| 21. | The muzzleloaders touched the hammers over their percussion caps.
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| 22. | The oldest, two 1821, powder magazines, and percussion caps.
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| 23. | Percussion cap systems relied on small copper caps that were filled with hammer was cocked.
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| 24. | Once a percussion cap was placed on the nipple the gun was ready to fire.
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| 25. | The percussion cap is a small cylinder of copper or brass with one closed end.
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| 26. | The percussion cap, showed that rate of fire of breechloading firing pin rifles was much higher.
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| 27. | The bullet was then seated with the ramrod, and the nipple primed with a percussion cap.
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| 28. | Pulling the trigger releases a hammer that strikes the percussion cap and ignites the explosive primer.
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| 29. | The interior side of the multiple-chamber ring was lined with the corresponding 18 percussion cap nipples.
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| 30. | An inverted standard percussion cap was at the rear of the paper cartridge and hidden inside.
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