Wolfmanjack
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- Feb 4, 2015
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I have the components to make primer compound and it works quite well in my center fire rifles. I have mastered homemade black powder. I can cast lead balls no problem. The Achilles heel of my black powder endeavor is percussion cap availability. I’ve been wanting a cap and ball revolver for some time now and I need your advice. I was going to get a cap maker to supply the revolver and that way I could shoot as much as I want without having to deal with the current supply shortage. The question that remains is will the homemade percussion caps work on the revolver? Seems I have heard mention that there could be a clearance issue on some that would inhibit the cylinder from turning? Also the cap maker is of the #11 size. Is this going to be a fit issue for the #10 nipples that most revolvers seem to take?