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Old December 31, 2011, 08:09 PM   #3
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Properly done, a flintlock fires faster than a percussion gun because the hammer of a percussion gun has to get all the way down before the cap will fire, whereas the sparks will set off the pan charge, setting off the barrel charge before the hammer falls all the way.

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