Cap jam

[hawg]

Might have something to do with modern caps vs CW caps. Aren't modern ones thinner material?

Thinner and made of brass. CW vintage are thicker and made of copper.

 

[.38 Special]

I'm a real believer in cap posts. The only percussion revolvers I have ever used that were completely, 100%, just-like-a-centerfire reliable have them installed. Even the best of the rest, using all the tricks, were "almost always" reliable.

 

[Jimster]

Goon’s Gun Works. No more problems whatsoever. I say this from experience, not internet claims. Others may do good modifications but Goons is where I sent my 1860 Army to. 100% trouble free.

 

[45 Dragoon]

Thank you Jimster !!

Mike

 

[Ugly Sauce]

SO, I guess it's the way I shoot that avoids cap jams.

There is truth to that. I avoided jams in my 1860 by flipping it up and back when I cocked it, that always threw the caps off. But now with the somethings on it and modifications/tuning that Jack did, don't have to do that anymore. But yes, "dynamics" different recoil "management"? in different hands.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

He even told me that just "knowing" it had coils instead of flats ( even though you couldn't see them) would bug him !!!
Mike

The Hawg is a no-compromise individual!

 

[hawg]

The Hawg is a no-compromise individual!

True but I'm also kinda weird. I would never chop the barrel or put rubber grips etc. on an Italian repro but I will sporterize a WWII bolt action rifle in a heartbeat.

 

[StrawHat]

I have no doubt about that but I don't need it and I don't want something on a gun that the originals didn't come with.

Just so you are aware, some of Colt’s competitors put cap shields on their revolvers. Manhattan comes to mind. Colt thought proper fitting caps were the solution. He was right back then because the caps were made from copper. Today they are made with a harder material that splits way to easily and falls off the cones.

Kevin

 

[hawg]

Just so you are aware, some of Colt’s competitors put cap shields on their revolvers. Manhattan comes to mind. Colt thought proper fitting caps were the solution. He was right back then because the caps were made from copper. Today they are made with a harder material that splits way to easily and falls off the cones.

Kevin

Like I said it's not a problem for me.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

True but I'm also kinda weird. I

Well, we'll just say you are a bit "contradictory".

 

[Mark_Mark]

The Hawg is a no-compromise individual!

the last time Hawk Compromised was during a trip to Vietnam. It didn’t go well for the other side

 

[hawg]

the last time Hawk Compromised was during a trip to Vietnam. It didn’t go well for the other side

I missed Vietnam by a year.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I'm a real believer in cap posts. The only percussion revolvers I have ever used that were completely, 100%, just-like-a-centerfire reliable have them installed. Even the best of the rest, using all the tricks, were "almost always" reliable.

Exactly. Truth. "Almost" or 95% reliable just don't float my boat when packing a pistol in the mountains. 100% is what "works". As my 1862 and 1860 function now, (both with cap-posts) I'd be as surprised to get a miss-fire with one, as I would with a centerfire revolver.

Does seem like caps that did not split would work more better.

 

[hawg]

Well I don't pack mine anywhere. I've had this gun since 2011 and never had a cap jam with it. I'm starting to wish I'd never created the thread.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I missed Vietnam by a year.

that’s good man! war is good for no one

 

[Ugly Sauce]

???It's a good thread. If you never get a jam, you don't need no stinking cap-post. I think that's understood. ? Hawg...you okay?

 

[hawg]

???It's a good thread. If you never get a jam, you don't need no stinking cap-post. I think that's understood. ? Hawg...you okay?

Yeah I'm ok

 

[hawg]

Nothing much going on on any forums so I guess I'll go clean it.

 

[Paul R Zartman]

Probably half asleep.

Probably...cleaning guns and posting at 1:30am, I'd be half asleep too...im thinking a deformed or bad cap caused your single issue, or something similar to that...

 

[hawg]

Probably...cleaning guns and posting at 1:30am, I'd be half asleep too...im thinking a deformed or bad cap caused your single issue, or something similar to that...

I don't sleep well. Two or three hours at a time. Up for a few hours and repeat. No the caps were fine, I can't blame it on the caps. It split in the middle but didn't come apart. It was almost folded back on itself. I have no doubt if I had been shooting it it wouldn't have happened.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Until it does!

 

[hawg]

Until it does!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I don't sleep well. Two or three hours at a time.

Dang it Hawg, sleep is one of the few things I do well. 9 hours is what I do, and sometimes ten. ! Early to bed, late to rise. When I get sick with a bad cold or flu, I probably double that. Might be kind of a "no brain, no pain" type of thing.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I have no doubt if I had been shooting it it wouldn't have happened

Yep, I'm thinking recoil "dynamics". Kind of like two people shooting the same Luger, for one person it might be perfectly reliable, the other person, not.

 

[hawg]

Dang it Hawg, sleep is one of the few things I do well. 9 hours is what I do, and sometimes ten. ! Early to bed, late to rise. When I get sick with a bad cold or flu, I probably double that. Might be kind of a "no brain, no pain" type of thing.

I used to until my cpap started giving me problems and I had moved 90 miles away since I got it. I waited to long to get it replaced and they made me take another sleep test and told me I didn't have sleep apnea anymore. They're full of it.