Blunderbuss
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The blunderbuss is a Seventeenth- to mid-Nineteenth-century muzzleloading firearm with a short, large caliber, smoothbore barrel. The blunderbuss is flared at the muzzle to aid the loading of shot, wh
A flintlock blunderbuss, built for Tipu Sultan
An English flintlock blunderbuss
A French blunderbuss, called an espingole, 1760, France
Musketoon, blunderbuss and coach gun from the American Civil War era
Percussion cap
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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 a
Percussion caps have been manufactured in various sizes to fit snugly over different sized nipples.
Nipples for 4.5mm and 6mm percussion caps
Japanese matchlock converted to caplock, the brass band is dated to Meiji 27 (明治二十七), i.e. 1894
A pair of caplock twister pistols