Wwalstrom,
i like the rod that fits into an altoids tin box. good ider. little suggestion....make lube pills and put them in the box.
they'll keep the barrel clean,and chambers too,for at least 200+ shots(probably more but i usually don't fire more than 200+ shots at a sitting
)sos ya can get thru all six shots of a cylinder without fouling and flyers. recipe....equal parts...bees wax,mutton tallow,paraffin wax. if interested you can get a box to try offin my wife....junk yard dog at 740-824-5566. yer site looks good and the modifications are good too. handy. i'm gonna try yer method of using a capper with the widdened nipple ports. i'm so used to my fingers doing the capping though....
someone asked about a walker sight. i've got one with a taller blade where it was milled the exact width of the slot and soldered in. messed up the bluing.re-did it. my gun looks like an antique it's so old(20 years old) and been used a lot.
the barrel grooves are a spacious .464in. sos i ended up reaming the chambers to .467. shoots like a laser beam. haa haa
gotta use a custom ball mould i had LEE make fer me. .472 ball.
anywhoooo...i think the cap&ballers shoot better with chambers at least equal to the barrel grooves or .001-.003in. over.
A. Pietta told me that the chambers are left small because '"lead goes everywhere". Italian to English means the lead bumps up. of course Pietta makes several guns that have equal chambers to grooves. their "Shooters" remington and all the "distressed finish" revolvers got equal chambers to barrel grooves. im having trouble with coffee too Wwalstrom. gets me going off track in the thread.
i do dovetailed front sights that are made from muzzle loading rifle sights to look like a blade but with the dovetailed slot fer windage adjustment. ifin the sight has to be tall i recommend steel. it doesn't bend ifin the sight gets danged against something hard. they can be put on round barrels.
using a remington front dovetailed sight works real good on walkers and dragoons. reshaped with a file some. the bigger guns(smaller ones too) need a good fit tight sight sos they ain't whipped off to the moon by the forces of firing. i use a mill and a 60 degree dovetail end mill cutter. i turn the sight upside down and kiss the cutter along the sides which ensures a perfect match to the angle of the dovetaild slot and the sight. if the sight is fit tight the fit is perfect dang near. stays put. being driftable helps sight the gun in to point of aim/point of impact. my old walker has been the demise of many a dang pesky wood chuck/ground hog diggin holes in the fields thanks to being able to sight in to point of aim. sorry i can't type right. one arm not working due to surgery.:banghead:
anywhoooo.....nice gun and pics Wwalstrom.
take care bud.
Wwalstrom,next time i want to see some better groups because you layed off the COFFEE before shooting.