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2. Nipple wrench (black powder) - Wikipedia

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   Relating to black-powder firearms, a nipple wrench is used to unscrew nipples which hold percussion caps. [1] References This page was last edited on 14 ...

3. Percussion cap - Wikipedia

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   Percussion caps have been manufactured in various sizes to fit snugly over different sized nipples. Nipples for 4.5mm and 6mm percussion caps. 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 any weather condition. [1]

4. Forehand & Wadsworth - Wikipedia

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   Forehand & Wadsworth (later known as Forehand Arms) was an American firearms manufacturing company based in Worcester, Massachusetts.It was formed in 1871 by Sullivan Forehand and Henry C. Wadsworth after the death of their father-in-law, Ethan Allen of Ethan Allen & Company, and was acquired in 1902 by Hopkins & Allen, a firearms company based in Connecticut.

5. Harrington & Richardson - Wikipedia

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   Like the .32 Long Colt, The black powder .32 H&R was eventually rendered obsolete by the popularity of the .32 S&W Long introduced in 1896 and the development of smokeless powders. Note that the black powder .32 H&R developed in the 1880s should not be confused with the modern smokeless powder .32 H&R Magnum , developed over 100 years later in ...

6. Category:Black-powder pistols - Wikipedia

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   Colt 1851 Navy Revolver; Colt Army Model 1860; Colt Dragoon Revolver; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver; Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top; Colt Paterson; Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers; Colt Walker

7. 12 mm Lefaucheux - Wikipedia

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   Originally, the 12 mm, was a classic Lefaucheux cartridge, with a side pin from its introduction in 1858 until 1873, when it was adapted and became a rimmed center-fire cartridge for use in the MAS revolver 1873-1874 then used by the French Army.

8. Nipple wrench - Wikipedia

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   Nipple wrench can refer to: Spoke wrench, a tool for tightening wheel spokes; Nipple wrench (plumbing), a plumbing tool; Nipple wrench (black powder), ...

9. .45 Black Powder Magnum - Wikipedia

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   The .45 BPM can be handloaded using a .460 S&W Magnum brass casing, a standard large pistol primer, from 40 grains black powder with filler as necessary to avoid air gaps on up to 60 grains black powder. A typical bullet would consist of soft lead from 150 to 250 grains in weight with a black powder appropriate lubricant in the groove(s).