Maynard tape primer
Cebador de cinta Maynard
- Date
- 1845 · confidence medium
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Credited to
- Edward Maynard
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
Priming system devised by Edward Maynard that replaced the loose percussion cap with a paper tape carrying fulminate charges, speeding up the reloading of percussion muskets.
What it led to
- Adoption in the Maynard rifle and U.S. military weapons
- Forerunner of cap tapes used in toy guns
- Improved infantry rate of fire