MCgunner
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Here's a question I've sort of assumed for myself, but what do the cap and ball guys think? I have been loading conicals in my old .44 Navy that I wore out and my two ROAs for years, 220 grain from a Lee mold. I lube 'em with beeswax/alox generally and do NOT put crisco over 'em like I do with round ball. I nave NEVER had a chain fire doing such. My reasoning is that the bullet's lube combined with the added surface area of the bullet's contact with the chamber should be all the protection I need from chain fire and for 30 years I've seemed to be right, never had a chain fire. Am I right on this or am I just pushing my luck????
I've never known another guy with more BP revolver experience than me to ask this and I just thought of it and figured here was the time and place to put forth the question. All my friends think I'm nuts for even messing with cap and ball. So, I shoot alone and in total bliss in a cloud of sulfurous smoke. They don't know what they're missing.
I've never known another guy with more BP revolver experience than me to ask this and I just thought of it and figured here was the time and place to put forth the question. All my friends think I'm nuts for even messing with cap and ball. So, I shoot alone and in total bliss in a cloud of sulfurous smoke. They don't know what they're missing.