percussion cap keepers ??

[necchi]

Does anyone out there know what Rifleman 1776 just said?

Yup,
He's saying that Traditional guns and the past time of using them is as old as teh History behind them.
And no matter what we do there is always someone in the consumer marketing industy trying to re-invent the wheel so they can sell something to someone that's not needed.
(and plenty will buy the new whiz-bang technology)
It's all about the dollar buddy.

 

[IONBuckaroo]

Thanks Necchi. You make a lot more sence.

 

[IONBuckaroo]

Thanks Necchi. You make a lot more sence.

 

[Dwight Dutton]

I have an ASM Remington 1858 that I got cheap because it had "water" damage (It was actually pet urine). Two of the nipples are rusted in so solid I broke two wrenches trying to get them out and gave up. My main issue is not the broken pieces after the cap has been fired, It was the caps falling off before shooting.. So now I have four Slixshot nipples that work fine and two of the original crappy ones. So a long as I start in the right place there is really only one I have to worry about falling off, and it only has to stay in place for one other shot. Yet it manages to do that.
So I have to use *one* cap keeper every time I load. Annoying but it works.

 

[CaptainVane]

Something has to get those nipples out. Have you tried putting cylinder in oven at 500 degrees? Heat often loosens metal components. Or soak for days in oil bath? Or PBBlaster bath for days?