Volume III: AMMUNITION AND PERFORMANCE
Chapter 23
FLINTS, PERCUSSION
CAPS AND MISFIRE RATES
FLINTS AND THEIR SUPPLY, 191
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Supplies of flints from London, 191
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Agate flints, 204
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Local purchase and knapping of flints in Bengal, 205
PERCUSSION CAPS AND THEIR SUPPLY, 206
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The East India Company's percussion caps, 206
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Supplies of caps from London, 206
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Machinery for making percussion caps in India, 209
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Detonating composition, 210
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The manufacture of percussion caps in India, 211
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The process of manufacturing percussion caps, 214
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The carrying of percussion caps by soldiers, 217
MISFIRE RATES, 218
FLINTLOCK IGNITION, 218
RATES OF MISFIRE WITH FLINTLOCKS: THE MADRAS TRIALS OF 1840-41,
223
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The "Troop trials", 224
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Trial of the Fusil of Musket Bore, 228
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The Select Committee trials, 229
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The Malwa misfire trial of 1853, 231
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Misfires with flintlock cavalry pistols, Madras c1854-55,
232
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Misfires with the Baker Rifle in Bengal, 232
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The disadvantages and dangers of enlarged vents, 233
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General conclusions about flintlock ignition, 235
RATES OF MISFIRE WITH PERCUSSION ARMS, 237
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