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I shoot Dragoons with real BP and Track of the Wolf nipples for #11 caps. Should I buy magnum caps or stick with standard?
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#11 cap question
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CCI caps, that is
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TOW recommends CCI standard #11's.
The extra primer material may not allow the magnum caps to seat the same.
The ignition is basically directly into the chamber.
Unless there's ignition problems or trouble finding standard #11 caps.
But if you really want to try them, maybe you'll like the magnums.
It's a roll of the dice I guess.
The extra primer material may not allow the magnum caps to seat the same.
The ignition is basically directly into the chamber.
Unless there's ignition problems or trouble finding standard #11 caps.
But if you really want to try them, maybe you'll like the magnums.
It's a roll of the dice I guess.
LST-1185
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First off I would like to say hello to everyone on this forum as I just joined. I have been a member of the cast boolet forum for some time but enjoyed reading the post here as well. As for the op question I have tow, amoco and slixshot nipples installed on my revolvers and I only use Remington #10 caps. I to tried CCI #11 magnums with the tow nipples and they most of the time required two hits to fire.
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I poked through some search results about CCI #11 Magnum caps and they work with some Pietta revolvers.
However Tyril said,
"the cap would violently explode off of the nipple, and shoot little cap-parts everywhere. I had about 10% jamming rate, too, from cap-bits getting stuck in the lockwork. Didn't have a single hang fire though. I'm getting normal #11s next time!"
He was shooting a Pietta Remington and this was in a thread about wearing EYE PROTECTION where another poster was hit in the hand by a cap fragment. HINT! --->>> https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/wear-your-shooting-glasses.190788/#post-2336068
Some ROA folks like to use them and they worked in Pohill's Uberti Walker without a mention of double strikes, and in a Pietta 1851 .36 and an unnamed brasser.
Tyril also mentioned that there were no misfires using them with paper cartirdges.
FYI, Winchester #11 Magnums are relabeled CCI's.
However Tyril said,
"the cap would violently explode off of the nipple, and shoot little cap-parts everywhere. I had about 10% jamming rate, too, from cap-bits getting stuck in the lockwork. Didn't have a single hang fire though. I'm getting normal #11s next time!"
He was shooting a Pietta Remington and this was in a thread about wearing EYE PROTECTION where another poster was hit in the hand by a cap fragment. HINT! --->>> https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/wear-your-shooting-glasses.190788/#post-2336068
Some ROA folks like to use them and they worked in Pohill's Uberti Walker without a mention of double strikes, and in a Pietta 1851 .36 and an unnamed brasser.
Tyril also mentioned that there were no misfires using them with paper cartirdges.
FYI, Winchester #11 Magnums are relabeled CCI's.
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Mr.powdermark...only Remington caps! You wont need magnum caps to set off black powder especially in cap guns. The nipple is directly in contact with powder unlike in a side lock where it might have to turn a corner. Straight shot of flame and hot gasses...even a standard cap is way more than enough. Use remington caps as they have a better build...they usually stay whole when they burst and "pedal" open like a flower...unlike CCI's that usually turn into shrapnel and awkward pieces that can and will jam the gun. Also remington 11s and 10s work great with treso, slixshot, TOTW aftermarket nipples.
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Isn’t Remington going out of business?
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Welcome @LST-1185
@PowderMark I've only used magnums on inline rifles that take #11's. Never really thought about using them with revolvers but doesn't seem like they'd be necessary.
If you have both available I'd go standard.
@PowderMark I've only used magnums on inline rifles that take #11's. Never really thought about using them with revolvers but doesn't seem like they'd be necessary.
If you have both available I'd go standard.
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No. It's being reorganized, ie screwing creditors, employees, and pension plans under the auspices of the courts.
OP - whatever cap fits will be fine. As OK notes, very easy to ignite BP.
rdnktrkr
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I always thought #10s were for my pistols and #11s were for rifles, I have used the #11 magnum caps when I tried pellets in a Knight inline.
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Depends on the nipples. I've used #11's at one point or another on pretty much all of my c&b revolvers.
Slowly converting to Treso/Ampco's on a lot of them and they tend to do better with the 11's. The only tens that work on these are Remingtons.
Where I live you don't see #10 Remington caps very often and that is going back to the 1980s. Remington #10 caps fit most of my guns well. I have been resizing #11 CCI caps with the Smokein'Joes cap sizer and my cap jams have mostly stopped. My resized CCI caps fit tighter than Remington caps and a lot of the fired caps stay on the nipples and they don't fragment anymore.
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