as many gunsmiths started to make them. A percussion pepperbox is ... «State of Guns, May 15»
