rim fire caps

[zimmerstutzen]

Made for use in a type of muzzle loader called a zimmerstutzen, these caps have been sometimes used to ignite powder charges in other styles of muzzleloaders.

Note that they have a rim similar to rim fire ammo.

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[zimmerstutzen]

BTW: on German caps you will see the word "Zundhutchen" quite literally, it means little ignition hats. Zund = ignition and hutchen = little hats You will also often see the term Vorderlader which means "forward loader" i.e. muzzle loader