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- Percussion_rifle abstract "The percussion rifle is a rifle that uses a percussion cap instead of older flintlock or matchlock variants. Faster reloading and fewer moving parts made this rifle more versatile and rugged compared to other single-shot rifles. The other advantage was that percussion caps were more reliable in bad weather, flintlocks and or matchlocks rifles did not work well in rain.The U.S. adopted the percussion system in 1841 and produced the M1841 Mississippi rifle that same year, made by Harpers Ferry Armory, E. Whitney. This was a .54 caliber, 33-inch-barrel percussion rifle. The new arm was very popular, since it was accurate and easy to handle, and its browned barrel finish contrasting with the bright brass furniture gave it a pleasing appearance. It won fame in the Mexican-American War with Jefferson Davis’ regiment of Mississippi riflemen at the battle of Buena Vista, and its continuing popularity was such that most Confederate rifle manufacturers later copied its overall style. Some were later converted to .58 caliber and fitted with long-range rear sights, but those used at Mill Springs seem to have been the original .54 caliber variety, which had simple notch rear sights. Many early percussion rifles were converted flintlock muskets. Percussion rifles were not made for very long, as percussion rifles were replaced in the 1860s by breechloading rifles, like trapdoor Springfields and the Snider-Enfield. The Dreyse needle gun that used a firing pin, not a percussion cap, showed that rate of fire of breechloading firing pin rifles was much higher.".
- Percussion_rifle thumbnail M1842.jpg?width=300.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageID "4112804".
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageLength "4775".
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageOutDegree "58".
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageRevisionID "695638822".
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Buena_Vista.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Breech-loading_weapon.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Brown_Bess.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Brunswick_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Cap_gun.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Caplock_mechanism.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Category:Early_modern_firearms.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Category:Early_rifles.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Charleville_musket.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Dreyse_needle_gun.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Fayetteville_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink File:Caplock.gif.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink File:M1842.jpg.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Firing_pin.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Flintlock.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Gun_barrel.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Gunpowder.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Infanteriegewehr_Modell_1842.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Internal_ballistics.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Jefferson_Davis.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Joslyn_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Lorenz_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink M1819_Hall_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink M1841_Mississippi_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Matchlock.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Mexican–American_War.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Minié_ball.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Minié_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Mississippi.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Model_1795_Musket.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Model_1816_Musket.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Model_1822_Musket.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Muzzle_(firearms).
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Muzzleloader.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Pattern_1853_Enfield.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Percussion_cap.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Primer_(firearm).
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Projectile.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Rate_of_fire.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Richmond_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Rifling.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Sharps_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Smoothbore.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Snider–Enfield.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Springfield_Model_1842.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Springfield_Model_1861.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Springfield_Model_1863.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Springfield_Model_1865.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Springfield_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Tubes_and_primers_for_ammunition.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Vereinsgewehr_1857.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink Whitworth_rifle.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink File:Hall_Rifle.jpg.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink File:Percussion_cap_conversion_US_Model_1814.jpg.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink File:Percussion_cap_nipple.jpg.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLink File:Percussion_caps.jpg.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLinkText "Percussion rifle".
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageWikiLinkText "percussion rifle".
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Gun-stub.
- Percussion_rifle wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Percussion_rifle subject Category:Early_modern_firearms.
- Percussion_rifle subject Category:Early_rifles.
- Percussion_rifle hypernym Rifle.
- Percussion_rifle type Weapon.
- Percussion_rifle type Firearm.
- Percussion_rifle comment "The percussion rifle is a rifle that uses a percussion cap instead of older flintlock or matchlock variants. Faster reloading and fewer moving parts made this rifle more versatile and rugged compared to other single-shot rifles. The other advantage was that percussion caps were more reliable in bad weather, flintlocks and or matchlocks rifles did not work well in rain.The U.S.".
- Percussion_rifle label "Percussion rifle".
- Percussion_rifle sameAs Q2665579.
- Percussion_rifle sameAs Percussiegeweer.
- Percussion_rifle sameAs m.0bjsp2.
- Percussion_rifle sameAs Q2665579.
- Percussion_rifle wasDerivedFrom Percussion_rifle?oldid=695638822.
- Percussion_rifle depiction M1842.jpg.
- Percussion_rifle isPrimaryTopicOf Percussion_rifle.