TheOutlawKid
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The Kid is right about not making the cap so strong. Firing caps made with the 36gauge .005 copper on my tester .The cups flatten out to a disk upon firing. I have not made any with the brass sheet. A double layer pop can actually fares a little better on the tester. In all cases a least half of the power shoots down the outside of the nipple.I may reduce my charge more to improve this. A over charged cap will use up your powders faster and gunk up your revolver quick.. To all who use the cap maker from sharp shooter . Are they working well? Mine came with problems. Lots of flashing around the punched out holes.This made it hard to slide the metal over for the next punching. Also lots of little metal bits coming out with the cups.. I have made it better by expanding the teeth outward and putting a sharp edge on the teeth. I also polished the funnel part and the center hole the cup gets pushed through.. It now works better.Less hangups and easy to push through.
Black Jack Shellac
Mine doesnt have lots of issues but it does have the issue where i have to sometimes struggle with the cap material getting stuck when trying to move it over to punch another hole. Usually its cuz the soft material has bent on a corner/edge somewhere...i havent really even tried troubleshooting it. Were you able to cause this issue to go away mr.blackjackshellac. For those that dont know...me and mr.blackjackshellac have been conversing for some time now about primer mixes and methods...hes a wealth of knowledge when it comes to this stuff so absorb all he gives and im sure you will have a very successful cap building experience.