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Tom A Hawk

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Over the years, I think I have tried every known type of revolver capper and have been pretty much dissatisfied with all of them. Either the capper doesn't fit well into the nipple recess, making it difficult to get the cap on efficiently, or the caps fall off or get turned sideways in the process. Anyways, most of the time I get frustrated and simply use my fingers.

Finally found a design to my liking. Works on both Colt and Remington models.

 
Tried that style years ago and did not care for it. No way to really fully seat caps that may be a bit snug.
Perhaps you are thinking of the inline version that presents the caps sideways? I don't like those either. This one presents the open end of the cap toward the nipple, so its easy to fully seat it.
 
I sort of remember that push on capper. I too don't think that this capper is new.

With the caps stacked on top of one another, it can also happen that caps with thin skirts can be pushed into the one above it as well as going on the nipple.

Disclosure: I had the Ted Cash capper at this time and I liked it very well and had need to try this push on stacked capper.
 
Perhaps you are thinking of the inline version that presents the caps sideways? I don't like those either. This one presents the open end of the cap toward the nipple, so its easy to fully seat it.
Curious it works so well for you. I find it sort of works on the 1858 Remington, just don’t like the idea of pushing one cap with another as Grenadier mentioned. In my opinion, the caps are just too fragile for this.
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Works on both Colt and Remington models
I cannot seen to get it to work on any Colts of mine. Frame of pistol gets in the way. Something must be different. Please post a photograph showing how it works on your Colts. I just don’t have a straight shot at the nipple with the Colts.
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Thanks.
 
Yes, indeed. A Colt 1860 was the first pistol capped in the video.
That is a marketing video. Have you tried it? Not even close to working with my 1860s unless you consider getting cap started on nipple and then having to seat cap with something other than capper as a success? Or is there some sort of around the corner technology with this capper that I am not seeing? Reason for requesting photographs. Curious about your personal experience with this capper.
 
I'd not like to think of a misfire, where you accidently pop off a cap and set the charge off. Any one else have the same thought? Some people load every other chamber of a C&B revolver in order to avoid chain fires, which some believe goes from one nipple to the next, not out the front; a tightly seated and sealed ball should not chain fire; any comments?
 
I'd not like to think of a misfire, where you accidently pop off a cap and set the charge off. Any one else have the same thought? Some people load every other chamber of a C&B revolver in order to avoid chain fires, which some believe goes from one nipple to the next, not out the front; a tightly seated and sealed ball should not chain fire; any comments?

Nonsense! To fire, a cap must be struck. You can't "accidentally pop off a cap" by pushing it.
 
Nonsense! To fire, a cap must be struck. You can't "accidentally pop off a cap" by pushing it.
Never say never. Elmer Keith wrote of setting one with his thumb. Also recall a post on this site of an individual who popped one by pushing it onto the nipple with his thumb and ended his day in the emergency room getting it put back together...
 
Never say never. Elmer Keith wrote of setting one with his thumb. Also recall a post on this site of an individual who popped one by pushing it onto the nipple with his thumb and ended his day in the emergency room getting it put back together...

He posted graphic photos here and on a cowboy action shooting forum. It pretty well destroyed almost a half inch of thumb. I wish I could find the thread but it was a long time ago, over 10 years as I remember.
 
I'm not saying that a percussion cap can't detonate without a blow but I did totally crush a number of them using Vise-Grip® pliers and in a regular vise and not a single one of them went off.
After totally flattening them I decided to test them to see if they would fire just to see if something was wrong with the priming powder.
Hitting each one of them with a hammer caused every one of them to fire.

That leads me to believe that the likelihood of a cap firing by placing them onto the nipple is almost zero. I should add that I've been shooting percussion guns for over 48 years and I have never had or seen a percussion cap explode from putting it on a nipple, with or without a capper.
 
I'm not saying that a percussion cap can't detonate without a blow but I did totally crush a number of them using Vise-Grip® pliers and in a regular vise and not a single one of them went off.
After totally flattening them I decided to test them to see if they would fire just to see if something was wrong with the priming powder.
Hitting each one of them with a hammer caused every one of them to fire.

That leads me to believe that the likelihood of a cap firing by placing them onto the nipple is almost zero. I should add that I've been shooting percussion guns for over 48 years and I have never had or seen a percussion cap explode from putting it on a nipple, with or without a capper.
I’m a relative newcomer to the sport. I have only been shooting percussion guns for 45 years or so. And I’ve never seen a cap fired by thumb pressure either. It’s happened a couple of times so as always, follow the rules wrt handling firearms and you’re going to be fine. That said, I use a capper to load my percussion guns, and I use properly fitted caps.
 
I must admit, this is the first mention I have ever heard regarding thumb detonation of a percussion cap. Sometimes, caps that are not fully seated, will even fail to go off under a hammer strike. However, I did a bit of web research and found the following. Apparently the chemical composition has changed over time.

https://books.google.com/books?id=L...e&q=percussion cap detonated by thumb&f=false

I have to think that if an accidental detonation was possible a major liability situation would exist for the manufacturers and given the litigious nature of society we would not be able to buy them any more.
 
I must admit, this is the first mention I have ever heard regarding thumb detonation of a percussion cap. Sometimes, caps that are not fully seated, will even fail to go off under a hammer strike. However, I did a bit of web research and found the following. Apparently the chemical composition has changed over time.

https://books.google.com/books?id=LQausfRgWvYC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=percussion+cap+detonated+by+thumb&source=bl&ots=XCANqryd1T&sig=ACfU3U0y9SU74F-7Q7vMPlMmOW2C1NW3_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnn7DP9Z7jAhUCnFkKHeHsBbkQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=percussion cap detonated by thumb&f=false

I have to think that if an accidental detonation was possible a major liability situation would exist for the manufacturers and given the litigious nature of society we would not be able to buy them any more.

Dang, ain't easy to buy them, actually.
 
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Hi
I hope that I can upload the capper that came in a cased Parker-Field revolver (I also have a "matching" revolving rifle of the same design).
You can see that the "tubular" capper is NOT a NEW design ; actually last week I acquired a "Gilbey's Patent" rifle -- breechblock hinged at the rear and "pops up" when a release button is hit: the nipple flies into a cap magazine and is supposed to pick up a cap! The magazine is in the butt, tubular (like a Spencer Rifle) with a cut-off... presumably THAT works like the cut-off on a disc primer .... . I haven't tried it out yet. When I do I'll try to remember to post it.
Best regards from the U.K.
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