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Offline Rickk

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capper for 1858 remington
« on: February 19, 2007, 02:12:26 PM »
Hi,

Anyone have good or bad experiences with various brands of cappers when used on 1858 Remington revolver?

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Re: capper for 1858 remington
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 05:43:16 PM »
The way the Remington cap well is cut, only the thinnest inline cappers will work.  Many shooteres open up the well notches with a mill or Dremel to make more space for the capper nose....
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Re: capper for 1858 remington
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2007, 01:01:07 AM »
I saw several postings about that. I was hoping that there was a capper that actually is known to work without cutting metal.

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Re: capper for 1858 remington
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2007, 11:57:32 AM »
Rick;

I just responded on another post about cappers. Removing metal is the solution. Open up the capping slot with a Dremel.