cap & ball pinfire

[rgbai]

i was thinking of making some of these as a way to fire my pinfire pistols
should be a easy thing to make.




http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/antique-firearms/106466-civil-war-pinfire-chimney-adapter.html

 

[mooncoon]

I think the pinfire slots would be too narrow on most guns. The nipple diameter is .168" for a #11 cap and the slot on a pinfire at a guess is around .1 or a bit bigger. On the smaller pistols the hammer is fairly weak and I found that using an upside down cap in a cylindrical cavity, they would not fire. Sometime I hope to try making a shell with a square cavity for the cap to sit in and hopefully that will work.

cheers mooncoon