# percussion caps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 13, 1999, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738 "1999-07-13T20:04:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 1999, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738/1 "1999-07-13T20:04:00Z")

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How do they get them onto the bullets without detonating the fulminite in the process?

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**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738/2 "1999-07-23T23:45:00Z")

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Primers, you mean? They just push them into the socket. A primer won’t go off unless you strike it sharply, or apply really a lot of pressure: just pushing on it isn’t a problem.

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**Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738/3 "1999-07-24T20:45:00Z")

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Thanks. I thought the merest touch would set fulminite off!

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**Post date:** [July 25, 1999, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738/4 "1999-07-25T04:38:00Z")

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Hey, Dougie…this sort of question really belongs in the General Question forum, OK? THIS forum, the BBQ Pit, is where we get to spit at each other and pull one another’s hair out. I’m afraid that we simply can’t have unbridled courtesy and curiosity here, we have standards to maintain.

Lynn/SDStaffLynn  
For the Straight Dope

PS You’re also more likely to get your question answered correctly in GQ.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 1999, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percussion-caps/1738/5 "1999-07-26T18:20:00Z")

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Thanks, Lynn…I hadn’t grasped the distinction yet between General Questions and the BBQ Pit…from now on if I pose a question here I’ll strive to be at my fiercest. 🙂