Has anyone tried "heating up" musket caps for breech loaders by adding a bit of Prime-All priming compound to the cap covered with a paper disc? My Gallager and Sharps can be a bit finicky and I bought some of the Prime-All to try. My concern is getting them too hot and burning out the nipple.
Which caps are you currently using?
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
RWS. They usually work fine, just the occasional misfire.Originally Posted by Muley Gil
Have you tried Schuetzen brand caps? They work fine for me.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
I reserve my Schuetzen caps for my muskets. They work fine. For my carbines, they seen to have less pop than the RWS. I'd especially like to eliminate the occasional misfires with my Gallager. I don't compete, so perhaps in retrospect, rather than doctoring up the caps, a nipple primer would be the way to go.
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