What Is a Percussion Cap?

In the 18 fortyes for a percussion cap not to go off youd, like onen three chances of its not going off. Pointing the gun at your head and pulling the trigger definitely kill you four times out of five. So still different from what we know to day yecause it's everything but one in the chamber. Yes. There were five chances to one that the hammer would set off a live car e and blow his brains all over the place. This was like, a much, much higher likeliness of him being killed instantly.