Those Darned Caps!

[Souris]

I was playing with my C&B pistols today.
I was having trouble with getting the caps to stay on and it was taking forever to get the pistols capped. :banghead:
My inline Cabela's capper won't fit the cylinders to cap so I am having to do each cap one at a time.
My pistols are F. LLI Pietta replicas of 1858 Remingtons.
I would like some advice from ya'll.

1) What caps do ya'll use. I am using 11's and pinching them to try and keep them on. Should I be using 10's?

2) Is anyone using a capper that fits the cylinders? What is it? I want one

 

[jeff sarge]

I dont know about specific caps. What I was taugh in reenactments is to bight or pich caps befor you put them on the nipples. I pre pinch mine. Try pinching it at the end and put it on the cylader and it should fit on securley.

 

[black bear]

Ted Cash Straight Line capper,
That is what I have use for years.


But to stay on the nipples you will have to pinch them.
If I remember right #10 Remnigton are a bigger diameter than #11.

black bear

 

[Chawbaccer]

cost about 10 bucks. Try different brands of caps to find one that fits best.

 

[Cap n Ball]

They are ok for muskets but I never liked cappers much for revolvers. If I'm at the range I just take my time and pinch and cap by hand.

 

[Gatofeo]

I agree Cap n Ball.
I've never found a capper that I didn't have to jiggle to get cap started, or fool around with, that didn't lead to cussin'.
Gave up on cappers long ago. Seems like they took more time than just pinching the caps and putting them on with my fingers.
I don't carry my cap and balls afield. I shoot from a portable table I bring to the local gravel pit. So, I sprinkle a few caps on the old Army blanket covering the table and pick them up easily.

 

[Chawbaccer]

My clumsy, stubby, old greasy fingers need a capper for a revolver.

 

[timuchin]

No. 10 caps are smaller that No. 11s.

Number 10 caps have a tendency to not want to seat all the way down on the nipple, but this is rarely a problem when it come to ignition, due to the heavy hammer spring on the Remingtons. Pinching is still a good idea. I shoot a Pietta 58 Remington, and I use number 10 caps exclusively.

 

[warbirdlover]

I have been using Remington #10 caps on my Pietta replica Colt Navy .44 and they work perfectly. No pinching and use a capper. #10 (other brand) caps gave me misfires on one cylinder almost every time I loaded. I switched to Remington and have no had even one misfire in three trips to the range.

 

[Derby FALs]

Pinch the caps before you put them in the capper.

 

[Smokin_Gun]

Other Brand #10's are Bigger than CCI#10

It's like i asked you what size you were usin it make a differance the #11's like I use wouldnt have given you any trouble.... Size wise it goes like this: CCI#10, REM#10, CCI#11, REM#11 in that order smallest to largest.

 

[Smokin_Gun]

Inline cappers

cost about 10 bucks. Try different brands of caps to find one that fits best.

Those cappers won't fit a Rem 1858 either without taking a Dremel to the cylinder and cutting back the shields around the cones(nipples). I opted to put them on by hand.

 

[warbirdlover]

My brother has the Remington and uses a capper all the time. You have to get the one with the "clip" on the end which is small enough to get in there.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...pper&noImage=0&returnPage=search-results1.jsp

 

[Poodleshooter]

IIRC, my cheap inline brass CVA capper works just fine for my Pietta '58. The ted cash capper is the only one that doesn't work (though I use it for my rifle).
I'm pretty happy when I can get through a firing session without having caps fall off from recoil and jam the action.
I use CCI #11's on my Pietta.

 

[Beartracker]

Not all new army 1858 Remingtons are the same so you need to try different caps. If you get the German made caps in #11 they should work just fine but if not the go with #10. You can't just place the cap on or it will fall off most of the time and you should not have to pinch the cap.
Buy a 3/8" doll rod and cut a piece about 6" long and sand the ends smooth. Now glue a round piece of leather on each end thats trimed just right. You can use this rod to shove the primer all the way on the nipple. Just put the cap on and shove it home with the rod with steady firm preasure. Takes less than 2 second's for each one .Works great, easy to do and I have never had a cap fall off . Learned this from one of the old Cowboy shooters years ago. Mike