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| ''[[A Pistol Shot (Vystrel)]]'' || [[Yuriy Yakovlev]] || The Earl || || 1966 | | ''[[A Pistol Shot (Vystrel)]]'' || [[Yuriy Yakovlev]] || The Earl || || 1966 | ||
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| ''[[Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye)]]'' || [[Andrey Mironov]] || Sigayev || || 1969 | |||
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| ''[[Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye)]]'' || [[Anatoli Papanov]] || Stepan Chubukov || || 1969 | |||
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| ''[[Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye)]]'' || [[Georgiy Burkov]] || Ivan Lomov || || 1969 | |||
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| ''[[Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye)]]'' || [[Valentin Gaft]] || Gun store clerk || || 1969 | |||
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| ''[[The Adventures of Prince Florisel (Priklyucheniya printsa Florizelya)]]'' || [[Vitaliy Ilin]] || Mark || || 1981 | | ''[[The Adventures of Prince Florisel (Priklyucheniya printsa Florizelya)]]'' || [[Vitaliy Ilin]] || Mark || || 1981 | ||
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| ''[[Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch)]]'' || || Pirates || || 1982 | | ''[[Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch)]]'' || || Pirates || || 1982 | ||
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| ''[[A Cruel Romance]]'' || [[Andrey Myagkov]] || Karandyshev || || 1984 | |||
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| ''[[A Cruel Romance]]'' || [[Georgiy Burkov]] || Robinzon || || 1984 | |||
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| ''[[Shipwrecked]]'' || [[Guy Fithen]] || Thatcher || || 1990 | | ''[[Shipwrecked]]'' || [[Guy Fithen]] || Thatcher || || 1990 | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 28 October 2015
Specifications
(19th Century)
Type: Pistol
Caliber: Various
Capacity: 1
Fire Modes: Single Shot
Percussion cap pistol
The percussion cap replaced the flint, the steel "frizzen", and the powder pan of the flint-lock mechanism. It was only generally applied to the British military musket (the Brown Bess) in 1842, a quarter of a century after the invention of percussion powder and after an elaborate government test at Woolwich in 1834. The first percussion firearm produced for the US military was the percussion carbine version of the M1819 Hall rifle.
The discovery of fulminates was made by Edward Charles Howard (1774–1816) in 1800. The invention that made the percussion cap possible using the recently discovered fulminates was patented by the Rev. Alexander John Forsyth of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1807.
The Percussion Cap Pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Jean-Claude Brialy | Pere Morrel | 1998 |
Anime
| Show Title | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle in the Sky | Dola | 1986 | |
| Samurai Champloo | Christian missionary | anachronistic for a scene that takes place in 16th century | 2004-2005 |