tape-primern. an obsolete primer for firearms, consisting of a flexible paper or other band containing small fulminating charges at equal distances.
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touchpaper1724
tape-primer1877
1877 E. H. KnightPract. Dict. Mech. 2495/2 The tape-primer required a peculiar lock, having a recess for containing the tape and mechanism for advancing each primer successively to the nipple.