1851 Navy Colt Using Small Pistol primers & Making Your Own Percussion Caps Cap & Ball Black Powder

[@RetiredDuke]

A good way to hold the primeall powder in the cap is to mix 7 oz. of acetone with 1 tube of Duco Cement. Make sure you shake it up and mix it real well before you use it. I just use an eye dropper and put a couple of drops in each cap. The powder tends to fall out if you just use the acetone alone. And you get enough of the mixture to do thousands of caps. Just remember to mix it real well before each use. Oh and I'm from Maine too. 😀

[@megatrends]

Yes, that’s really a cool way to do that, that’s awesome that you came up with that. I use clear spray paint, just a fine mist I don’t soak it. I have all my caps out in the tray and then about a foot and a half to 2 feet above it I just lightly spray in the mist settles down on the caps and seals everything and it’s perfect. It’s been great.

[@heofthebee]

The issue is that #10 caps are pistol caps. ESG guidelines call for reduction of pistol loading supplies. However #11 are still sold. Thanks for the guidance.

[@robertpatrick1824]

I've never had a cap and ball revolver, but when I was a kid I had a Hopkins and Allen .36 underhammer. I made my own nipples out of a small bolt with the same threads as the nipples, and I made them so a .used 22 cb cap shell would fit on them. I lightly squeezed the cb cap shell so it would stay on the nipple. I used a paper punch and punched out 2 cap pistol caps and placed them in the shell. They were large enough they didn't fall out. I fired many shots and didn't by any more percussion caps. I used the cb shells over and over. I had access to a little Unimat lathe I used when drilling the home made nipples, though I imagine it would not be difficult to accurately hand drill them. Don't remember the size drill, it was one of my Dad's and it was in the 1960's. Never had a misfire with them.

[@megatrends]

OMG that's amazing! I've never heard of such genius .... wow. I copied your reply into a notepad file for future reference, I may try that someday. I was lucky enough to find a few hundred caps at a local shop a few miles away by accident really. New stock and CCI #11 caps at $8.99 a tin of 100. I grabbed a handful of course. Thank you very much for watching and sharing that amazingly cool story ... that is simply genius!

[@Strutingeagle]

You can dissolve smokeless gunpowder with acetone and use it to seal the powder and keep it in place. It wont add much to the power but the thin nitrocellulose coating will burn up and not plug the nipple like paint or paper will do.

[@martinkavanagh196]

Well Done J.Beau .. I have found that 'Federal' primers ignite easier (are softer metal) than CCI when reloading for my old Webley .38 S&W revolvers. The CCIs needed a stronger strike to function reliably. Thanks for sharing such useful information Mate

[@megatrends]

Wow, super good useful info on the Federal primers. I'll get some and try them. In the mean time found a few hundred CCI percussion caps at a local Maine store that my brother was kind enough to stop into and surprised me with them. $12.99 for a tin of 100 so I got a few hundred of those.

[@williamsepessy8687]

Just tried this with a couple of stock Uberti nipples and it worked great. Thanks for posting the dimensions. Over the years I have replaced all my stock nipples with Slix-Shots, so I have a sandwich bag full of Ubertis. Almost threw them away but now I will shorten a bunch of them for this purpose. Nice to have options.

[@jimihendrix4376]

Good video and info, no percussion caps available as of this post, not sure if they are seasonal or what but anyway thanks hope your enjoying good health. 👍

[@megatrends]

Thanks, same to you. I had bought a few hundred locally before winter at normal prices then they dried up again. Good luck! Thank you for watching.

[@aaronalexander9701]

I just bought a uberti 1851 navy and the cap shortage is still going on so I really appreciate you putting this video out there. For a bit there I thought it was going to be a long time before I got to shoot this thing.

[@megatrends]

Where there's a will there's a way! I can still buy percussion caos here in Maine so Im not desperate .... yet.

[@ronaldbishop5329]

​@@megatrends I just bought a pietta 1851 navy in January and haven't been able to find any percussion caps whatsoever in Maine. I thought I would have to do a cartridge conversion until this video

[@megatrends]

@@ronaldbishop5329 Let me know how it works out. here's a vid of me shooting mine this past Saturday. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmfRk5prbNFlaK8si=0GRIk5q98IJklIj7

[@vincentefox6707]

Thank you for the tips. I didn't know about the chain fires with Prime All. I just made about 100 caps just like you showed. I'm going to alternate my homemade and my CCI # 10s. I have an 1851 navy colt and a 1849 pocket pistol with no loading lever. I enjoyed this video.

