| 41. | The propellant charge assembly consists of the percussion cap, the propellant powder, and an expanding copper rotating band.
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| 42. | Unlike these earlier guns, which had percussion cap ignition the Lancaster was chambered for the more modern brass cartridges.
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| 43. | When percussion locks became popular, musketeers also carried another small box on their belt which held the percussion caps.
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| 44. | This made the No 6 almost as dangerous as the percussion cap grenades that it was designed to replace.
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| 45. | The purpose would have been to convert as many of the weapons as possible to standard percussion cap weapons.
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| 46. | In the 1840s, the unreliable flintlocks had been replaced by much more reliable and weather resistant percussion cap systems.
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| 47. | The percussion cap system was much more reliable and weatherproof than the flintlock system used on the Model 1812.
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| 48. | The weapon could also be primed in the usual way with standard percussion caps if the tape was unavailable.
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| 49. | The percussion cap is placed over a hollow metal " nipple " at the rear end of the gun barrel.
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| 50. | But the shooter first must learn a whole lot about black powder, percussion caps, wadding, lead balls and hand-strengthening exercises.
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