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Mavrickbobsr

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I love cap and ball and would rather shoot them than my modern guns.

The only part I dont like is the hangup between shots such as a cap jamming me up. I have learned to bring my cocking action all the way back to let loose cap material fall away but is there anything else I can do to speed up shots and make between shots more reliable?
Ultimately I want to be able to fan action 6 shots with no hang ups. I know it can't be done but i can try atleast.
 
I know it can't be done

Last guy i knew (personally) that tried that shot a .454 through his thigh and right out his shin bone! Course he was quick drawing too. Good luck. They are what they are after all.
 
After his accident was your friend called limpy?

I didn't know him when he did it and he had no limp, met him at church and when he heard I was into BP he told the story. Just known as Mike. He did have to sell the "dangerous" BP revolver though hehehe
 
Knew a fella once that did the ball in the leg thing....he was known as "Bloody Calf" from then on.
 
Have you ever noticed the way they used to shoot in really old cowboy movies? That sorta flip up as if the revolver had monster recoil? As I understand it, that was based on a technique that was used to toss out any spent caps or pieces that might jam up the cylinder. I've got more smoke wagons than I can carry and have been shooting them since the mid 70's, and I've gotta say that usually actually works. More or less. As AZMtnman wrote, they are what they are. And Mushka is right about one well placed shot being the real winner.

(Didn't Wild Bill say once that he'd never met a gunman worth his salt who fanned his piece?)
 
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