- 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...
-
chemical primer, or "cap", and the
mechanism which used it,
called the "
caplock".
Percussion ignition was
invented by
Scottish clergyman Rev. Alexander...
-
percussion cap
system was developed. The
caplock offered many
improvements over the flintlock. The
caplock was
easier to load, more
resistant to weather...
- pistol,
which pushed a
rammer into the
aligned chamber.[citation needed]
Caplock revolvers mostly had
mechanical devices with
ramrods mounted on the frame...
-
alternative to
spark ignition of the propellant. The
percussion lock (also
caplock) was
adapted from the
flintlock firing mechanism, with the ****
being modified...
- 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...
- 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...
- (HPA)
Firearm Single-shot Muzzle-loading rifle, some
flintlock and
mostly caplock Breech-loading
rifle Breechblock rifle,
either trapdoor, rolling, dropping...
-
systems used in
breechloading firearms: matchlock, wheellock, flintlock,
caplock, pinfire, rimfire, and centerfire.
While they are
usually sidearms, a few...
