- May 15, 2007
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I use the end of a wooden dowel to fully seat the caps on the nipples.
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I recently bought a Cabelas Pietta 1858. Been interested in getting one for a long time and finally grabbed one. Can you guys tell me what I need to get, besides the balls, to get her going?
Over-shot grease (Crisco works) or Wonder Wads
Hands down way better than doing the over grease.
Over-shot grease (Crisco works) or Wonder Wads
Hands down way better than doing the over grease.
Couldn't agree more.
Wonder wads don't work well with Remmy's as you need the extra grease or it will carbon up after a couple of cylinders full.
Funny, that never happened with mine. Were you using real BP by any chance?
Wads prevent chain fires. [Cue discussion about grease and nipples.]
Funny, that never happened with mine. Were you using real BP by any chance?
Wads prevent chain fires. [Cue discussion about grease and nipples.]
The snail capper (upper picture) should work just fine on a colt, I'm told. I have one that I use on my Remmy with a little modding.
Bought the snail capper, tried it out in the basement. Caps like dream. Allows sufficient pressure to ensure the cap seats and will clear the cylinder backing plate (or whatever the proper name is for the frame part that always jams up the cylinder when the caps aren't properly seated) As a bonus, the capper cavity acts like a turning plate to get all the caps facing properly, No ridges, so I don't know how. Just dump them in and start jiggling. Uberti 1860 Army.
Nipples and chain fire? I think that's extremely unlikely. Unless you didn't have all nipples capped.
That gooey mess is what you need to keep a '58 Remmy turning through several cylinders full. They need the lube to keep the carbon soft on the cylinder pin and at cylinder/barrel gap.