[@megatrends]

Cool! Let me know how they turned out for you ... thank you very much for watching, it is much appreciated

[@rogergoodwin5533]

Who woulda thought ever factory percussion caps co. stoped production.

[@chaecoco2]

Just ran accross this video today. Two years later, and no relief with the caps yet. But good idea with the tubing and pistol primers. This seems to be a relatively quick method to fabricate that will get people back in the game. the other two you mentioned seem quite tedious. Sometimes I wonder if I should just purchase conversion cylinders and just shoot my cap and ball revovers as blackpower cartridge guns. 45 Colt is easy to reload, and components readily available.

[@megatrends]

Yes, whatever works for you really. I shot few cylinders today in the .36 caliber using the home made caps with Prime-All and also the small pistol primers. All the Prime-All ones worked great. The pistol primer ones were cumbersome but worked. I should weld a firing pin on the hammer face, just a short flat nub for the,pistol primers. If you can get 45 LC and load b A k powder cartridges in a 44 … maybe do that instead. For sure …. Anyway thanks for watching!

[@KathrynLiz1]

You can harvest the powder from the plastic caps by crushing them gently with long nosed pliers, haven't had one go off doing that yet.. but do them in small batches.... Separate the little paper discs with a fine probe and keep the powder. This can then be used like the "Prime-all" powder in the kits either held with a small dab of very dilute clear nail polish with acetone. You can put paper discs over the powder if you want to. There's enough powder in each 'star' or strip of 8 shots to do two caps...

[@megatrends]

Awesome ... thanks!

[@edwinlipton]

Kool. Like access to off shelf things as long as there not a kings ransom demand in price.

[@jesscobb2279]

Thanks for the info. I can find the caps but sometimes I don't like the price. This helps a lot. Great Job!

[@megatrends]

I shot some of these home made caps, both small pistol primers and home made percussion, over the last two weekends. They work .. store bought is better but as you said not always available and when they are they are over priced by profiteers.

[@eaglelandedjupiter]

Your video helped me. I am now. Shooting my1858 Remington Pistol rifle CCI small pistol primaries in the holes. Thanks, you made my day.😅😅

[@davinci3259]

I'm just getting into black powder guns and purchased a Traditions 1858 Army. I cannot find caps anywhere, so I'm looking for ways to make my own.

[@megatrends]

There's plenty of video on KZbin to make your own, there is different methods, find one that works for you. Thanks for watching, very much apreciated.

[@thomastevelde8547]

Love my 1858 Remington new army clone

[@davefellhoelter1343]

How do the offline capped cylinders stay in place under recoil? this could be a consideration for Chain Fire and reliability. FYI I mix "my Primeall" with acetone and use an eye dropper to fill my DIY pistol or musket caps wet "I use small amount of case lube on punch tooling, eliminates A LOT of the fiddly bit, made a blank or tool to hold caps for fill and dry. And I did "some experimenting" with refilling primeall into used removed emptied primer shells Thank YOU for More Ideas!

[@deandeann1541]

Here is more info if you want it - maybe the more info the better? The primer mix can be mixed wet, this is easier for some people (and more reliably safe than working with dry mix) - a very small tool must be found or made to dip a tiny bit of wet mix and place it in the cap. In the alternative, some people mix it dry and use tweezers to hold a cap which they scoop the dry mix with (since it is very difficult to scoop dry mix and pour it into a cap without it spilling everywhere). After scooping with a cap it is placed in a wooden cap holder (a board with a bunch of small holes in it), then a bit of acetone or alcohol can be added after the dry mix is pressed with a wooden matchstick. If the caps are not durable enough a bit of hairspray can be added after making the caps. There are other things that work instead of hair spray, such as a solution of gun cotton in alcohol.

[@lorenray9479]

I listened twice. Informative to solve probs making our own. The small pistol primers have a compression set to sensitize for the strike. The tubing is a Great idea for sealing from weather! Thanks!

[@megatrends]

Hope it helped, I really do not enjoy making my own, it was out of necessity. My local shops are now stocked with percussion caps, I've purchased a bunch for $8.99 a tin of 100 and Remington #10, CCI #10 and #11 as well as the Magnum which are $12.99 ... it is almost ridiculous how much is on the shelves in Maine here.

