The percussion cap replaced the flint, the steel "frizzen", and the powder pan of the flint-lock mechanism. It was only generally applied to the British military musket (the Brown Bess) in 1842, a quarter of a century after the invention of percussion powder and after an elaborate government test at Woolwich in 1834. The first percussion firearm produced for the US military was the percussion carbine version of the M1819 Hall rifle.
The discovery of fulminates was made by Edward Charles Howard (1774–1816) in 1800. The invention that made the percussion cap possible using the recently discovered fulminates was patented by the Rev. Alexander John Forsyth of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1807.
Specifications
(19th Century)
Type: Pistol
Caliber: Various
Capacity: 1
Fire Modes: Single Shot
The Percussion Cap Pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Title
|
Actor
|
Character
|
Note
|
Date
|
The Mark of Zorro |
Douglas Fairbanks |
Zorro |
|
1920
|
The Mark of Zorro |
Marguerite De La Motte |
Lolita Pulido |
|
1920
|
Jánošík |
Theodor Pistek |
Juraj Jánošík |
|
1921
|
Jozef Chylo |
Pišta
|
|
soldiers
|
|
|
hanged on the wall
|
Lorna Doone |
Frank Keenan |
Sir Ensor Doone |
|
1922
|
Donald MacDonald |
Carver Doone
|
John Bowers |
John Ridd
|
|
Conspirators, Doones, Yeomen peasants
|
Tom Sawyer |
Leonid Kulakov |
Pipkins |
|
1936
|
Boris Zagorsky |
Pap Finn
|
|
Police
|
Gavroche |
Andrey Korablyov |
Javert |
Russian M1854 Naval |
1937
|
Ivan Novoseltsev |
Enjolras |
|
Ivan Bobrov |
Jean Prouvaire
|
Vasili Novikov |
Marseille
|
Uncredited |
Royalist officer
|
|
Republicans
|
The Bear (Medved) |
|
|
Seen on the wall; probably Russian M1854 Naval |
1938
|
A Captain at Fifteen (Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan) |
Vsevolod Larionov |
Dick Sand |
Double barreled |
1945
|
A Captain at Fifteen (Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan) |
|
A slaver |
|
1945
|
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Vynález zkázy) |
Miloslav Holub |
Count Artigas |
As fictional automatic "clockwork" gun |
1958
|
Václav Kyzlink |
Engineer Serke
|
|
Pirates |
Various models
|
A Jester's Tale (Bláznova kronika) |
Petr Kostka |
Petr |
|
1964
|
Treasure of the Aztecs |
Ralf Wolter |
Andreas Hasenpfeffer |
|
1965
|
Pyramid of the Sun God |
Ralf Wolter |
Andreas Hasenpfeffer |
|
1965
|
A Pistol Shot (Vystrel) |
Mikhail Kozakov |
Silvio |
|
1966
|
A Pistol Shot (Vystrel) |
Yuriy Yakovlev |
The Earl |
|
1966
|
The Phantom of Morrisville (Fantom Morrisvillu) |
|
|
Wall decoration |
1966
|
The Three Fat Men (Tri tolstyaka) |
Aleksey Batalov |
Tibul |
|
1966
|
Lina Braknyte |
Suok
|
Evgeniy Morgunov |
Second Fat Man
|
|
Rebels, government troops, servant in palace
|
The Snow Queen (Snezhnaya koroleva) |
Era Ziganshina |
Little Robber Girl |
Several different |
1967
|
Olga Vikland |
Robber Woman |
Several different
|
Valeri Nikitenko |
Storyteller |
Blunderbuss pistol
|
|
Robbers |
Various models
|
Viy or Spirit of Evil |
|
|
Russian M1854 Naval, hangs on the wall |
1967
|
Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye) |
Andrey Mironov |
Sigayev |
|
1969
|
Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye) |
Anatoli Papanov |
Stepan Chubukov |
|
1969
|
Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye) |
Georgiy Burkov |
Ivan Lomov |
|
1969
|
Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye) |
Valentin Gaft |
Gun store clerk |
|
1969
|
An Old, Old Tale (Staraya, staraya skazka) |
Georgiy Shtil |
Bodyguard |
|
1969
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
|
|
Quadruple, seen on the table |
1971
|
The Light at the Edge of the World |
Kirk Douglas |
Will Denton |
Double barreled |
1971
|
|
Pirates |
Standard and double barreled
|
The Lost Letter (Propala hramota) |
|
|
Hanged on the wall |
1972
|
A Golden-coloured Straw Hat (Solomennaya shlyapka) |
Yefim Kopelyan |
