Title: Percussion cap? Post by: Christoph1945 on April 15, 2014, 07:12:12 PM Found this little critter at Talacre some months ago. Can anyone confirm my initial suspicions that it may be a percussion cap or detonator? :)
Title: Re: Percussion cap? Post by: diggaduff on April 15, 2014, 07:33:31 PM Hi Chris , my initial thought is its
Part of binoculars of telescope ;) Title: Re: Percussion cap? Post by: Christoph1945 on April 15, 2014, 07:37:00 PM Here is a better pic. :)
Title: Re: Percussion cap? Post by: Richie sixpence on April 15, 2014, 08:45:57 PM Has it got a thread on the inside of the end with the hole in Chris?
Title: Re: Percussion cap? Post by: Christoph1945 on April 15, 2014, 09:53:29 PM Hi Richie,
looking into the open end, it looks to be grooved or threaded; but that end is cone shaped and I can't see a thread functioning properly on the inside of a cone! ??? Title: Re: Percussion cap? Post by: Richie sixpence on April 15, 2014, 10:06:12 PM Hi Richie, looking into the open end, it looks to be grooved or threaded; but that end is cone shaped and I can't see a thread functioning properly on the inside of a cone! ??? Looks like its got a smaller hole after the tapered grooved bit? Title: Re: Percussion cap? Post by: congerman on April 16, 2014, 12:01:01 AM looks to me like the end of a plunger of A tilley lamp maybe ???
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/congerman1962/tilly-Copy_zps71d5b650.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/congerman1962/media/tilly-Copy_zps71d5b650.jpg.html) |