either the Maynard system or standard percussion caps, and so remained functional even with the problems of the Maynard system. Variations of the Maynard tape system are still used today in modern toy guns. References Pauly, Roger (2004). Firearms: The Life Story of a Technology. Greenwood Publishing Group. Coggins, Jack (2004). Arms and Equipment of the Civil War. Courier Dover Publications. Early modern firearms Ammunition American inventions 19th-century inventions Firearm terminology