![]() He grew frustrated with the flintlock's notoriously slow firing time-one that allowed the birds to spot the flame from the pan and change course before the weapon actually discharged-and misfires from wet gunpowder. ![]() Reverend Alexander Forsyth patents the first percussion ignition in 1807, which he developed after a rainy duck hunt in his native Scotland.
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