Traditional sidelock muzzleloaders ignite the powder charge by igniting powder with a spark with flint or with a percussion cap contained by a lock that is attached offset to the barrel.

The gun uses percussion caps and it’s lightweight, pretty enough, and easy to maintain. The second is a side-by-side (SxS) 12-gauge made by Davide Pedersoli—The Classic Standard—choked Cylin ...

The in-line design launched a revolution in muzzleloading by placing its percussion cap nipple directly behind the chamber, where it was sheltered from rain, snow and spark-robbing humidity to ...

The rifle was a standard percussion cap musket and saw extensive usage by ... to conduct business with interested buyers. A muzzle-loader, the Whitworth had a range of up to 1,500 yards, with ...

an elongated rifle shot and percussion ... loader, Captain Norton places a little gnn cotton first in the lower end of the cartridge, and gunpowder over the cotton, the fire from the cap being ...