Nipples... always the nipples

[DEVERS]

My 1858 NMA revolvers from Pietta performed flawlessly... it was the nipple/cap combination that ran afoul.

Well, after giving up on CCI #10 and being out of Rem #10, I switched back over to CCI #11 and pinched them just a bit.

Well, after I started doing that, 100% reliability and ZERO cap issues after that.

Damn nipples... (TRESO, but, they work perfectly for preventing cap-trashing to gum up the action)

 

[Texas77]

Are you saying that getting TRESO nipples helped with the cap jams?

 

[DEVERS]

Yes, as long as I pinched the caps (CCI #11 caps) and didn't overload my charges.

Treso nipples tend to prevent cap destruction, in general. RWS caps work well, also.

Remington caps tend to shred/break up quite easily.