percussion lock

method, process, technology

An ignition device for firearms in the 19th century, in which a hammer is released, which then strikes the percussion cap to fire the shot.

The percussion lock was an important innovation over the flintlock used until then. The percussion lock principle was developed by Jean Lepage in Paris in 1807–1810.

Traveljournal 1814

An outing to Chaillot, 16 August 1814
Final visits in Paris, 12–17 September 1814

Traveljournal 1825–1827

First outing to Woolwich, 19 October 1825
Guns and grenades in the Woolwich Arsenal, 22 October 1825

Traveljournal 1845

Paris hat fashions, the mint and onward journey, 19 July 1845
Fischer visits the patent office, 23 July 1845
Visit to Faraday and journey to Dover, 4 August 1845

Deanes’ Manual of the History and Science of Fire-arms. London 1858, S. 89.
Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: percussion lock. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8512, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Pistol percussion cap lock, made by Jean André Prosper Henri Le Page, 1829