1839 28 Mar. 3/4 The officer at the head of the Ordnance would have to come down to the house and ask for a large vote to provide percussion arms.
1953 17 205/2 There is another aspersion against percussion arms which is not entirely warranted.
2000 (Nexis) 9 Nov. a18 Deringer of Philadelphia commenced manufacture of percussion arms in 1825.