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Hey Guys. Need some help/advice. Shot my brandy new 1851 Colt Navy. Very pleasant to shoot and remarkably accurate. Here's the prob - Caps would not seat. Very difficult to get on and get this; the first round of firing, the caps did not go off. I think the first round seated them. Second time around it fired every time. Anybody run into this before??
Steve

 

[Rikeman]

I just took my Walker out yesterday. I have had it out a few times now. Yesterday for the first time I hade ONE cylinder that would do the same thing. first run through it would not fire so would rotate it back to the cylinder, give it a second drop of the hammer and it would fire off fine.

Just kind of odd, it happened 3 separate times, and I fire at least 8 full cylinders worth. Worked just fine the rest of the time. Like you said, maybe didnt get seated all the way. :hmm:

 

[arquebus]

Quite often factory-issued nipples seem to a bit 'fat' & don't allow the caps to seat fully. This can be fixed in a couple of ways 1. Chuck the nipple in a drill & 'thin' them down a mite with a fine-cut file, or better still 2. Buy a set of aftermarket nipples. I've never had any problems with the nipples I've purchased from DGW, or Cain's Outdoors. Nipples designed for revolvers generally come in sets of six.

 

Quite often factory-issued nipples seem to a bit 'fat' & don't allow the caps to seat fully. This can be fixed in a couple of ways 1. Chuck the nipple in a drill & 'thin' them down a mite with a fine-cut file, or better still 2. Buy a set of aftermarket nipples. I've never had any problems with the nipples I've purchased from DGW, or Cain's Outdoors. Nipples designed for revolvers generally come in sets of six.

I tend to agree with you. Because of the way this happened, I think I'll just go with a new set of nipples. Thanks
Steve

 

Latest update. For some reason, I received another set of nipples with the gun when I bought it. Don't know why but tryed these and they fit #10s perfectly. Does Cabales know that factory nipples from Italy don't fit?
Steve