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	Percussion cap information - Search.com
		His invention of the percussion cap deprived the pigeons of their early warning system, both by avoiding the initial puff of smoke from the flintlock powder pan, as well as shortening the time interval between the trigger pull and the shot leaving the muzzle.
		The alteration of the military flintlock to the percussion musket was easily accomplished by replacing the powder pan with a perforated nipple, and by replacing the cock or hammer which held the flint by a smaller hammer formed with a hollow made to fit around the nipple when released by the trigger.
		The detonating cap, thus invented and adopted, brought about the invention of the modern cartridge case, and rendered possible the general adoption of the breech-loading principle for all varieties of rifles, shotguns and pistols.
	www.search.com /reference/Percussion_cap (955 words)

	Percussion cap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The invention that made the percussion cap possible was patented by the Rev.
		The alteration of the military flintlock to the percussion musket was easily accomplished by replacing the powder pan with a perforated nipple, and by replacing the cock or hammer which held the flint by a smaller hammer formed with a hollow made to fit around the nipple when released by the trigger.
		The detonating cap, thus invented and adopted, brought about the invention of the modern cartridge case, and rendered possible the general adoption of the breech-loading principle for all varieties of rifles, shotguns and pistols.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Percussion_cap (763 words)

	Back-flash check for muzzleloaders - US Patent 6226916 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A tendency for the protective membranes of percussion caps to lodge within a nipple not having back-flash was cured by the use of an actuator retainer that directs the actuator to the side of the valve chamber during ignition.
		Percussion caps are ignited by striking the outside of the bottom of the cup and percussively compressing the ignition source material against the surface of the end of the tube.
		The use of a percussion cap with a flash chamber in which the cross sectional area of the flash chamber is reduced to 0.008 square inches within 0.23 inches of the nipple anvil will provide a release of the spent cap when used with any check valve.
	www.patentstorm.us /patents/6226916.html (6597 words)

	Percussion cap - Definition of Percussion cap - Percussion cap in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Percussion bullet, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet.
		Percussion cap, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder.
		Percussion lock, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder.
	www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/Percussion+cap (226 words)

	From flintlock to in-line guns
		Percussion-cap side-locks use a small percussion cap that fits over a nipple on the side of the gun at the rear of the barrel.
		Percussion caps are more reliable than flintlocks but still misfire sometimes because the flame must move a relatively long distance through the nipple and make a right-angle turn before reaching the powder.
		The primer's flame is about the same temperature as the percussion cap flame (roughly 3,000 degrees), but the shotgun primer produces a considerably larger flame, which results in dramatic improvement in powder ignition.
	www.freep.com /sports/outdoors/muzbar13_20011213.htm (645 words)

	Encyclopedia: Percussion cap
		(See caplock mechanism.) The caplock mechanism was the successor of the flintlock mechanism in firearm technology, and used a percussion cap struck by the hammer to set off the main charge, rather than using a piece of flint to strike a steel frizzen.
		Joshua Shaw - an English born American immigrant - is generally credited with the development of the first metallic percussion cap in 1814.
		A flintlock is a firearm that operates in the following manner: The operator loads the gun, usually from the barrel end, with fl powder followed by shot or a bullet wrapped in a paper patch, all rammed down with a special rod; A hammer tightly holding a shaped bit of...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Percussion-cap (1104 words)

	Percussion cap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The percussion cap or primer was the crucial invention to make fire-arms that could fire in any weather.
		The alteration of the military flint-lock to the percussion musket was easily accomplished by replacing the powder pan by a perforated nipple, and by replacing the cock or hammer which held the flint by a smaller hammer with a hollow to fit on the nipple when released by the trigger.
		The detonating cap thus invented and adopted, brought about the invention of the modern cartridge case, and rendered possible the general adoption of the breech-loading principle for all varieties of rifles, shot guns and pistols.
	www.termsdefined.net /pe/percussion-cap.html (677 words)

	Toy Cap Guns
		Cap guns were originally made of cast iron, but after World War II were made of zinc alloy, and most newer models are made of plastic.
		Cap guns get their name from the small discs of explosive compounds that provide the noise and smoke, effectively the same as the separate percussion cap used to replace the flintlock in real firearms.
		Cap guns in the United States must be manufactured with a bright orange, red, or yellow tip placed over the "muzzle" of the cap gun, or with the entire gun made in these or other bright colors.
	replicaweaponry.com /toycapguns.html (319 words)

