"Caplock" redirects here. For the computing term, see Caps lock.
For a description of the primers that replaced percussion caps in breech loaded cartridges, see Centerfire ammunition.
Percussion caps have been manufactured in various sizes to fit snugly over different sized nipples.Nipples for 4.5mm and 6mm percussion caps
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] Its invention gave rise to the caplock mechanism or percussion lock system which used percussion caps struck by the hammer to set off the gunpowder charge in rifles and cap and ball firearms. Any firearm using a caplock mechanism is a percussion gun. Any long gun with a cap-lock mechanism and rifled barrel is a percussion rifle. Cap and ball describes cap-lock firearms discharging a single bore-diameter spherical bullet with each shot.
^Fadala, Sam (17 November 2006). The Complete Black powder Handbook. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. pp. 159–161. ISBN 0-89689-390-1.[permanent dead link]
The percussioncap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader...
cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and smoke when a small percussioncap is ignited. Cap guns...
has application in medicine and weaponry, as in percussioncap. However, all known uses of percussion appear to share a similar lineage beginning with...
and is a word play on percussioncap. It is now used to refer to any accessory product made to perform similar function. A snap cap is used to ensure that...
a "cone"), which holds a small percussioncap. The nipple contains a tube that goes into the barrel. The percussioncap contains a chemical compound called...
are percussioncap guns, although some designs exist for compressed air guns and some examples were made in pinfire cartridge form. In percussioncap guns...
flintlock continued to be in common use for over two centuries, replaced by percussioncap and, later, the cartridge-based systems in the early-to-mid 19th century...
rimfire metallic cartridge was the .22 BB Cap (a.k.a. 6mm Flobert) cartridge, which consisted of a percussioncap with a bullet attached to the top. While...
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...
of the creep spring - that slammed the striker against the percussioncap. The percussioncap fired directly into the adjacent detonator, which in turn...
30-grain charge of black powder, which was ignited by a small copper percussioncap that contained a volatile charge of fulminate of mercury (a substance...
cap is placed over a hollow metal "nipple" at the rear end of the gun barrel. Pulling the trigger releases a hammer, which strikes the percussioncap...
Although it has been superseded in these uses by different processes (the percussioncap), or materials (ferrocerium), "flint" has lent its name as generic term...
firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to strike a percussioncap 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 percussioncap at the base of the bullet. However, to conceal the revolutionary nature...
some percussioncap and pinfire boxlocks also existed. The popularity of boxlock actions declined rapidly after the emergence of percussioncap and pinfire...
and the nipple primed with a percussioncap. Typical paper cartridges for revolvers differ from the robust percussion rifle cartridges, in that the cartridge...
the percussioncap action, although both actions were manufactured and sold for some time. For arms of his own design, he adopted the newer percussion cap...
caplock firearms, the ignition sparks are generated by a shock-sensitive percussioncap placed over a conical "nipple", which has a hollow conduit known as...
first rimfire metallic cartridge, constituted by a bullet fit in a percussioncap. Usually derived in the 6 mm and 9 mm calibres, it is since then called...
subsequent misfire. One would then remove the remains of the last fired percussioncap and place the handgun on its half-cock notch, pour 15 to 25 grains (1...
loaded with a lead ball and fired by a flint striker, and then later a percussioncap. The handgun required a reload every time it was shot. However, as technology...
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