Gunroom

The perfection of the percussion cap in about 1820 was the most important technological development in small-arms ammunition since the formula for gunpowder came to the West in about 1280.

It not only made guns less susceptible to the vagaries of the weather, by making ignition more certain, but also paved the way for the self-contained cartridge. Pinfire ignition was developed in the early 1830s and patented