	CAP - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
		To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
		Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/cap (745 words)

	Percussion cap dispensing device - Patent 4845874
		The caps can then be loaded onto the weapon nipple by pushing the nipple into the hole and extracting a cap, whereupon the next cap becomes available at the hole under the force of the compression coil spring.
		Each percussion cap is installed on a nipple which, when the weapon is fired, is struck by a hammer to ignite the charge.
		Thus, the caps are placed, one at a time, through hole 14 and allowed to follow the follower, sliding down the inside of sleeve 12, until the spring is essentially fully compressed and the desired number of caps has been placed in the sleeve.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4845874.html (2261 words)

	Percussion cap nipple - Patent 4186506
		The percussion cap is designed to fit snugly over the nipple in a position to be struck by the hammer of the firearm.
		When struck, an explosive fulminate in the base of the percussion cap produces a quantity of burning gas in the nipple, and this gas is forced under considerable pressure into the ignition chamber of the firearm, igniting the propellant charge therein.
		The outside of cap receiving section 42a is slightly tapered for receiving a similarly tapered percussion cap such as cap 14.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4186506.html (2149 words)

	Percussion cap -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A primer is a small, disposable copper or brass cup, 4 to 6mm in diameter (standard sizes are 0.175 inches and 0.210 inches for handgun and rifle cartrdiges).
		Eventually, caps were incorporated into the rear of metallic (Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun) cartridges.
		Caps are used in (Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun) cartridges, (A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile) grenades, (Click link for more info and facts about Rocket propelled grenade) Rocket propelled grenades, and rescue flares.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/percussion_cap.htm (774 words)

	Weapons, Part 2
		Percussion muskets, in contrast, are fired using a waterproof percussion cap, which ignites the powder charge in the barrel.
		The flintlocks, while slightly faster to load than their percussion counterparts, were never too reliable, even under ideal conditions (out of every few shots, at least one would "flash" the powder in the pan, without igniting the main charge in the barrel), and in the rain at Mill Springs, most barely functioned at all.
		The confusion, fear, and excitement of combat caused many soldiers to fumble in their cartridge or cap boxes, even dropping unused rounds onto the ground, forgotten (to be found later by relic collectors, their bullets unfired and in pristine condition).
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1864/weapons_part_2.htm (1306 words)

	Percussion Cap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As illustrated above, when the cap is struck by the hammer, the flames from the exploding fulminate of mercury go down the tube, into the gun barrel, and ignite the powder inside the barrel to propel the bullet.
		The percussion cap was the key to making reliable rotating-block guns (revolvers) which would fire reliably, and in the early 1800s several manufacturers began producing these multiple-shot sidearms in mass quantities.
		The percussion cap firing mechanism gave an individual soldier a weapon of precision and reliability which was used to devastating effect in the U.S. Civil War.
	www.silcom.com /~vikman/isles/scriptorium/firearm/percussion.html (252 words)

	North American Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Safety glasses must be used when loading and firing the percussion firearm; small pieces of the percussion cap are frequently blown away when a percussion arm fires.
		A percussion cap is a small metal cup, the interior top of which is covered with a priming mixture.
		The cap is placed on a nipple and, when struck by the hammer, the primer compound explodes, igniting the powder charge.
	www.naaminis.com /naacbow.html (1363 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Flintlock Guns Work"
		The percussion cap was easier to load, more weather resistant and more reliable, so by the time of America's civil war, both Union and Confederate armies used percussion-cap guns exclusively.
		The percussion cap was made possible by the discovery of a chemical compound called mercuric fulminate or fulminate of mercury.
		The percussion lock is exactly the same as the flintlock in terms of the mainspring, hammer, tumbler, sear and sear spring.
	people.howstuffworks.com /flintlock5.htm (524 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Flintlock Guns Work"
		The percussion cap was made possible by the discovery of a chemical compound called mercuric fulminate or fulminate of mercury.
		By putting a small amount of mercuric fulminate in a pre-made cap (a tiny cup about the size of a pencil eraser) and affixing the cap to a nipple and tube leading into the barrel, the cap can ignite the gunpowder in the barrel.
		The percussion lock is exactly the same as the flintlock in terms of the mainspring, hammer, tumbler, sear and sear spring.
	www.howstuffworks.com /flintlock5.htm (361 words)

