SINGLE ROLL OF MAYNARD TAPE PRIMERS

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Item Code: 286-1414

Offered here is a single, unwrapped roll of tape primers.

The Maynard tape priming system was designed by Edward Maynard to replace copper percussion caps with a faster, mechanical way of priming and firing long arms.

Dr. Edward Maynard, a dentist with an interest in firearms, embedded tiny pellets of priming material in thin strips of paper, then glued a second strip of paper on top of the first, creating a "tape" of primers. The tape could be manufactured quickly and cheaply, since paper was much less expensive than copper. Maynard developed an automatic feeding system that would advance the tape when the musket's hammer was cocked. Upon pulling the trigger, the hammer fell, detonating the primer, while a cutting edge under the hammer removed the spent portion of the tape.

As issued, ten rolls were packaged in a tin container.   [jet] [PH:L]

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