My Primer Adapter

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With the shortage of caps, and 2014 not looking good, I wish I was younger
and still working in the tool & die shop I would make these again. I could even
make them to fit revolvers. All you do is put a small pistol primer in, and screw
on the firing pin and shoot. I made this 50 years ago. I made up about 50 of
them and sold them for 5.00 The last ones were all stainless. If we only knew.




When I was into heavy bench shooting I thought at one time modern primers might be better for
accuracy. So I changed my nipples to use small pistol primers. I was wrong. Primers were no better
than caps. To use this nipple, just flick out the anvil on the small primer and put the primer right on
the nipple and shoot. Worked fine.

 

[BullSlinger]

Those are really nice. Wish they were available today I would love to have some.

 

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I have lots of little things like this I have made through out the years.

 

[BullSlinger]

I never acquired any metal working skills over my life. Sometimes wish I would have.

 

[elhombreconnonombre]

In the 2nd pic are those regular nipples that have been shortened so that de-anviled pistol primers can be placed on the nipple cone?

 

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Yes, shortened and turned down smaller.

 

[BowerR64]

You need to bump up the heat on your cleaning water, it doesnt look like the cold water worked to good on those.

 

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Those are 50 years old. I wasn't going to use them anymore. I actually had
thrown them away. They got wet from rain, and rusted. I dug them out of
the trash the other day to take the pictures. By the way, you don't even need
caps or primers to shoot your percussion guns. If worst comes to worst, and
I believe it will, there are other ways to shoot your guns. I don't need caps
or primers to shoot my revolvers.

 

[kBob]

Well don't leave us just hanging!

How does one shoot percussion guns without caps?

-kBob

 

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I got ridiculed the last time I posted it. No more, sorry.

 

[BullSlinger]

Only thing that comes to my mind is match heads from the strike anywhere matches.

 

[Patocazador]

They used to sell a commercial model of that called a "Flam-n-go." The one that's sold now is for rifles only called a "Mag-spark" and it holds a 209 primer .. too big for revolvers but fine for sidelocks.

 

[BowerR64]

walmart cap gun caps?

 

[kBob]

Well I have always wanted a "Tap-o-cap" and folks make fun of them.

I have considered trying to make ten foil holders for cap gun caps. I did once fire a cheapo "New Orleans Ace" from Classics with a paper cap taped over it and with a plastic ring cap. I got ring caps to stay on a brasser '49 Coltish replica but have not gotten up the nerve to try them with a load and cleaning would definitely be in order in minutes if I did. In the way back I reprimed a small pistol primer with strike anywhere just to see if it would work, it did in a .32 S&W long though with a few very slight hangfires.....about like over loading the pan on a flint lock.....

-kBob

 

[elhombreconnonombre]

No caps...no primers?? Did you just stick a sporting fuse in the nipple hole into a charged cylinder and light it off with your ceegar and hang on?? ;-)