Advice on loading my ROA

[tim56]

Yep. I use wonder lube for 45/70 b/p bullets and 577 mini bullets plus soak my patches in it. Brilliant stuff which works well in the revolvers if a bit runny in summer. Smells good too. Iv got a big tub of water pump grease which cost me nowt and works well so will stick with that till it runs out (if ever). Must admit it is a bit messy though, but who cares, its free

[lasbrisas]

Well I had a good shooting session with the ROA last night. We were outside til about 8pm, one question I have for everyone is how do you put your caps on, do you push them on harder after as I had a couple that didn't go off first time. Also I got the odd used cap fall down into the mechanism and jam up the cylinder.

[harricook]

Well I had a good shooting session with the ROA last night. We were outside til about 8pm, one question I have for everyone is how do you put your caps on, do you push them on harder after as I had a couple that didn't go off first time. Also I got the odd used cap fall down into the mechanism and jam up the cylinder.

I use No 10s & use an inline capper - then push them on again with a small wood dowel

Done it this was for years with my Remington NMA & then the ROA

Roy
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[davederrick]

I find the inline capper a pain to use on NMA, just stuff them on by hand & if they dont go 1st time then hammer the same cap again.
My NMA is stainless, so fouling is pretty easy to shift, grease is too sticky IMHO.

[harricook]

I find the inline capper a pain to use on NMA, just stuff them on by hand & if they dont go 1st time then hammer the same cap again.
My NMA is stainless, so fouling is pretty easy to shift, grease is too sticky IMHO.

I have two types of capper - one works on the ROA & one doesn't

Roy

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[Rollo]

If you want the best way to cap a ROA by MILES get yourself Thompson u-view capper,

http://www.midwayuk.com/apps/eproduc...eItemID=564558

Holds 100 caps and works everytime. I can't remember the last time I dropped a cap using one of these.

[lasbrisas]

I use No 10s & use an inline capper - then push them on again with a small wood dowel

Done it this was for years with my Remington NMA & then the ROA

Roy
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Roy, interesting that you use no 10s as I think we were using no 11s, also are there good and bad makes. What's the difference between the 2, I would assume it's the diameter of the cap.

[lilguy43uk]

Roy, interesting that you use no 10s as I think we were using no 11s, also are there good and bad makes. What's the difference between the 2, I would assume it's the diameter of the cap.

My ROA eats 10s and cappers designed to work with 11s are bad feeders of 10s.

[harricook]

Roy, interesting that you use no 10s as I think we were using no 11s, also are there good and bad makes. What's the difference between the 2, I would assume it's the diameter of the cap.

I'm using CCi No 10s purchased in bulk from Peter Starley at the last Trafalgar (stocked up on BP too !!)

My ROA eats 10s and cappers designed to work with 11s are bad feeders of 10s.

My cappers both are for No 11 caps & both work fine with No 10s - just that one works with the ROA due to the shape of the 'delivery system' and the other one doesnt ?

Once on - I then use a small wooden dowel to push on firmly

Never seem to get any cap or debris jams with the ROA as I always did with the Rem NMA

I load off the gun for both BP & Nitro - on a 6gun4fun loading stand

I seem to get about three times as much shooting in using the stand - as I did when I was using the gun on its own

Roy
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[davederrick]

Never seem to get any cap or debris jams with the ROA as I always did with the Rem NMA

I used to use CCI on my Rem NMA & had the same problem, I now use Dynamit Nobel 1075 & they work much better, no jams yet.

[Night Stalker]

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[timelord00]

Hi, I was just reading this thread and I am still wondering about the part of the original question, that mentions that one of the guys at his work loads a wad between the powder and ball and the other places the wad over the top. Which method is correct? Does it matter? Or are these two variations for different reasons? Thanks, G.