How To Use percussion cap In A Sentence
- Percussion caps (invented in 1805 but heretofore little used) now replaced flints, but the basic weapon remained a smoothbore musket.
- The first mines were employed in the American Civil War when Confederate forces linked tripwires to musket trigger mechanisms to fire black powder and shrapnel charges with percussion caps.
- There was a crack, but no sepoy dropped dead; the percussion cap had fired but not the pistol.
- That released the firing pin, which in turn fired the percussion cap and triggered a chemical reaction that generated oxygen.
- This muzzle-loader was fired by a percussion cap and shot a .58 caliber bullet.
- But this time there was only a disappointing click; not even the percussion cap fired.
- Seems like finding a battery (and some systems are even batteryless) would be easier than trying to locate a source of percussion caps, primers, or their contents (lead azide, sodium perchlorate). Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System
- This muzzle-loader was fired by a percussion cap and shot a .58 caliber bullet.
- Traditional, or as many call them real, muzzle loaders are either percussion cap fired or flintlock. Okay muzzleloaders! I know NOTHING about these rifles, please inform and entertain me with your wisdom!
- That released the firing pin, which in turn fired the percussion cap and triggered a chemical reaction that generated oxygen.
