Ruger Old Army

[hunter58]

Interesting concept from a guy on another forum. Making nipples to use small primers.

 

[NorEaster]

Interesting idea. It hits me as a concept for inclement weather
Looks time consuming to load and reload though
My fingers would probably drop that little cap screw in the grass

 

[majorKAP]

Very clever, but most certainly will be tedious to use. Still, if available, I want some! Mainly, for the trick little screwdrivers. Which forum?

 

[hunter58]

It's over the the high road forum.

It's under this thread. Starts around page 40?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=538088

 

[WASATCH CHARLIE]

Think i'll stick with my KIRST conversion cylinder. WC

 

[k22fan]

In my box of muzzle loader stuff from the late 1970s I have adapters and nipple variations to use all 3 primer sizes: small, large and shotgun, in place of both rifle percussion caps and musket caps, musket size nipples that use rifle percussion caps and rifle nipples that use musket caps. They all were briefly entertaining at the range, but, except for the musket nipple that used less expensive rifle caps, all of them were a waste of money. Washington's hunting equipment regulations then and now require a traditional percussion cap that is exposed to the elements during muzzle loader seasons. That negates any advantage these gadgets may theoretically have in the rain.

The set up that is the topic of this thread looks so slow to use that after initial experimentation you'd never again use them for target shooting. The only nitch I can think of for these would be if your ROA was your only self defense handgun AND you had a second cylinder with the same set up to do a switch cylinder reload. In that case these do appear to eliminate the occasional jam from a fired cap falling back into the action.

 

[cagedodger]

The only nitch I can think of for these would be if your ROA was your only self defense handgun AND you had a second cylinder with the same set up to do a switch cylinder reload.

Not a good idea to keep a loaded and capped cylinder around; basically a small firearm which will discharge if dropped on a capped nipple. Just sayin' - for safety's sake.

Cage 8)

 

[k22fan]

Not a good idea to keep a loaded and capped cylinder around; basically a small firearm which will discharge if dropped on a capped nipple. Just sayin' - for safety's sake.
Cage 8)

Thanks for posting safer gun handling advise Cage. I should have remembered that, but I’ve never had extra cylinders for cap-n-ball revolvers and didn’t think about it. Without a second cylinder super slow reloading limits this modern primer using set up to small game hunting during a time when no big game hunting is going on in the area, at least in Washington.