After you have pressed the tube over the cap you will be rewarded with the sight of a cap held in place by the friction fit properties of vinyl tubing!
Flip the tube over and do it again. Repeat with the rest of your short tubes that you cut out of the 20 foot roll. If you cut them about 1 1/8 inches like mine you should be able to get about 210 sections.
Now this next part is important and I am using an 1860 Army to demonstrate. Please note that this method was impossible with my Pietta 1851 Navy and Colt 1862 Police. The recoil shield on the frame of those revolvers did not provide enough clearance to get the tube in place. You may have better luck with brands other than Pietta.
Note the groove in the recoil shield. It's important to line the nipple up with the groove and keep there.
The reason you need the groove lined up with the nipple is because the clearance on either side of the groove is too tight to allow for the vinyl tubing to have access to the nipple.
WARNING: AT THIS JUNCTURE YOU MAY BE TEMPTED TO JUST PRESS THE CAP IN PLACE BY PUSHING DIRECTLY ON THE TUBING. DO NOT DO THAT!
IF YOU PUSH STRAIGHT DOWN ON THE TUBING, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH IS PUSHING THE CAP INTO THE TUBING.
IF THAT HAPPENS I WANT YOU TO GO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP BECAUSE OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT SAY.
HAVE I GOT YOUR ATTENTION? GOOD.
In order to get the cap onto the nipple and not stuck up inside the tubing you will need to bend the tubing after you get the cap started on the nipple and while pressing down.
The bent tubing will prevent the cap from sliding inside. So bend and press at the same time.
After the cap bottoms out on the nipple, DO NOT withdraw the tubing. All you are going to accomplish is pulling the cap back off the nipple.
Again, DO NOT pull the tubing back because you are going to take the cap with it.
Keep the tubing bent and use a ripping motion to pull the tube to the side away from the revolver. The vinyl is pliable enough to leave the cap in place.
Flip the tube over a repeat for the next nipple.
In case you are not sure about how to cap the nipples with this method or are having trouble I'll post the link to the video again. It's at the 45 second mark when he starts capping.
Note that the 1858 Remington is easy to cap. The 1860 Army takes a little practice.
Flip the tube over and do it again. Repeat with the rest of your short tubes that you cut out of the 20 foot roll. If you cut them about 1 1/8 inches like mine you should be able to get about 210 sections.
Now this next part is important and I am using an 1860 Army to demonstrate. Please note that this method was impossible with my Pietta 1851 Navy and Colt 1862 Police. The recoil shield on the frame of those revolvers did not provide enough clearance to get the tube in place. You may have better luck with brands other than Pietta.
Note the groove in the recoil shield. It's important to line the nipple up with the groove and keep there.
The reason you need the groove lined up with the nipple is because the clearance on either side of the groove is too tight to allow for the vinyl tubing to have access to the nipple.
WARNING: AT THIS JUNCTURE YOU MAY BE TEMPTED TO JUST PRESS THE CAP IN PLACE BY PUSHING DIRECTLY ON THE TUBING. DO NOT DO THAT!
IF YOU PUSH STRAIGHT DOWN ON THE TUBING, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH IS PUSHING THE CAP INTO THE TUBING.
IF THAT HAPPENS I WANT YOU TO GO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP BECAUSE OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT SAY.
HAVE I GOT YOUR ATTENTION? GOOD.
In order to get the cap onto the nipple and not stuck up inside the tubing you will need to bend the tubing after you get the cap started on the nipple and while pressing down.
The bent tubing will prevent the cap from sliding inside. So bend and press at the same time.
After the cap bottoms out on the nipple, DO NOT withdraw the tubing. All you are going to accomplish is pulling the cap back off the nipple.
Again, DO NOT pull the tubing back because you are going to take the cap with it.
Keep the tubing bent and use a ripping motion to pull the tube to the side away from the revolver. The vinyl is pliable enough to leave the cap in place.
Flip the tube over a repeat for the next nipple.
In case you are not sure about how to cap the nipples with this method or are having trouble I'll post the link to the video again. It's at the 45 second mark when he starts capping.
Note that the 1858 Remington is easy to cap. The 1860 Army takes a little practice.
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