	Chapter Percheron <i>to</i> Perfection of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.
		a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder.
		the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1207/23603/2.html (286 words)

	PERCUSSION - Definition
		The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp.
		Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate.
		A method of examination by tapping the fingertips at various points on the body to determine position and size of a structure beneath the surface.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/percussion (229 words)

	Operating the Percussion Firearm
		The cap (usually made of copper or aluminum) is coated on its inside with a quick igniting detonating compound.
		Caps have a low rate of misfire, but it is always prudent to have someone ready offstage with a back-up sound.
		The residue from explosive materials used in blank or percussive charges is extremely corrosive to the internal workings of the weapon; so let me remind you that all discharged weapons must be thoroughly cleaned within 12 hours of having been fired.
	weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com /perc_1.htm (1633 words)

	The Maynard Primer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Besides the roll caps which he invented in the early 1840's Dr. Maynard is also recognized as the inventor of one of the first efficient breech loading cavalry carbines.
		The common cap fit snugly over the cone and when fired it performed the same was as the Maynard cap, the only difference being that the spent cap had to be removed by hand and a new one put on the cone before the weapon was fired again.
		By 1861 it was decided to omit the Maynard primer in favor of the common cap in future U.S. arms as the Maynard primer had a tendency to mis-feed and exposure to any moisture rendered the rolls of caps useless.
	www.eclectichistorian.net /RifleMusket/DoorClosed.html (427 words)

	percussion. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		The act of detonating a percussion cap in a firearm.
		A method of medical diagnosis in which various areas of the body, especially the chest, back, and abdomen, are tapped to determine by resonance the condition of internal organs.
		Percussion instruments or their players considered as a group.
	www.bartleby.com /61/45/P0184500.html (156 words)

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		The caps mentioned on this subject earlier were of the musket "hat" type from the 1830's, the caps we had were at least 10-15 years newer design, not having the flattened rim and smaller in dia., the Green River Hawken had a no.11 nipple that was a little smaller dia.
		These caps have laid in storage all their life and probably in the best of possible conditions, as had the new percussion caps, so other than age the test was really not a test, other than the original caps would still fire.
		According to Shaw, this was the birth of the percussion cap.
	www.xmission.com /pub/lists/hist_text/archive/v01.n310 (3346 words)

	Percussion Cap Assembly Machine - Machinefabriek Verborg - Machine Building - Engineering Works - Design and Building ...
		With this assembly machine Percussion / Blasting caps (metal tubes closed at one end, containing a charge of one or more detonating compounds, designed to detonate from the sparks) are inserted into their sockets.
		The fifth station monitors the dimensions of the Percussion / Blasting cap socket assembly with an accuracy of +/- 0,05 mm.
		Cap assemblies that haven not passed the tests are ejected at the first station so they can be examined.
	www.verborg.nl /dynamite_en.html (345 words)

	Loading a Cap and Ball Revolver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Before loading with powder, fire a percussion cap on each chamber, and another if needed, until the flash hole is clear of oil.
		After all the chambers are loaded with powder and ball, then a percussion cap is fitted to the back of every chamber in the cylinder.
		The percussion cap is the "cap" essential to firing cap and ball revolvers
	www.hackman-adams.com /guns/capandball.htm (1131 words)

	Percussion Cap
		English words defined with "percussion cap": Capper ♦ hammer ♦ percussion ♦ Recapper.
		Translations for "percussion cap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
		sprængkapsel (blasting cap, cap, detonator, fuse cap, igniter, primer), detonator (blasting cap, booster, cap, detonator, fuse, fuse cap, igniter, primer).
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Pe/Percussion+cap.html (776 words)

	Percussion Caps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These small copper caps contained a compound that when struck by the hammer of a musket caused a spark.
		This spark ignited the powder in the barrel of the gun causing it to fire.
		Percussion caps were carried in a cap pouch worn on the belt.
	www.nps.gov /pete/mahan/percussioncap.html (72 words)

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