Uberti 1860 Army,,,cap question

[Marshal Deadwood]

What size caps do you folks use on a stock/box Uberti '60 Army?
I bought one , its back at the shop now with another prob,,but,,,it wouldnt ignite #10CSI's.  #11's fall off...sooooo.

Did I have an abboration? There seemed to not be a good middle ground.

I have sent it back for exchange,,,on the other problem,,,since I never fired it..(wouldnt ignite the caps) the folks were super nice and didnt want to leave me without a gun. Thats pleasant in todays world to find good folks.

So, when I get a new '60 Army back,,,,,Id like to give'er a test run with stock caps.....before I purchase the replacments ones,,

Go 11's and risk chain fire ? Any neat trick to using #10s ? One companys caps differ from anothers?

Marshal Deadwood

[hellgate]

Marshall,
I do not have a Uberti 1860 but have two Remingtons and two Walkers from Uberti. They like the REMINGTON#10 cap. The closest cap in size to that one is the RWS#1075.
Here are the caps in order of size from the smallest/tightest to the largest:
RWS#1055 (often called the RWS#10)
CCI#10
RWS#1075 (often called the RWS#11)
Rem#10
CCI#11
Rem#11

A lot of my guns have the nipples replaced with Uncle Mike's/Butler Cr/Thunder Ridge SS replacement nipples (all 3 the same size nipple). They all like the Remington#10 cap. The rest of my guns will take the Rem#10 with the stock nipples including the Uberti Remmies. I have Pietta, Euroarms, & ASM guns. The Pietta and ASMs have factory nipples that take Rem#10s. About 5 or 6 of my guns have the aforementioned replacement nipples. Everything I own takes the Rem#10 or I replace the nipples to make it so. At one time I bought a bunch of miscellaneous  BP stuff from someone and it had CCI & RWS caps in the bag. I found that among my 15 or so C&Bs I could get about half of them to take the CCI#11s and the other half to take the RWS#11s.  For your Colt I'd try the REM#10 and if not attainable, try the RWS#1075s since the CCI#11s are too loose. On the too loose caps you can pinch them a little out of round and make them stay on the nipples.

The beauty of the Rem#10s is they are more "forgiving" when seated. They are a thinner cup that is pre-split so as you push them home they expand to fit the nipple whereas the CCIs are so thick and rigid they are not as expandable.

[Galloway]

I've been pinching 11's for years and never had a problem. I'd give that a try before spending any more money.

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