[@dennisflynn1382]

How about removing the anvil from small pistol, and just using the tubing and a standard nipple?

[@Hawkstrider58]

Man J Beau. This video is great. I don’t compliment unless I’m really impressed. All good Ideas. And you gave me ideas. Who really knows why percussion caps are so hard to get. I think a contrivance. But so many shape minds like yours. Thanks man

[@megatrends]

you're welcome, thanks for the kind words. Thank you for watching, very much appreciated. Hope we get some caps on the shelves in this century! lol.

[@brianalbee4153]

Definitely a different project than the kit to make pop can caps from .22reloader, but looks cost effective if you can get the primers. Nice

[@megatrends]

I prefer prime-all with the aluminum caps, these were not the best solution but did offer a "good enough" option if you can't do either or you wish to save time.I did not experiment with different small pistol primers either. Could also work on modifying different hammer faces as the pistol primers with the flat stock factory hammer face was the culprit on ones that didn't fire the first time around. Perhaps even welding a small raised bump on the face would strike the primer like a firing pin

[@kevinroberson1985]

I think that works very well with the 500 and 550 CCI small pistol primers! And I think it would fire every primer if you would drill a small hole in the hammer and add a small fireing pin made from bicycle spoke cut down short with no more three thirty seconds long protruding and rounded off on the point. This will make sure the anvil in the primer sets off the primer first time it's hit and every time you drop the hammer! Thanks for your great video and knowledge on the tubing and pistol primers. Those pistol primers will have better ignition than percussion caps and be more resistant to water and humidity.

[@megatrends]

great advice, thanks... the spare parts also make it cheap to do, a hammer doesnt cost much.

[@bigrod0069]

that little tool for making them is pretty dang kool actually

[@megatrends]

Yeah, Ive been pretty fortunate lately as a local store has had hundreds of percussion caps. Just got some Remington no. 10s for $6.99 a tin. CCI 10s and 11s for $8.99.

[@bigrod0069]

@@megatrends that's pretty great deal, i got some other day for 12.50 a tin, kind of irritating.

[@megatrends]

@@bigrod0069 That was the price for the CCI Magnum percussion caps but the regular plain olds was cheap.

[@SilntObsvr]

For whatever it's worth, it ought to be possible to use Small Rifle primers as well, even Small Rifle Magnum primers; they're the same diameter as Small Pistol and Small Pistol Magnum. The difference between regular and magnum is mainly the thickness and hardness of the primer cup; magnum primers are a little harder and rifle primers are both thicker and harder, with rifle magnum primers the hardest. That can cause misfires due to light strikes if you reload brass cartridges with too hard a primer (the gun's hammer spring or striker spring may lack the power to indent the primer enough to set it off), but won't matter when you use these in a black powder revolver, because you're firing the primer by setting the internal anvil back within the cup, rather than indenting the cup itself. The other difference between standard and magnum primers is the amount of fire produced -- so if you find your primers are firing but the propelling charge isn't igniting reliably, or you get poor accuracy due to slow ignition (perhaps due to old or damp powder?), stepping up to a hotter primer may improve your ignition or speed up your lock time. This may also help if you load with pellets and get an occasional misfire.

[@megatrends]

Thanks for the info ... the mall pistol primers work well after indenting the cup by applying hammer face pressure before firing, like seating them first. I shot some of these today actually, they worked well. If I see the rifle primers you mentioned I will check them out if i come across some. Should work theoretically.

[@lorenray9479]

I make many of my own tools. A smaller drill bit or rod pressed thru a small hole will reduce the primer cups made from turkey baster/roaster pan, .oo7 ish. They dish out on firing instead of fragmenting into the action. No chain firing. Prime-all reliability!

[@shizumiyato7045]

About these caps on tape, You dont punch a hole, You need to put 10 of them into water and place them into tin caps while they are still wet, split the paper layer and scrap them with sharp tool, works for me like a charm :) But a lot of work needed

[@Tee-ina-Skee-Mask]

should try using brass or copper sheets for the caps, i use brass myself but have used copper and it works great

[@megatrends]

Thanks for the tip!

[@jeffreyvitz6121]

Really enjoyed this! ty :-)

[@megatrends]

YW, glad you enjoyed it and it was helpful. Thank you especially for watching, means a lot. Cheers!

