Percussion Hammer

Identification notes are written one part at a time, from pieces Butch has had in hand — so this section fills in as he works through the vocabulary rather than all at once. If you are trying to identify a percussion hammer you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.

1. 1.A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery : TextMetcalfe, Henry, b. 1847 · New York : John Wiley & Sons · University of California Libraries · 1891
2. 2.Report of the Gun Foundry Board, February 16, 1884United States. Gun Foundry Board; Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888 · Washington : Govt. Print. Off. · Cornell University Library · 1885
3. 3.Ordnance and gunnery; a text-book prepared for the cadets of the United States military academy, West PointLissak, Ormond Mitchell · New York : J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · University of California Libraries · 1907
4. 4.Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matérielUnited States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1920
5. 5.Navies of the world; giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations. Together with the latest developments in ordnance, torpedoes, and naval architecture, and a concise summary of the principal naval battles of the last twenty years, 1860-1880Very, Edward Wilson, 1847-1910 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons · University of California Libraries · 1880
6. 6.A text-book of ordnance and gunnery. Prepared for the use of cadets of the U. S. Military AcademyBruff, Lawrence L. (Lawrence Laurenson), 1851-1911 · New York, Wiley · University of California Libraries · 1900
7. 7.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · University of California Libraries · 1900
8. 8.Ordnance instructions for the Confederate States Navy relating to the preparation of vessels of war for battle, to the duties of officers and others when at quarters, to ordnance and ordnance stores, and to gunneryConfederate States of America. Navy · [Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.] · State Library of Pennsylvania · 1864
9. 9.Military industries of JapanMasuda, Norimoto]; Kobayashi, Ushisaburo, b. 1866 · New York [etc.] Oxford University Press · University of California Libraries · 1922
10. 10.Aus Deutschlands WaffenschmiedeReichert, J. W. (Jacob Wilhelm), 1885- · Berlin-Zehlendorf-West, H. Kalkoff · Columbia University Libraries · 1918
11. 11.A treatise on ordnance and armor: embracing descriptions, discussions, and professional opinions concerning the material, fabrication, requirements, capabilities, and endurance of European and American guns for naval, sea-coast, and iron-clad warfare, and their rifling, projectiles and breech-loadingHolley, Alexander Lyman, 1832-1882 · New York, D. Van Mostrand; London, Trübner & company · University of California Libraries · 1865
12. 12.Handbook of the 4.7-inch gun matériel, model of 1906 : with instructions for its care, November 19, 1910United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1917