Winiwarter and Gersheim, of Vienna, tor the purpose of superseding the ordinary percussion caps, and, in many instances, the gunpowder charge also. The most prominent feature of these gun primers ...

Tin made by Eley Brothers, London containing percussion caps . Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to ...

It may well be questioned whether any invention in the art of gunnery, since the introduction of gunpowder, was a longer stride in advance than the invention of the copper percussion cap.