Great shots of the falling cap!  I can certainly understand the aggravation when you have something dialed in and then something out of your control changes.  People that run cap guns always have my respect (except Rugers - just don't like 'em  ).  I simply don't have the patience. 

What is the longest range you can shoot?  That Dance might be POA at 100 yards! 

Thanks. They were stills from a video. I have actually heard somewhere that the cap and ball guns are set up for 100 yards. Not sure why I would want to shoot one 100 yards unless I was hunting with it and even then I would not want to take a hundred yard shot on an animal with a cap and ball gun. That would prob. exceed my skill level.

Well, I got the Dance out this weekend and put a few cylinders through it. I have to say, overall I am pleased but the outing was not without aggravation.

First off, I have been dealing with a batch of CCI caps that appear to be out of spec. I had to deal with this the last time I took my 51 Navy out also. The caps that I always used on the 51 Navy would not fit. I pulled out an older can of CCI number 11 caps and they fit. The newer can would not. Also tried number 10 CCI which was a no go. I tried a batch of Remington 11s and they were loose. I was able to make one can of 11s fit but I had to pinch them some just to get them to stay on while loading and not fall off. But...... while shooting they were not tight enough to stay on and I kept loosing caps when firing.

That was pretty aggravating.

Now, I expect the cap and ball guns to shoot high but this one shoots darn near 2 feet high at about 15 feet.

Still, it was fun to shoot and I enjoyed shooting it. Always fun to make smoke.


Here are a couple photos. One loaded up and ready to go.

The other three are stills from a video that show a cap coming off while shooting one of the other chambers.

First off, congrats on a great match. Second, you certainly looked snazzy shooting that well.

actually, war movies & racing 

I suspect most folks are sitting in their recliner watching cowboy movies.