bedbugbilly
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I haven't shot my BP revolvers in a while as I've been concentrating on BP cartridge. Long story short . . . I had my Uberti '51 Navy out the other day and began to have some problems with failure to fires - it was time to change my nipples and I've just been putting it off.
I had a set of SlixShot nipples - labeled to fit a Uberti. I've had them sitting in my parts box for probably 5 or 6 yeas. I switched them out - no problems - fit perfectly in the cylinder. BUT . . . the label states for use with #10 caps. I have my BP revolvers all set up for #10. Right away, I noticed that the #10 CCI caps I was using were not seating on the nipples. When pushed on tight, they barely had enough clearance with the recoil shield so that the cylinder would rotate. OK. I'e been shooting BP revolvers for 50 years - so I used a small piece of wood to try and seat them further on the nipple - no real success. So . . . pointing downrange, I gently lowered the hammer and gave a gentle push on each nipple to seat the cap. BUT, every cap refused to go bang. Started through the cycle again and some wold go off after another hammer strike and those that didn't, went off on the third.
First reply might be . . "Are you sure your caps are good?". Yes they are. I had my Remington Navy with me as well - used the same caps out of the same tin and all fired just fine on the first hammer fall.
I had #11 CCI caps so tried the fit on them - too loose. They'd seat fully on the nipple like a cap should but not tight enough to say on. Yea, I know . . "pinch "em". But, I don't like doing that . . a cap should fit and fit well.
Anyone else experience this with SlixShot nipples? To me . . mine are not sized correctly for a #10 or #11 cap - they are somewhere "in between". I really don't want to chuck them in a drill press and polish them down - they ought to be right without doing that. I switched back to the previous set o nipples I had in the cylinder. I looked in Track of the wolf and they show two different sets for a Uberti Navy. I'm old and I'm still living in the days when you could buy nipples for a buck each. Obviously, those days are gone. And I really hate to sink the money in a set from Track (or other) without knowing if they will be the correct size for a #10 or #11 from the "get go". And Track states theirs are for #11 caps - not a biggie as I have both sizes as I use #11 on my rifles.
What say ye? Anyone else experienced this with the SlixShot nipples? Any recommendations for a supplier that has nipples that will be sized correctly?
I had a set of SlixShot nipples - labeled to fit a Uberti. I've had them sitting in my parts box for probably 5 or 6 yeas. I switched them out - no problems - fit perfectly in the cylinder. BUT . . . the label states for use with #10 caps. I have my BP revolvers all set up for #10. Right away, I noticed that the #10 CCI caps I was using were not seating on the nipples. When pushed on tight, they barely had enough clearance with the recoil shield so that the cylinder would rotate. OK. I'e been shooting BP revolvers for 50 years - so I used a small piece of wood to try and seat them further on the nipple - no real success. So . . . pointing downrange, I gently lowered the hammer and gave a gentle push on each nipple to seat the cap. BUT, every cap refused to go bang. Started through the cycle again and some wold go off after another hammer strike and those that didn't, went off on the third.
First reply might be . . "Are you sure your caps are good?". Yes they are. I had my Remington Navy with me as well - used the same caps out of the same tin and all fired just fine on the first hammer fall.
I had #11 CCI caps so tried the fit on them - too loose. They'd seat fully on the nipple like a cap should but not tight enough to say on. Yea, I know . . "pinch "em". But, I don't like doing that . . a cap should fit and fit well.
Anyone else experience this with SlixShot nipples? To me . . mine are not sized correctly for a #10 or #11 cap - they are somewhere "in between". I really don't want to chuck them in a drill press and polish them down - they ought to be right without doing that. I switched back to the previous set o nipples I had in the cylinder. I looked in Track of the wolf and they show two different sets for a Uberti Navy. I'm old and I'm still living in the days when you could buy nipples for a buck each. Obviously, those days are gone. And I really hate to sink the money in a set from Track (or other) without knowing if they will be the correct size for a #10 or #11 from the "get go". And Track states theirs are for #11 caps - not a biggie as I have both sizes as I use #11 on my rifles.
What say ye? Anyone else experienced this with the SlixShot nipples? Any recommendations for a supplier that has nipples that will be sized correctly?
I have a few tins of some German caps - #11 that I really liked for my rifles. I always got them down at Friendship. When things wee in short supply, I ran across a couple of 1K cases of CCI #10 caps so I snatched them up - thus I'm still working on them. I've never had an issue with the CCI caps - until this problem came along. They fit and work very well on my Remington Navy and I seem to get fewer fragmented caps or fragment problems with them than I used to with the Remingtons. I think a lot o fit goes to what the gun "likes" the best sometimes. Sort of like pistol and rifle primers. Some folks have their "favorite" - some don't like CCI primers but I've never had an issue with them in any of my reloading - pistol or rifle. But again, it sometimes goes to what is available. They work for me so I stick with them but recently I've had to go with Winchester just because that's what was on the shelf. I truly long for the "days of old" when you could go in and there was an abundant supply and numerous choices.