Startup advice please....

[Zero58]

tac forgot to mention safety glasses and baby/hand wipes (it gits messy )
i tired making some black powder cartridges http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5mwOJ2Khg they work very well especially if its a bit breezy on the range, i used fag papers and fine semolina as a filler, did not foul as much as normal the capping system is air pipe from a fish tank, a number a black powder shooters have said its the best capping tool they have ever used (and the cheapest)
if im loading without the paper carts i use porridge oats

Hi pardon me (a novice) sir but how does your capping system work ? Can't fathom how they move down tube and do you squash them on to nipple.Please explain. At the moment I use a brass long thing very fiddly to fill and only holds 20 caps thanks from Frank

[airgunnut]

Hi pardon me (a novice) sir but how does your capping system work ? Can't fathom how they move down tube and do you squash them on to nipple.Please explain. At the moment I use a brass long thing very fiddly to fill and only holds 20 caps thanks from Frank

It's a bit of air pipe between 1-2 inch long with just 2 caps, one in each end (closed end in the pipe) push cap on to nipple and pinch the pipe behind the cap to insure it pops out then just make sure it's seated (you have a dozen or so ready in a box) it costs a £1 or so for a few feet of this air pipe
If you watch the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5mwOJ2Khg towards the end you see the maker of the vid use the pipes to recap

[tacfoley]

It's a bit of air pipe between 1-2 inch long with just 2 caps, one in each end (closed end in the pipe) push cap on to nipple and pinch the pipe behind the cap to insure it pops out then just make sure it's seated (you have a dozen or so ready in a box) it costs a £1 or so for a few feet of this air pipe
If you watch the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5mwOJ2Khg towards the end you see the maker of the vid use the pipes to recap

Great idea! I like it. However, it's not HC for some folks...me I'll use anything that makes all the fiddly bits easier.

tac

[airgunnut]

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[Turnup]

It's a bit of air pipe between 1-2 inch long with just 2 caps, one in each end (closed end in the pipe) push cap on to nipple and pinch the pipe behind the cap to insure it pops out then just make sure it's seated (you have a dozen or so ready in a box) it costs a £1 or so for a few feet of this air pipe
If you watch the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5mwOJ2Khg towards the end you see the maker of the vid use the pipes to recap

Neat idea - particularly for the Remington because the cylinder cut outs for the nipples are too small to use an in-line capper - I will shamelessly copy it.

[airgunnut]

Neat idea - particularly for the Remington because the cylinder cut outs for the nipples are too small to use an in-line capper - I will shamelessly copy it.

it is at this point i must point out that i pilfered the idea from the vid in one of my previous posts

[robpark]

...at this point I'd like to point out that I'm very grateful for all the advice, I just haven't been able to put any of it into practice as I'm still waiting for my variation

...anyone care to comment on whether I should start with Pyrodex (cheaper) or Triple Seven (expensive, sensitive to compression, but easier to clean)? (Black powder not an option, as I decided not to apply for an explosives license to begin with)

[Turnup]

...at this point I'd like to point out that I'm very grateful for all the advice, I just haven't been able to put any of it into practice as I'm still waiting for my variation

...anyone care to comment on whether I should start with Pyrodex (cheaper) or Triple Seven (expensive, sensitive to compression, but easier to clean)? (Black powder not an option, as I decided not to apply for an explosives license to begin with)

Find out whatever any of your shooting buddies have, buy the other one and swap some. Then you can try both

[tacfoley]

...at this point I'd like to point out that I'm very grateful for all the advice, I just haven't been able to put any of it into practice as I'm still waiting for my variation

...anyone care to comment on whether I should start with Pyrodex (cheaper) or Triple Seven (expensive, sensitive to compression, but easier to clean)? (Black powder not an option, as I decided not to apply for an explosives license to begin with)

Pyrodex P is for pistols - uses 90% by WEIGHT of an equivalent BP charge.. Triple 7 is also good, and uses 85% by WEIGHT of an equivalent BP charge. Both clean up with water, and notwithstanding what folks say, they BOTH need a quick clean-up, post shooting.

Pyrodex P is energetic, but Triple 7, by comparison, is just plain frantic. Smells odd, too, a bit like sugar beets - not surprising, since it is a sugar-based propellant.

Your choice - I use both Pyrodex Select and Triple 7 in my two revolvers, but there really is nothing like the holy black.

tac

[airgunnut]

Pyrodex P is for pistols - uses 90% by WEIGHT of an equivalent BP charge.. but there really is nothing like the holy black.

tac

Amen to that!!!!!!!!!

[Zero58]

It's a bit of air pipe between 1-2 inch long with just 2 caps, one in each end (closed end in the pipe) push cap on to nipple and pinch the pipe behind the cap to insure it pops out then just make sure it's seated (you have a dozen or so ready in a box) it costs a £1 or so for a few feet of this air pipe
If you watch the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5mwOJ2Khg towards the end you see the maker of the vid use the pipes to recap

Thank you sir for your explanation and wonderful back up photos I for one will try this type of capper I only get to shoot about four cylinders so will do nicely I'll make up 15 that will be plenty thanks once again for shareing from Frank