Cap Jam Fix On Colt Pocket Models

[D Yager]

Yes indeed, that's a cap post. I install them all the time. They are a pain in the backside on the pocket models however they serve 2 functions, first is to keep cap fragments out of the innards and second is to keep the hammer from being blown back to the half cock notch.

 

[tx_basser]

The cap post is exactly what i did and the spent/split caps just roll off when you start indexing the cylinder.

 

[1stnamebassist]

The neatest cap jam fixer thingy I ever saw was a hardened steel pin (probably a drill shank) inserted vertically in the frame right behind the capped nipple. A slot was cut into the striking face of the hammer to clear the vertical pin as it contacts the cap. The hammer face on each side of the slot busted the cap and the vertical pin kept the cap from blasting down into the innards..............Bob

45D does nice cap rake installations. Here is one I did from a jigsaw blade on my 1862 pocket police

 

[D Yager]

Nice job. I make the posts from a stainless steel screw. I find them a lot more secure and relatively easy to put in.

 

[Dickydalton]

Schucks, dint that MD guy invent that?

 

[Cliffdweller]

45D does nice cap rake installations. Here is one I did from a jigsaw blade on my 1862 pocket police

How much deeper did you have to make the hammer notch? Just curious.

 

[45D]

How much deeper did you have to make the hammer notch? Just curious.

Well, you have to make it deep enough to go over the post without making it wider. I cut the height of my post to be level with the top of the cone and thin enough to fit in the existing safety slot.

Mike

 

[D Yager]

I do it slightly different, my post comes in just centered on the hole in the nipple. Like Mike I also just deepen the slot in the hammer but keep it the same width. Everyone doe's things a little different than others, same results though.

 

[1stnamebassist]

How much deeper did you have to make the hammer notch? Just curious.

As others stated, deep enough to go over the rake and still able to fire the cap on the cone. I also installed an action shield and packed the action with grease. So far runs at 100%. I’m no gunsmith I’m just a hobbyist with machining experience and extensive experience with files, which is how I do my work along with hacksaws and coping saws and occasionally a dremel. If you don’t have that experience I would suggest seeking out the experts, who have just posted on this thread.