Combination Spear Head and Percussion Barrel

Oliver Pinchot · 17th November 2016, 08:01 AM

It had a hollow steel haft threaded at one end to mate with the head.
Inside this was fitted a mechanism consisting of a sprung plunger which struck a percussion cap fitted over the nipple when the pop-out trigger was pulled, firing the weapon. In order to cock it, you unscrewed the pommel at the butt end and gave it a smart tug. This system was used in other types of hafted weapons as well as in riding crops.

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17th November 2016, 08:01 AM	#2
Oliver Pinchot Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 470	It had a hollow steel haft threaded at one end to mate with the head. Inside this was fitted a mechanism consisting of a sprung plunger which struck a percussion cap fitted over the nipple when the pop-out trigger was pulled, firing the weapon. In order to cock it, you unscrewed the pommel at the butt end and gave it a smart tug. This system was used in other types of hafted weapons as well as in riding crops.