[@timsmith9169]

The hammer has a notch in it. Yes in part for sight .also to help cap go off

[@Nobodys-bd3bg]

Very good well made and informed a lot of info in that little time thanks a bunch

[@darkwriter77]

I wonder if this small pistol primer mod is do-able on the Uberti 1847 Walker...? Number 10 and 11 primers are pretty much non-existent anywhere locally or online, from what I've seen, but I can find a few sources for small pistol primers here and there. Wanting to get a Walker but without primers, my only option for shooting the thing at all is a conversion cylinder which is another $250 plus .45 LC ammo is almost a buck per shot, sooooo...

[@megatrends]

Maybe ... I dont see why not. Wish I had more answers for everyone ...

[@sanman187-]

Where did you find those flat small round containers (tins, makeup containers) you used to store the Prime-All components? I've looked in various places, no luck... did fine something on Amazon, clear plastic, domed w/black lids, that were expensive.

[@megatrends]

I dont know their intended purpose but I found them on eBay. They were sold in a pack of 25 for about $3 lol.

[@sanman187-]

@@megatrends Great! Do you have a link, and if not, remember what you looked for? I looked there but not for a round flat tin.

[@megatrends]

@@sanman187- I bought those three years ago, I really do not remember. It was either eBay or Amazon for sure. I just did an ebay search and they are like these. www.ebay.com/itm/355157174688?hash=item52b10469a0:g:PgEAAOSwmZhgNzit&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Pwlr5GPuDcB%2BSGCASTEZh3moTZaUn91FLDYAey0LcsPsUYjSr8t9b05aj%2FgtyMOPcKumqI10cghryYPofkFypSv2NTUccxS1PcWOGjVD23ZpXij9ONDJDUhM4htJHAgroPdG78By235GUkf3NbCckCHcchGGjroCZALa%2FkdOu%2FIOltZW6tj%2BZh3uywpfofZi%2BiV6p%2BDkaN%2FfQzs%2BQOvpdYNtALbPokAa0S1cYBth186HsCnScVneIyxldaz%2FlFS2z%2Bo09EAP7usshk0St8q4vln6ZD921pNlzumTqCt2EVF%7Ctkp%3ABFBMjPXMzZ1j

[@sanman187-]

@@megatrends Thank you!

[@nonokodog622]

Awesome comprehensive video. I've been struggling to make my aluminum can caps work with either Prime-All or German made caps (hard to find). I've determined the cause to be high pressure causing the cup to blow out before the hot gas stream can enter the flash hole. My DIY caps (Prime-All and Al cups from punch) work great with my TC Hawkin. I have some vinyl tubing and will try that with some exotic SSP I bought at the hardware store ($100 per 1000). Also ordering some 0.005 copper sheet to use with the punch. I tend to shoot Remington New Army style capnball guns which a hammer spring tension screw.

[@megatrends]

Very nice, ne sure to let us know how that works out, very interesting. Thank you for watching as well, greatly appreciated.

[@thomandstacieverroad8417]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Good job 👍

[@megatrends]

Yeah, always seems that way doesnt it. Thanks for watching, much appreciated.

[@thomandstacieverroad8417]

@@megatrends I too have struggled to find caps (short of paying a pound of flesh for them) and the tube idea with homemade caps is genius! You gave me an idea too.... I have an extra, old worn out pistol and I'm going to try adding a firing pin to the hammer by drilling it out and sticking a hardend steel nail head on it and see if I can improve the reliability rate for using the small pistol primers . Which would make that method work 100%. Of the time. What do you think of that idea?

[@megatrends]

I think that has a shot! Let me know if that works, probably not even easy to find primers these days either.@@thomandstacieverroad8417

[@thomandstacieverroad8417]

@@megatrends I've seen them as low as $6-7 dollars even today if you order the online. Generally cobelas has them too thus my interest in trying the conversion. I'll see what happens and let you know. Following you.

[@megatrends]

Thanks, i'll check it out and thanks for the follow. Thank you for watching ... @@thomandstacieverroad8417

[@rabitsky]

Very interesting. Is it possible to obtain a better contact between the small pistol cap and the nipple by removing (with caution) the anvil from the cap ?

[@megatrends]

That's possible but wouldn't have the patience to do many. If one could easily that would do the job Im sure. I may experiment.

