Capping a Walker

[Biloxi Bacon]

Gentlemen and Ladies:

I have recently purchased a Uberti Walker Clone. To date the pistol shoots like a dream, 50gr of 3f with .454 swaged ball. The issue is installing the percussion caps on the nipples of the cylinder. I have looked at several different versions of cappers, bought a couple of different ones that don't work. The clearance around the nipple as you know is relatively tight. The cappers I have tried will not get in close enough to correctly align with the nipple. My big clumsy fingers don't do a good job either.

I was wondering if capping using the hammer slot is an acceptable manner or is there a better way or tool that I am not aware of.

Your thoughts on this subject would be appreciated.

 

[Pulp]

Have you tried the Ted Cash pistol capper. It's the snail shaped one. It's still tricky on a Walker, I still miss one everyonce in awhile, like when I'm at the loading table and the RO is hollering, "Shooter ready?"

At one time I had a Thompson Center capper, shaped like the Ted Cash, but made of plastic. It was easier to use than the Ted Cash.

 

[Hellgate]

Mr. Bacon,
I just use the standard straight line capper but I grind the "lips" off the spring tips so they don't protrude out so far. I'm talking about the single spring and double spring tip of the inline cappers. Any part of the end of the capper that sticks out beyond the cap gets ground off. The snail capper is harder to use especially if a cap gets tipped sideways, they are hard to clear if you are in any kind of a hurry.

 

[madcratebuilder]

As Hellgate said, a stick capper with modified lips. Normally, the Colt's have enough room for a unmodified capper. My Walker has a nipple notch that's .430 wide. The Remingtons are the ones that are tight on clearance.

 

[fineredmist]

I load my BP pistols off frame and don't have that problem even with a 1858 Remmi.

 

[madcratebuilder]

I load my BP pistols off frame and don't have that problem even with a 1858 Remmi.

You install the cylinder into the frame while capped?

 

[Biloxi Bacon]

Thanks:

Folks:

Thanks for the replies, they have been very helpful.

Regards: