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U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets Maynard Tape Primer Mechanism

Also called tape primer, primer door.

Automatic priming system unique to the US Model 1855.

The reference

Documented on this arm

  • U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets Maynard Tape Primer Mechanism

Interchange

What a U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets maynard tape primer mechanism also fits

No interchange has been recorded for this part yet. Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled — a blank here means nothing has been checked, not that everything fits.

From the bench

Availability

Stock

No maynard tape primer mechanism for the U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets at the moment

Almost everything here is one of a kind, so it turns over item by item rather than in runs. A wanted listing is the reliable way to hear when the right one surfaces — and it is also what tells Butch which parts are worth making next.

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All U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets parts · Maynard Tape Primer Mechanism across every arm · The percussion era