MCgunner
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I've never had a problem with my home made caps, put 3 centers in each body and they go bang. They're not as powerful as a good store bought cap like the Winchester Magnums I like to buy, but they go bang in my Ruger Old Army just fine. Well, I tried 'em first time yesterday in my Pietta '58 and they did not go bang. Hmmm. I got to noticing that the ROA has a larger hole in the nipple than does the Pietta, answers the question I think. I really don't care, I can shoot store bought in the gun and prefer, of course, the store bought for carry afield. They go bang and NEVER have any lag time between the click and the bang, just like shooting a centerfire. I can use them to clear the nipples on the first load, at least save me some money there. I do like using my tap-o-caps in the Ruger, work just fine.
Got me to wondering about my options. Could I safely drill out the standard Pietta caps larger? Is there a reamer available? Would this be an option or a fools ploy?
Perhaps I should spend the 40 bucks on new nipples from Track of the Wolf? Would they work better? Thing is, a set of nipples costs what I paid for a spare cylinder!
Just shut the heck up and use your Winchester primers in the Pietta and reserve the tap-o-caps for the Ruger and for clearing nipples?
Actually, this last option is what I'm probably going to do. Just wondering about reaming or drilling the stock Pietta nipples, if that would work. More positive ignition is never a bad thing. Also, I'm shooting Pyrodex. BP, the holy black, if I could get it reasonably, might ignite in the Pietta, Pyrodex being notoriously harder to ignite. Last time I used the tap-o-caps was in my Ruger. I never thought about 'em not working in the Pietta. I haven't had the gun that long.
Got me to wondering about my options. Could I safely drill out the standard Pietta caps larger? Is there a reamer available? Would this be an option or a fools ploy?
Perhaps I should spend the 40 bucks on new nipples from Track of the Wolf? Would they work better? Thing is, a set of nipples costs what I paid for a spare cylinder!
Just shut the heck up and use your Winchester primers in the Pietta and reserve the tap-o-caps for the Ruger and for clearing nipples?
Actually, this last option is what I'm probably going to do. Just wondering about reaming or drilling the stock Pietta nipples, if that would work. More positive ignition is never a bad thing. Also, I'm shooting Pyrodex. BP, the holy black, if I could get it reasonably, might ignite in the Pietta, Pyrodex being notoriously harder to ignite. Last time I used the tap-o-caps was in my Ruger. I never thought about 'em not working in the Pietta. I haven't had the gun that long.