Gunroom
Aug 04, 2021
2 minutes
Firearms really only achieved high levels of reliability with the introduction of the self-contained centrefire cartridge around 1860. A gun’s ignition could be affected by all kinds of factors — a blunt flint, damp powder or dodgy percussion caps. Consequently, many guns were designed to incorporate a secondary weapon that was there as an insurance policy in case the w retched thing misfired at an inconvenient moment. The auxiliary weapon was also
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