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An inverted standardpercussioncapwas at the rear of the paper cartridge and hidden inside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sufficient pressure on the cover shears the restraining wire, allowing the striker spring to push the striker into a 1.7 grpercussioncap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pulling the trigger releases a hammer which strikes thepercussioncapand ignites the explosive primer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepercussion-capsystem replaced the flintlock's flint and flashpan with a waterproof copper cap that created a spark when struck.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Originally, the topmost canister had apercussioncapthat was to detonate the main charge.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The freed striker is forced into apercussioncapwhich ignites a short pyrotechnic delay.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepercussioncapsystem was vastly superior to the flintlock, being much more reliable and much more resistant to weather.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It used a waterproof paper cartridge ignited with apercussioncap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The explosives in thepercussioncapare a lead styphnate and tetrazene mixture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They assured landing on the nose, which was backed by apercussioncapthat set off the main powder charge in the body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the late 1860s, breech-loading metallic cartridges had made thepercussioncapsystem obsolete.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In modern systems, this is almost always apercussioncap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ammunition was loaded as a long clip of twenty-five rounds, which were fired by a singlepercussioncapin a single volley.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepercussioncapis a small cylinder of copper or brass with one closed end.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some angeldon is additionally equipped with a device that marks when you got something on with sound (percussioncap) or smoke.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It continued to be in common use for over two centuries, replaced bypercussioncapand, later, cartridge-based systems in the early-to-mid 19th century.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The next important advance in the method of ignition was the introduction of the copperpercussioncap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The propellant charge is ignited when the firing pin hits thepercussioncap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is thought to have invented the first fully contained cartridge in 1808, as well as thepercussioncapin 1818.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepercussioncapapparently became too cold as the parcel was carried in the unheated cargo hold.
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