percussion cap

This article is excerpted from the book, The Muzzle Loading Cap Lock Rifle by Ned H. Roberts. The entire book can be accessed here: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000799864f;view=1up;seq=7;size=175 Early in the 1880's in their efforts to improve the long range accuracy of...

So I recently purchased an original Springfield 1863 percussion cap. I've heard of them coming loaded from who knows when, so I checked mine when I got it. Sure enough, there's AT LEAST one charge and bullet in there. When comparing how much extra room the ramrod should go down, it seems that...