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
Flintlock
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Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in France by Marin le Bourgeoys between 1610 and 1615. The term may also apply to
Percussion cap
…Percussion caps have been made in small sizes for pistols and larger sizes for rifles and muskets. Earlier firearms used flintlock mechanisms causing a piece of flint to strike a steel frizzen producing sparks to ignite a pan of priming powder and thereby fire the gun's main powder…
Flintlock of an 18th-century hunting rifle, with flint missing.
An English gentleman c. 1750 with his flintlock muzzle-loading sporting rifle, in a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.
A heavily decorated 18th-century Bondikula flintlock musket from the Kingdom of Kandy is an example of flintlock usage in Asia
Flintlock pistol in "Queen Anne" layout, made in Lausanne by Galliard, c. 1760. On display at Morges military museum.