jstein650
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The only BP gun I've ever owned is a Wal-Mart special CVA inline, scoped. Purely utilitarian - got me two more weeks of deer season, for which it has performed admirably in every sense. Just got the bug for a revolver, as the more I thought about it, the more fun it sounded. Have an 1858 steel frame 'New Army' .44 by Euroarms on the way.
I was perusing some threads on percussion caps the other day, and noticed a passing reference to large pistol primers in the discussion. Seems caps have become hard to come by these days. I have some No. 11's in my stash from somewhere (?) so I haven't even tried to buy any yet. Anyway I also have a pretty well wrecked 1860 Colt Pietta (given to me). Curious, I pulled the anvil from a LPP and stuck it on a nipple. It fit. Pulled the trigger - it fired. Also reset the hammer! My question: has anyone out there done this in a pinch? I guess I wouldn't really want a BP gun to go full auto; or maybe semi auto with the trigger still pulled... still, maybe cap one at a time?
I was perusing some threads on percussion caps the other day, and noticed a passing reference to large pistol primers in the discussion. Seems caps have become hard to come by these days. I have some No. 11's in my stash from somewhere (?) so I haven't even tried to buy any yet. Anyway I also have a pretty well wrecked 1860 Colt Pietta (given to me). Curious, I pulled the anvil from a LPP and stuck it on a nipple. It fit. Pulled the trigger - it fired. Also reset the hammer! My question: has anyone out there done this in a pinch? I guess I wouldn't really want a BP gun to go full auto; or maybe semi auto with the trigger still pulled... still, maybe cap one at a time?