[@burttaylor8852]

I am very interested in the cap forming punch/ die, can you tell me where you got it, who makes it ?

[@megatrends]

I bought mine here ... i dont know anyone there, not an endorsement. Many buy what they need here, cheap for the primer compound and the punch is available at a reasonable price as well. 22lrreloader.com/

[@megatrends]

Just noticed they have the old fashioned puncher which I have and is still $50 and the newer one makes a better cap and more at more of a production line instead of one at a time for $130 ... they also have a new prime all compound wth special hardener .

[@burttaylor8852]

Thank you for your help.@@megatrends

[@CITYPREPPER016]

Gonna try that because I can't find caps here in Illinois

[@megatrends]

May have to mess around with different ones until you find consistency. These Magnum small pistol primers were OK if you go into it knowing that it is not 100% simply because of the flat face of the hammer. If you are crafty and welded a firing pin on a spare hammer which I may just do. I found a few hundred CCI percussion caps at a store here for a ridiculous $8.99 ea for 100 caps.

[@smartmeis]

you can order them online, and have them shipped to your house, its like an extra 30 bucks but no dealing with idiotic ffls and calling all over.

[@haydenfrost2692]

I just used a ramset. It's basically a 22 blank

[@megatrends]

They don't fit on the 1851 Navy Colt but maybe I could shorten the nipples even more and cut the ramset casings shorter. The issue is room to rotate the barrel once they are one. Would work with the 1860 style more i bet.

[@sotoo9645]

Cut your tubing with Electrician Shears of the shear type Dog Nail Clippers... beautiful cut. I use them for cutting all types of round stuff.

[@megatrends]

Awesome, thanks ... also thank you for watching! I made a note of that...

[@fortyshooter1]

Just found your video on this and I made up a few to test for ignition. Do you see a lot of sparks/blast from around the outside of the primer? It must build up pressure trying to get thru the nipple and leak around the piece of hose. Does a cap do the same? First time using the BP cylinder with my Remington as I usually use 45 Colt conversion cylinder.

[@megatrends]

Yes, that's normal... if it is doing that it's good. Have fun! Thank you for watching!

[@fortyshooter1]

@@megatrends Thanks I will carry on! I will be using Alliant Black MZ since I have 6 lbs. of it and need to use it.

[@job38four10]

Yes, percussion caps are hard to find, when I do find them the price is on the high side. $12.00-$18.00/100. Places like Cabalas and Kittery Trading Post always use to carry them now they dont. I have one can of #10 caps left that I bought from Cabalas over 10 years ago but dont want to use them til I find some more, and I know they was well under $10.00...... I bought the 1851 Navy with square-back trigger guard 15 years ago from Dixie Guns Works, it's been about 10 years since I last shot black powder. I'd like to get back into black powder shooting again, but after doing cap searching past couples days it's not looking good, thankyou Brandon......

[@megatrends]

Ive purchased a few hundred in Kittery recently including Remington #10 caps. You may want to stop back in because they had a ton of them n the rack CCI and Remington for $8-14 depending on if you want Megnum caps.

[@cowboywoodard2569]

What about brazing a firing pin on the hammer face

[@megatrends]

I am surer that would work .. and the hammers dont cost much which is an added plus to switch back and forth between primer caps and types of primers.

[@cowboywoodard2569]

@megatrends yes ,but sweat the brass pin or ball shape with silver solder and you can always sweat it off when you like.I have done this several times on things like front sights.Just saying

[@megatrends]

@@cowboywoodard2569 awesome ....

[@deandeann1541]

Hey I'm in Maine two - Livermore Falls.

[@megatrends]

Howdy neighbor :)

[@sanman187-]

Excellent video! One question: in grinding down the original steel nipples, are you saying your removed 5/32" (4mm)?? If so, then I would use the caliper to measure the overall final length as the template for the other five. (I'm not sure how you got the 4 millimeter measurement.)

[@megatrends]

It's been a while, i dont really remember how i measured but must have used my digital caliper. Also I wasnt exact from nipple to nipple, I measured one out and tested it then did the rest.. I just filed it until it looked right and worked.

[@sanman187-]

Great, thanks!

[@sanman187-]

@@megatrends Got it. You said you used a Dremel tool, which I have, too.

