I thought the idea was to have a cap&baller loaded a long time and be assured it'll blast the ever livin crap outta some antaganist that is invading the sactuary of ones home?
That leaves the need fer lube in the chambers for fouling control out of the picture. The gun would be very effective at close range,like across the bedroom or living room, without any lube in it.
That makes sealing the ends where any moisture can enter the paramont concern. That makes any kind of sealer that's effective good to go.
Using alcohol,not Jack Daniels or Segrams Seven, the 91% type that evaperates but wipes out by disolving oil and grease. Mineral spirits would be even better since it has no water in it at all. Brake parts cleaner or carburater cleaner spray would work real well to flush out any contaminates like oil from the chambers,nipple threads,nipples ect.ect.
Using that primer sealer/nail polish (clear type not red unless ya like some color on yer gun but they do have black) around the shoulder of the nipples where moistue can actually get in thru the threads and around the inserted caps edge and then around the edge of the balls/bullets in the chambers would seal er up well. You could stick yer gun in the creek for a coupla hours and test it out. It would fire.
I wouldn't worry about any residue left from the nail polish. Even if there was some left ,I mean, it's not like you'd be with General Custer fightin off a mob of the most fierce warriors like the Native American Indian inside yer house.
There would be a measely one or two or maybe three home invaders waiting to be totally shocked and awed at the sound and flash and smoke of a hot loaded cap&baller revolver. After the first coupla shots they would be scrambling over one another and the one or two on the floor to get the hell outta there.
After six shots from a well balanced ergonomical cap&baller the only thing left would be to open some windows to let the smoke out and then it would be clear enough to have the coronor man come and remove the dead bodies before the dog licked up the blood and got parasites........unless you had some spare cylinders to slap in the gun and use the corpses for a little target shooting and testing loads while waiting fer the cops to come by and take yer statements.
Anywhoooo.....conicals are fun to play with and experiment to see what would work better.....ball or conical but I'd opt fer the balls since they make a fierce wound channel and let you get more powder in the chambers to get the velosity up.
I have to admit that I've left a Colt Cap&baller loaded for months with a lube pill right on the powder and just a snug cap on the cones and no chamber covering of toilet wax or grease of any kind. It would fire normally.
My lube pills would be the kind I call,"warm weather" lube pills that would be dry and solid even when it's 90 degrees and sittin in the sun. I'd make small batches of lube pills and test them sittin on tissue paper to see if any lube stuff leaches out onto the paper over time in the hot weather.
I'd opt fer no lube stuff at all in a defensive firearms chambers though. I'd want 100% sure fire loads ifin I might have to defend the wife and dogs from a home invader and all I had was a cap&baller revolver.
When I hunt with my Hawken rifle and may be in rain storms and wet snow days and all I use the toilet wax ring sticky stuff to seal the nipple,caps,and a wax paper stuck to the muzzle. It has never failed me even after days of down pours.
I like to use the example of my brother dropping my rifle in a grassy ditch we were crossing while hunting. A grass ditch running with water from the week long down pour. There my rifle was down under the water. I pulled if out and just went on my way. Days later when I fired the gun it went off as if it had been in the desert dry and never in the rain or under the water.
Anyone ever try using FFFFg blackpowder fer a lil more pep to the loads in a cap&baller? I tested it a coupla times. More pep. Didn't hurt the gun any. Did seem like more penetration on old dead trees and the like.
I damaged a cap&baller using FFFg 777 powder though. That stuff is hot.
I used 27gr. loads in a Colt and it slammed the cylinder back so hard it peened the recoil shields ring back there. Was real fast and accurate though.
That leaves the need fer lube in the chambers for fouling control out of the picture. The gun would be very effective at close range,like across the bedroom or living room, without any lube in it.
That makes sealing the ends where any moisture can enter the paramont concern. That makes any kind of sealer that's effective good to go.
Using alcohol,not Jack Daniels or Segrams Seven, the 91% type that evaperates but wipes out by disolving oil and grease. Mineral spirits would be even better since it has no water in it at all. Brake parts cleaner or carburater cleaner spray would work real well to flush out any contaminates like oil from the chambers,nipple threads,nipples ect.ect.
Using that primer sealer/nail polish (clear type not red unless ya like some color on yer gun but they do have black) around the shoulder of the nipples where moistue can actually get in thru the threads and around the inserted caps edge and then around the edge of the balls/bullets in the chambers would seal er up well. You could stick yer gun in the creek for a coupla hours and test it out. It would fire.
I wouldn't worry about any residue left from the nail polish. Even if there was some left ,I mean, it's not like you'd be with General Custer fightin off a mob of the most fierce warriors like the Native American Indian inside yer house.
There would be a measely one or two or maybe three home invaders waiting to be totally shocked and awed at the sound and flash and smoke of a hot loaded cap&baller revolver. After the first coupla shots they would be scrambling over one another and the one or two on the floor to get the hell outta there.
After six shots from a well balanced ergonomical cap&baller the only thing left would be to open some windows to let the smoke out and then it would be clear enough to have the coronor man come and remove the dead bodies before the dog licked up the blood and got parasites........unless you had some spare cylinders to slap in the gun and use the corpses for a little target shooting and testing loads while waiting fer the cops to come by and take yer statements.
Anywhoooo.....conicals are fun to play with and experiment to see what would work better.....ball or conical but I'd opt fer the balls since they make a fierce wound channel and let you get more powder in the chambers to get the velosity up.
I have to admit that I've left a Colt Cap&baller loaded for months with a lube pill right on the powder and just a snug cap on the cones and no chamber covering of toilet wax or grease of any kind. It would fire normally.
My lube pills would be the kind I call,"warm weather" lube pills that would be dry and solid even when it's 90 degrees and sittin in the sun. I'd make small batches of lube pills and test them sittin on tissue paper to see if any lube stuff leaches out onto the paper over time in the hot weather.
I'd opt fer no lube stuff at all in a defensive firearms chambers though. I'd want 100% sure fire loads ifin I might have to defend the wife and dogs from a home invader and all I had was a cap&baller revolver.
When I hunt with my Hawken rifle and may be in rain storms and wet snow days and all I use the toilet wax ring sticky stuff to seal the nipple,caps,and a wax paper stuck to the muzzle. It has never failed me even after days of down pours.
I like to use the example of my brother dropping my rifle in a grassy ditch we were crossing while hunting. A grass ditch running with water from the week long down pour. There my rifle was down under the water. I pulled if out and just went on my way. Days later when I fired the gun it went off as if it had been in the desert dry and never in the rain or under the water.
Anyone ever try using FFFFg blackpowder fer a lil more pep to the loads in a cap&baller? I tested it a coupla times. More pep. Didn't hurt the gun any. Did seem like more penetration on old dead trees and the like.
I damaged a cap&baller using FFFg 777 powder though. That stuff is hot.
I used 27gr. loads in a Colt and it slammed the cylinder back so hard it peened the recoil shields ring back there. Was real fast and accurate though.