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brushhippie

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I was out shooting yesterday doing some more speed tests and had a chain fire....I have had them before but it has been awhile...just a reminder this stuff is somewhat dangerous...I wish the camera have been on the other side and really got ball leaving the chamber...but alas it was not...anyway still got some good pics and slow motion of the incident. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!
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The caps do not fit the nipples well I was pinching them to keep them on...completely my fault...and I actually thought about it while I was putting them on.
 
Mornin',
Glad you are all right, Doc. I have to carry two different brands of caps to go shooting as the LeMat works best with one type and the Colt clones with another. ( which also works best with the LeMat shotgun barrel ) I have to make myself remember when loading the first cylinder of the morning, which goes with which. There should be a better way.
regards!
 
Cannot shoot though a chrony with felt wads...pretty sure it did not start from the front...but I do not know that for sure.
 
Just part of shooting cap & ball revolvers. I think my last one was in 1967.


In the civil war period I think they made about 8 different sizes of percussion caps. We need someone to start making all those other sizes so we can get a good fit.
 
What about replacement nipples which better fit the caps that are available.

Glad you weren't hurt Brushhippie.
 
You expect better from your students dont ya Dicky! I will strive to do much better next time! I forget things like that happen till they do...just a little reminder for me!
 
In the civil war period I think they made about 8 different sizes of percussion caps. We need someone to start making all those other sizes so we can get a good fit.
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They also made caps suitable for different guns, one particular Ely cap being for Colts, and made so they didnt break up and get cap fragments in the action. When the Colts type caps were used on Starr (I believe) guns, they wouldnt always fire reliably, indicating the caps meant for Colts were heavier, besides just not breaking up when fired.

One make of cap I used a couple years ago had to be pulled off the nipples after firing, they didnt break up. I didnt mark the tin at the time so I could use them specifically.
 
No worries Dicky ol buddy! Miss havin ya around. Caps are one thing I have never really paid attn to...probly because I never really had to buy them I was always around people with stacks of them and they would hand me some every time I was around...they used to be easy to buy in bulk at the funshows but now.....not so much, everybody is trying to send their kids to Harvard I guess
 
Ck out an essay (2nd article of 8) by c John L Fuhring [sic] he could not cause a chain fire from the nipple end! Google - preventing chain firing.
 
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In the civil war period I think they made about 8 different sizes of percussion caps. We need someone to start making all those other sizes so we can get a good fit.
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No what we need is the cap makers and the nipple makers to get together, and agree to a set of standard dimensions, for each.

I have some #11 pietta nipples, that #10 caps are a loose fit.
 
Ol Uncle Ted can flat tear up a guitar and I do posses some guitar skills...but I am not Mr Nugent...I am not quite "THAT FAR" out there...:D
 
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