Just picked up my first black powder rifle
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deerslayer303
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[QUOTEIts a flash cup. Its supposed to keep sparks and shards of cap out of your face but its an aggravating POS.][/QUOTE]
Yeah I was thinking that it must be a P.I.T.A to get a cap on with that thing on there. And it doesn't look like you can use a capper either. Or can you?
Yeah I was thinking that it must be a P.I.T.A to get a cap on with that thing on there. And it doesn't look like you can use a capper either. Or can you?
chickenmcnasty
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Great info. I will try some of the 777 but i'm sure i will be tinkering with others as well.
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Sure Shot Mc Gee
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Well chickenmcnasty. It appears your back on the straight and narrow path again with shortwaves comments and Hawg Haggen's suggestion of a Capper for your #11 caps. I have to say that pedersoli Kentucky 50 cal sure is a beauty isn't it. If it were me. That's such a pretty rifle I would hang it somehow on the wall so I could look at it anytime. Come back and let us know how you did shoot'en that 50 of yours. We 'all here will get a kick out that. 
Be safe now.
S/S
Be safe now.
S/S
Would also like to suggest that a good 'range rod' is in order.
Too, go to your local auto parts store and get a small tube of either copper or aluminum based thread lube made by Permatex. Remove your nipple and apply a very,very small amount to the nipple threads making sure to not get any near the flash hole of the nipple. Makes future removal very easy.
I understand you can also get it in a tube similar to a tube of Chapstick which would probably be less messy.
As Sure Shot said, make sure and get back with us.
Too, go to your local auto parts store and get a small tube of either copper or aluminum based thread lube made by Permatex. Remove your nipple and apply a very,very small amount to the nipple threads making sure to not get any near the flash hole of the nipple. Makes future removal very easy.
I understand you can also get it in a tube similar to a tube of Chapstick which would probably be less messy.
As Sure Shot said, make sure and get back with us.
If one hasn't actually used 777 in a sidelock I'd suggest one might consider trying it before telling others not to use it.
777 will work just fine in the Pedersoli Kentucky caplock rifle. Yes, many inline shooters prefer it, but that's no reason to avoid it in a caplock. It does have a higher ignition temperature than real black powder (so, by the way, does Pyrodex) but that's not an issue for percussion caps. Flintlocks are a different story.
Go ahead and use up the 777. Use 15% by volume less than you would with real black powder, and don't use heavy compression when loading and you'll be all right.
777 will work just fine in the Pedersoli Kentucky caplock rifle. Yes, many inline shooters prefer it, but that's no reason to avoid it in a caplock. It does have a higher ignition temperature than real black powder (so, by the way, does Pyrodex) but that's not an issue for percussion caps. Flintlocks are a different story.
Go ahead and use up the 777. Use 15% by volume less than you would with real black powder, and don't use heavy compression when loading and you'll be all right.
DD4lifeusmc
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that doo hickey
Its called a flash guard.
You can get them in the after market.
They are meant tot protect your eyes and face
from the flash and bits of metal that can come from the cap.
Its called a flash guard.
You can get them in the after market.
They are meant tot protect your eyes and face
from the flash and bits of metal that can come from the cap.