[@megatrends]

@@sanman187- You could ue files bt the steel is pretty hard and the Dremel is more accurate. These things are old technology and basically you can just bludgeon them lol. The hammer sells online for cheap for an 1851 Navy clone for Piettas. I had purchased an entire kit from cabela's for $30 which had the hand spring, sear spring, hammer spring, hammer and I think that was it. I also use stainless steel nipples, forget which brand I bought and the Pietta stock ones which are steel are about $10 so I didnt worry about ruining anything.

[@kootenaiblades946]

Great video.

[@megatrends]

Shot some of these earlier today ... thanks for watching!

[@SquirrelDarling1]

I wonder if those paper snap caps, the ones you throw on the ground would work?

[@megatrends]

I'actually made some of those and they didn't work. Some worked but most didn't, I even used the caps made in Germany which uses real gunpowder like the old days. I tried the Made in China roll caps.

[@asadunbar3324]

Great video my man comprehensive good information

[@megatrends]

Thanks, I shot these pistols last weekend using both prime all and small pistol primers caps. They work ... not as good as store bought caps bt they work! Thank you for watching, much appreciated.

[@billyhenard1473]

Could a 22 case be cut down and shorten the Nipple and use the tubing as you show here

[@megatrends]

Ive seen people use 22 casings cut short but on the black powder rifle nipples which are much bigger than these. The home made percussion caps are made from Prime All, a 22lr reloading kit and just making my own caps to fill with the powder primer. It is actually pretty easy to make the percussion caps from pie plates. I can make about 75 in an hour which includes filling them after mixing the powder. I only shoot about 30 each session, about 5 cylinders.

[@billyhenard1473]

@@megatrends I watched your videos and others videos and it seems to me that the Homemade caps are not very reliable. Of course better than nothing but far from ideal. Also did not like that the Gun has to be crried a certain way to keep the caps from falling off. Was sure hoping the 22 cases were the answer on the Cap and ball Revolver. Perhaps a way to use rifle niples on the Cap and ball revolver or a modification of the outside of the existing Nipples to allow fitment of the 22 cases. I also have extra cylinders that perhaps I could use one of the extra cylinders and then all it would take is the few seconds that it takes to change the cylinders on my Pietta New Army (1858 replica)cap and ball ? I have been just speculating but will break out a 22 round and cut it off and then see the fit on a nipple then go from there. I also have small and Large pistol primers and will experiment with those as well. Thanks for your reply

[@megatrends]

@@billyhenard1473 okay … 👍

[@billyhenard1473]

@@megatrends After pulling the bullet on a 22 round and pouring the powder out I see that even shortened there will be a need to do something else to make this work. Maybe use a black powder rifle nipple somehow or use the existing nipples with the outside of the nipple built up with JB weld Putty ?

[@megatrends]

@@billyhenard1473 I just make home made caps. The Prime All ones are about 98% reliable, I dont really use the small pistol primer ones. I can make about 75 caps in an hour start to ready to fire.

[@rogergoodwin5533]

Thanks very helpful. Watching many forums many ideas.

[@megatrends]

Cool, thank you for watching ... Ive been shooting both home made with prime all and using small pistol primers lately. They work ... until there's percussion caps to buy I'll do this.

[@megatrends]

Also thank you for watching, much appreciated.

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

Kind Thanks for some good info! Many Blessings and Good Shootin! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@megatrends]

You're welcome, thank you so much for watching, it is really appreciated. Have a beautiful day today.

[@usualsuspect5173]

Have you tried removing the anvil part of the primer? It might sit better on the nipples? I would think it might still fire?

[@megatrends]

Ive not experimented with that yet. might be interesting to find out .... I've been able to buy caps off the shelf here no problem so Ive not had the need to. I should though just to check it out.

[@Deadeyeo86]

WEll done THANK YOU SIR

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

Do you get any difference in grouping with the different primers?

[@megatrends]

Not much deviance, I use 20 gr of black powder for .36 cal. if I use more i lose accuracy optional primers opr not so I would say not much difference, the primer would have to be pretty weak which does happen sometimes when you get a misfire or squib like fire from a weak cap. The pistol primers have good pop and when they function properly there has been no issues. Im using store bought percussion caps again as they are very plentiful here where I shop in Maine.

[@sanman187-]

Can you recommend a sighting video?

[@megatrends]

Sure, this guy you should sub to if not already. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqWoo3qIppuEbpY

[@megatrends]

Also thank you for watching, much appreciated.

