Hawg said:I've got a 58 Remington I bought new in 69. It cuts a ring but if you don't use wads or lube it will chain and has since it was new. As long as you use wads or lube you can load it up full and leave off five caps and it will never chain. I've tried to make it chain from the nipple end and done everything except pack the nipples full of powder and it will not do it.
I can see something like that happening if the cylinder's bores are somewhat choked, like a shotgun muzzle. Then you would have to shave the ball to get it into the cylinder but it would still be a loose fit once past the choked part of the cylinder.
Some people use a tapered reamer to bell mouth the cylinder bores, that way you swage the ball into the cylinder without shaving a lead ring but it is still a tight fit.