Whitworth cannon friction primer?

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

To all,
I received this email from a German friend:
"Dear John, you never are imposing! The pictures with red background is a Prussian friction primer (Reibzündschraube, ~1845 to 1900), the initials will shown Feuerwerks-Labor, may be Spandau or Siegburg. That's original! The primer with coin ... I never seen it.
Glad to hear from you and
Kind Regards
Peter"

[scottfromgeorgia]

The Germans have been better engineers than Americans for a long time, it seems.

[pipedreamer65]

The Germans have been better engineers than Americans for a long time, it seems.

Yes, they have, both then and now, but everything they design is typically over engineered; to the point of making such items useless in the field if it breaks.... lol