Cap 'n ball under water

[4v50 Gary]

Where the guy has a blowtorch and is waving the torch flame over the cylinder to prove that chain fires are from loose percussion caps (like Elmer Keith said) and not from the flash jumping from one cylinder to another. Remember, an oversized ball shaves a ring which tells the user that the cylinder is sealed.

I think it's the same shot shown over and over again and not six successive shots.

Anyway, I couldn't find it but I did find some guy who shot his cold underwater. This is one of those, "Don't try this at home kids."

 

[Tommygunn]

I bet that annoyed the goldfish!!!!


Seriously, no kidding about "trying it at home!!" That is NOT anything I'd ever try at home. I'm surprised it dint disrupt the water any more --- or the aquarium....
I wonder how much powder was used?
Also, what was he trying to prove?

The gun fired almost immediately after being submerged. How long would it take for water to seep into the chamber and neutralize the powder?

This inquiring mind doesn't need to find out.

 

[45 Dragoon]

Ok, I would never take seriously anything anybody was doing with a cap gun that doesn't even know which side the wedge enters from!! Total idiot!!!

Mike

 

[arcticap]

Also, what was he trying to prove?

He's re-enacting what Sam Colt himself used to do in front of people to demonstrate how when properly loaded, his revolvers would work under adverse conditions.
However IIRC, Colt would leave the revolver under water for a longer period of time and then take it out of the water and fire all of the chambers.

During times of war during the percussion era, I've heard that battles would get cancelled on account of rain because it affected the reliability of the weapons.
Reliability must have been an important consideration to get people to switch from other percussion guns and to buy Colt C&B revolvers.
And that was probably as important then as it is today and will be tomorrow.

Even today some folks knock carrying C&B revolvers for self-defense, but that demonstration shows that they can be loaded to withstand adverse wet conditions and still deliver its payload when needed.

 

[expat_alaska]

Ok, I would never take seriously anything anybody was doing with a cap gun that doesn't even know which side the wedge enters from!! Total idiot!!!
Mike

Not only does the wedge enter from the wrong side, it is upside down and the wedge screw is missing, probably because the bottom (now top) of the wedge would not go past that pesky little screw head.

Jim​

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

What an idiot. It's a wonder he didn't shoot himself.

 

[arcticap]

What an idiot. It's a wonder he didn't shoot himself.

I was also concerned for his safety but it probably wasn't his first rodeo.
And who knows how much powder he loaded.
The powder charge size is not mentioned in either the Youtube video description or comments.

 

[rodinal220]

So, you can shoot it and clean it at the same time...…...