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Caplock mechanism
The
caplock mechanism
or
percussion lock
was the successor of the
flintlock mechanism
in
firearm
technology, and used a
percussion cap
struck by the hammer to set off the main charge, rather than using a piece of flint to strike a steel
frizzen
.
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