de Beauperthuis |
Quad barreled and double barreled |
1974
|
A Golden-coloured Straw Hat (Solomennaya shlyapka) |
Andrey Mironov |
Fadinard |
Quad barreled |
1974
|
Truffaldino from Bergamo (Truffaldino iz Bergamo) |
Viktor Kostetskiy |
Florindo Aretusi |
Mockups with genuine locks |
1977
|
Evgeniy Tilicheev |
Captain of guards
|
Boris Smolkin |
A robber
|
An Ordinary Miracle (Obyknovennoye chudo) |
Aleksandr Abdulov |
The Bear |
Russian M1854 Naval |
1978
|
An Ordinary Miracle (Obyknovennoye chudo) |
Evgeni Leonov |
King |
Russian M1854 Naval |
1978
|
An Ordinary Miracle (Obyknovennoye chudo) |
Evgeniya Simonova |
Princess |
Russian M1854 Naval |
1978
|
An Ordinary Miracle (Obyknovennoye chudo) |
Andrey Mironov |
Minister Administrator |
Russian M1854 Naval |
1978
|
The Very Same Munchhausen (Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen) |
Oleg Yankovskiy |
Baron von Munchhausen |
|
1979
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Stanislav Sadalskiy |
Cornet Aleksey Pletnyov |
|
1980
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Vladimir Nosik |
Hussar Officer |
|
1980
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Valeriy Pogoreltsev |
Hussar Officer |
|
1980
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Nikolay Kochegarov |
Hussar Officer |
|
1980
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Valentin Gaft |
Colonel Ivan Pokrovsky |
|
1980
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Oleg Basilashvili |
Count Merzlyaev |
|
1980
|
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo) |
Evgeni Leonov |
Afanasy Bubentsov |
|
1980
|
The Adventures of Prince Florisel (Priklyucheniya printsa Florizelya) |
Vitaliy Ilin |
Mark |
|
1981
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Georgi Shtil |
O'Brien |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Leonid Markov |
Capt. Billy Bones |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Gennadiy Yukhtin |
Israel Hands |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Geliy Sysoev |
Harry |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Konstantin Vorobyov |
Jim |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Anatoliy Slivnikov |
Job Anderson |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Nikolai Kryukov |
Tom Morgan |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Yuriy Nikolaev |
Pirat |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Vyacheslav Burlachko |
Pirat |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
Valeriy Kozinets |
Pirat |
|
1982
|
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) |
|
Pirates |
|
1982
|
A Cruel Romance |
Andrey Myagkov |
Karandyshev |
|
1984
|
A Cruel Romance |
Georgiy Burkov |
Robinzon |
|
1984
|
Shipwrecked |
Guy Fithen |
Thatcher |
|
1990
|
Mother |
|
|
Seen in gun store |
1990
|
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach |
|
A mobster |
|
1992
|
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq |
Gérard Depardieu |
Vidocq |
|
2001
|
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq |
|
Bodyguard |
|
2001
|
The Lady Musketeer |
|
Assassins |
|
2004
|
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) |
|
|
Russian M1854 Naval, seen in the Turkish bank |
2005
|
Oliver Twist |
Jamie Foreman |
Bill Sykes |
|
2005
|
Pirates of Treasure Island |
Rhett Giles |
Wilkins |
|
2006
|
Pirates of Treasure Island |
Jeff Denton |
Dr. Livesley |
|
2006
|
Pirates of Treasure Island |
Andrea Lui |
Yee |
|
2006
|
Pirates of Treasure Island |
Lance Henriksen |
John Silver |
|
2006
|
Pirates of Treasure Island |
|
Pirates |
|
2006
|
Beauty and the Beast |
|
Perducas' brigands |
|
2014
|
Forbidden Empire |
Aleksandr Karpov |
Panas |
|
2014
|
Television
Anime
Show Title
|
Character
|
Notation
|
Date
|
Castle in the Sky |
Dola |
|
1986
|
Samurai Champloo |
Christian missionary |
anachronistic for a scene that takes place in 16th century |
2004-2005
|