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Gauge for Priming Tubes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Mold for testing the piercing of percussion caps. It consists of a bell-shaped solid copper body through which an iron tube runs from top to bottom; a pin is attached to this tube, upon which the percussion cap is placed. A similarly bell-shaped lid with a ribbed edge at the top is screwed over the whole; its internal shape fits precisely around the edge of the percussion cap. The mold is equipped with a copper percussion cap.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGauge for Priming Tubes. 1860. Marine Stoomvaartdienst. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
