Steve, you can make your own "Grease Cookies" a mix of beeswax (Crisco), paraffin and ballistol or mineral oil. Mix together in a double boiler, then pour it out on a cookie sheet about 1/8 inch or so thick. When it cools you punch out cookies with a 45 case. You place these cookies between the powder and round ball. It is mostly for lubing the barrel. If you use the correct size round ball, .451, .454 or .457, and shave a complete ring around the mouth of the chamber that is what prevents chain fires, that and proper fitting caps. Poor fitting caps can cause chain fires also.
That's a nice looking stainless NMA you got. I just found a Shooters model, should be here next week. I have a coupla of others.
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That's purty! I didn't care for the color case finish on the nma's when I first saw it, but it's growing on me. The color case on your is the nicest I have seen. I can't wait to try out my new shooters model, maybe it well make me a better shot.....nah.
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I would keep both 11's and 10's on hand. I keep both sizes in different brands. Cap can vary in size, from brand to brand and from manufacturing lot to lot. They are .03 cents each, you don't get much for .03 cents. Nipples are another problem, they have a big variation in diameter and length. I have modified a few sets for better fit. I made a fixture so I can mount them in my lathe and cut them. You can also chuck them in a drill and take a fine cut file to them, work very slow and you can make them have a good cap fit. Your removing very small amounts of metal.
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i own a pietta 1858.as soon as i got it the plunger pin promptly fell out on a carpeted floor,never to be seen again.the gun shoots well however.the trigger pull is crisp,but much overtravel.good luck with your new smoke pole steve,just keep an eye on that plunger pin.
That's a very common issue on the C&B revolvers. They really cut the hammer notch deep. I used to stone the outside radius of the hammer to get the creep out, but on some that removed a LOT of metal. A friend had me solder a piece of brass shim stock in the back of the notch to reduce the depth, worked great and no stoning through the case hardening.
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