[@sanman187-]

@@megatrends Ahhh... Mike Beliveau as a lot of videos, but I didn't see this link, thanks a lot!

[@sanman187-]

@@megatrends I very much appreciate your thoroughness.

[@gliderarts3573]

i tried magnum for some blank rounds with 20 gr...seemed very quiet....maybe didnt burn just ejected the powder n wad?

[@megatrends]

Probably did just that, ejected the powder with the wad. There should have been a kaboom.

[@drmachinewerke1]

could you just install tubing over the cap and load all 6

[@megatrends]

I suppose you could try it. I found it easier to have them all ready in a tin especially shooting in winter where I use gloves. Even though I have a couple fingers cut off so I can load magazines for semi autos or placing these homemade caps on the nipples. I suppose whatever works for you ...

[@cybertug4]

Try federal. Usually softer material

[@megatrends]

Thanks for the helpful info, will do! Thank you for watching .... always nice to get good advice. Thanks.

[@almartin4284]

press the caps on with a wooden dowel before you shoot.

[@nikitamckeever5403]

Thanks , luckily I can get percussion caps here in the UK but I’ve stored your method in the old computer banks .

[@megatrends]

Nice, I found 300 in a store here for cheap. Was $11.99 US for $100 caps. When I run out I'll go back as they had all kinds since. Nice to see it showing up again.

[@CarlMyers-h8x]

What size primers do you use for a 44 black powder pistol

[@megatrends]

Black powder revolvers have removable interchangeable nipples. Most black powder revolvers no matter the caliber use whatever nipples one chooses to use, the majority being No. 11 and Number 10 size percussion caps.

[@ericgleixner4074]

I think switching the barrels made both guns look a little nicer. Just my opinion.

[@megatrends]

Agreed ... and the best thing is there's no law saying one cannot! lol. Thank you for watching, it is very much appreciated.

[@daleweller5193]

I think that is going to beat making caps.

[@megatrends]

I got mixed results, it was "good enough" but not reliable in every shot. I shortened a set of nipple which helped but modifying the hammer with a firing pin of some sort would be of benefit. Ive been able to buy percussion caps here at $8 a tin of 100 so Ive not had to deal with this for a while. Im sure there will be another shortage as there always is.

[@PlanetLuthian]

Pack 2 german paper caps instead of 1 Also drop 1 grain of fffg powder in-between.

[@lolk4530]

I know this is an old video, but is there a way to do this with rifle primers? Not 21 yet so i cant buy pistol primers in my state

[@megatrends]

I have no idea about that ... as far as I know I was assuming small pistol primers because other stuff would be too big but Ive not verified that so maybe something works.

[@deandeann1541]

A very few years agoI was paying $27 for 1000 Selleir and Bellot small pistol primers, and $35 for 1000 #19 percussion caps. Due to the immense increade in cost I purchased a percussion cap die that allows me to make caps from aluminum beverage can material. I can make KClO3 percussion caps very, very cheaply. The cap die will pay for itself after making 600 caps at $10/hundred. Chlorate caps are effective, they produce a lot of fire - but they are corrosive. The caps cost about 1.3 cents each now, this will be reduced to nearly free if I purchase a pound of potassium chlorate and antimony trisulfide. I already have the sulfer. A pound of KClO3 is only $30 or so including shipping and is enough for tens of thousands of caps.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

Hmmm? do tell PLEASE? I have permanganate? with others I use in plating and bluing

[@deandeann1541]

@@davefellhoelter1343 I keep trying to reply but utube keeps deleting them - 4 times so far. Apparently they will not allow any details about H48 priming compound, even though in many, if not all states, it is perfectly legal to own, and legal to mix up very small amounts at home to make your own percussion caps. I can't even tell you where to purchase a kit which includes all the ingredients to make the priming compound!. Everything I discuss is perfectly legal, yet my constitutional right to free speech in a public forum is being completely stymied. I am sure that there will be unfortunate consequences for this egregious behavior - although I do not know whether the burden of such consequences will be felt by the nation's public, or by the Google executives that are behind this most unfortunate policy. Perhaps utube policy makers are so corrupt and controlling that even this perfectly appropriate comment will be deleted. We shall see. My apologies Mr. Fellhoelter - I am not ignoring your request.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

@@deandeann1541 On it, I Nowa a Guy, now I Nowa the right questions? will be talking biz in the am with da Guya. Danka! and muchos Garcia's! let's go Hunt!er!

