A clue to the beginning of the percussion era in Great Britian
In the 1823 British book "The Shooter's Companion" T.B. Johnson wrote that he had used the copper cap plan for three hunting seasons and found it to be superior. He concluded that, "Copper cap guns will unquestionably become general..." Johnson's remarks indicate that firearms using percussion caps had been available in Great Britian for at least three years by 1823, but were not yet ubiquitous.
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