[@LuisFernando-xh7zg]

Sí traen muy poco cebo . Pero si lo recargas con fósforo . Te enciende bien la pólvora . Mi saludos amigo

[@archangel20031]

When I started getting into reloading, small pistol primers were $2.50 per 100! If you were going to do this exclusively to one gun, taking a MIG welder and spot welding for a 1/4 second on the center of the face of the hammer, will give you a nub that will be more firing pin like.

[@megatrends]

Yes, that would work and the hammers are not expensive for these, I would just have to resight it, takes a couple minutes to interchange parts in these. Thanks for the tip!

[@cowboywoodard2569]

Good Video Don take care and I MEAN A VERY VERY GOOD VIDEO Works with pistol and the meat getters Hawken.your attention to this youd wonder why use copper and not aluminum???

[@bigrod0069]

20 dollars!! places like that really piss me off. that's ridiculous

[@Gunsgame1966]

Great video so informative and descriptive 🙏 you Jesus is our lord and saviour amen 🙏

[@charlesborders2893]

make it easy by just machine a nipple to hold a small pistol primer

[@megatrends]

I have a video on that, it works ...

[@thefreese1]

Chain fires don't happen at the caps usually.. they happen at the business end of the cylinder.. i literally have had all 6 go off on an 1851... the problem was the balls weren't big enough. Store bought Hornady .and you'd think that a company like that would have had better QC especially in the 1070s ... but they weren't .375 . And i I had nothing but a roundball in each chamber.. no crisco... After that I never shot one without a wad or any lube.. and I've used somenloose caps When you fire a round the cylinder pushes back against the face of the frame and the most of fire goes upward.... not all the way aground the cylinder to the next cap , under the cap, through the primer seal or into the flash hole of the nipple...

[@megatrends]

Cool, you stated your balls were too small and they chain fired. I'd see a doctor about that. But seriously folks, my chain fires are on the cap end in both 1851 navy colt pistols ... with loose fitting caps. I've recorded it on video more than once. Thank you for watching.

[@Guy-ky9mc]

A local shop had #10 caps, 100qty (Remington) for $6.50... he asked how many I needed.. I asked 'how many will you sell me!?'

[@megatrends]

Yeah .... happy for you. Im glad to be able to buy them again too. I mean there's a ton of it, not just a coulpe tins, they got racks full of them.

[@tomcurran8470]

There are no percussion caps around, June 2023. Small pistol are the most available.

[@curtwuollet2912]

Only problem I see is that primers are not much easier to find.

[@independentthinker8930]

Dang, not that long ago I paid 15.00 for a brick of primers

[@ianxtreem]

Just my two cents, but prime all really doesn't work well, and the company doesn't respond to questions. I use the roll caps with great success, but use a different process than you do. Good video!

[@megatrends]

Prime All works well ... happy with it. Thanks for watching. Cheers.

[@lincolnstovall9471]

#10 cap nipples? I found a tool to make #11 caps out of aluminum can. White match tip powder. And crush just the powder material. Then used finger nail polish remover a pack lightly into the cap. Only have had one hang fire once. 50 cal rifle cap. 👍👍👍

[@megatrends]

I can't find any strike anywhre matches, there's just the "Green" strike on box matches. Where did you find some?

[@megatrends]

I usually use Prime-All 22lr reloading primer. I have the tool to make #10 caps and I use tin can aluminum or pie plate aluminum.

[@lincolnstovall9471]

I have had them a long time in a camp trailer. Have you every heard of tanerite. They have a kit for 22cal, to do the same thing. I’m trying it this spring waiting to warmup.

[@megatrends]

@@lincolnstovall9471 Yes please, warm up lol

[@palsingh4984]

J Beau, they been doing this in india for years, i posted this 2 years ago on face book.

[@PlanetLuthian]

Your cap stamp is not accurate if it don't sit snug. Get another one

[@megatrends]

Depends on the nipples used ... the cap maker I have is for #11 and a generous one at that. What other cap maker would you recommend since you bring this up? The 22 reloader website has a newer better quality one for over $100 ... I paid $45 for this one and it works on the #11 nipples. #10 nipples I get an occasional chain fire through the cap side. So yes, I agree on cap fitment being the main culprit in chain fire issues on the back end of the cylinder.

[@1969jbear]

Thank You very good