Small Fun With Notepad |caps Lock Trick
Katja Gains
My wife has been having a blast with her new 1861 Uberti. The only issue we've had is the percussion caps falling off and getting in the action. I know that it is one of the issues with this design but I'm sure there is a trick to help keep them in place. I'm using Reminton no.10 caps (as recommended by Dixie Gun Works).
Falling off or blowing off? If they are falling off because of loose cap fit the usual solution is to install Treso nipples. Much higher quality and uniform in size than the stock nipples. Blowing off generally means the hammer spring is to weak. A lot of the new Ubertis seem to be using the same spring as their single actions. When the charge fires the hammer acts as a seal at the back of the chamber to keep gas from blowing rearward. If the hammer spring is to light, the gas pushes the cap and hammer back a little and you get cap fragments in the action.
I agree but the Treso's also help eliminate this problem too. They have smaller more precise flash holes that help restrict the blowback pressure allowing for lighter hammer springs. They don't wash out like the Italian nipple either.
If the caps are falling off before firing, The old timers would slightly pinch the caps shut a bit before putting them on the nipple. Also as I posted a week or so ago in a post about old time gunmen when I asked them about rolling percussion guns back in their hand between shots they replied that was to help the caps fall free and keep them from falling under the hammer. If You notice when You handle old orginal percussion guns, They have heavy hammer springs and this hepls prevent blow off caps after firing. Hope this helps. I think everone who is into western guns should take the time to shoot percussion pistols at least once in their life to know how things were once before cartridge guns came alone.
Any chance Blue Loctite would work? I have been lucky I guess, most of my newer clones have worked well when tuned to one of the several cap sizes (sounds like a boat sinking) available. There are at least three or four capsize options to try.
I will jump on the band wagon and agree with hammer spring guys... If the hammer spring is too light, it will fly back when the cap goes off allowing gas to escape and the spent cap to come off and lock up the action. The Manhattan Mode will help keep the cap from coming off, as will good nipples.
But I don't think anyone else has mentioned that sometimes there is a burr on the hammer face that can grab a cap and pull it back off the nipple. Particularly around the notch in the bottom that is there to rest on the safety pegs between chambers. Look at your spent caps...do you see an impression of the notch?
Tresso nipples, #10 Remingtons, and filling the hammer notch with JB Weld (or other epoxy, or solder, or braze it shit, just basically eliminating the notch) should give you near 100% reliability. At least, that's what works on my Uberti '61 Navies (and my Navy arms Frontiersmen, and 2nd Gen Navies, and Pietta Armies)
I do know that too light a hammer spring can result in a "full auto" mode, where the blowback through the flash hole is enough to re-cock the hammer, which will fall and fire the next cylinder before you can get your finger off the trigger! It can happen if you forget to re-tension the spring when changing from conversion cylinders to C&B.
It seems one of two things happen. Either the cap is pulled off the nipple when the hammer is cocked or the cap falls off when the cylinder rotates. I'll try the ideas mentioned above. Thanks for all the input.
Somewhere on the internet there is a detailed article where a fellow drilled a hole and mounted a little pin , right behind the cap.in the frame of the revolver. Then he used a Dremel to cut a slot in the hammer so the face of the hammer would go to either side of this pin.
Just tried a different approach. I drilled a 1/8" hole in the face of the hammer about 1/4" deep. (Not an easy chore to get thru the hardened surface) Filled it with Loctite and drove a 1/8" brass pin into the hole. Faced it off with a file. Looks good and time will tell if it is a permanent fix.
Depending on your cap selection, you can probably find caps that fit your nipples. Seems Remington & CCI have a different idea of what is a #10 or #11 cap. It gives you 4 sizes to choose from in just those two brands. My stock Pietta nipples like #10 CCI, and the ones with Tresso nipples work well with #10 Remies. I get reliable ignition with both setups. I have an old 51 Navy repro of unknown manufacture that like #11 CCIs.
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Mario
I'm having the same problem now. After doing what you said, the computer booted up successfully. however, i realized my bios is already f29, so i thought i didnt have to update it, and then i restarted it to see if it can boot up again.
Only this time, unplugging the cmos battery and wait a few minutes and put it back doesn't work anymore. I then tried boot it up without the cmos battery, it booted up showing the bios will be reset info, then when i hit enter it still won't boot. Now not matter what i do, with or without the battery, my laptop stays dead with capslock blinking twice every sec.
somehow i used the cmos battery trick to get it booted into windows again. but it won't boot if i restart - i need to use this trick everytime to boot up. I'm not sure if i should reinstall the bios driver since 1. its already f.29 and 2. i dont know whats gonna happen if i update it needs to restart and it fails to boot up and brick my laptop permanently. So, still need help!
I had the same problem black screen WiFi lit orange an cap lock flashed twice. I tried booting into bios with windows key + b an windows key + v did not work for me I was able to remove the bios battery for 30 seconds an received the same error as the guy above an it restarted and everything was working as normal again.
I have two computers a Pavillion G6 and a 2000 and I liked the 2000 chassis and decided to swap the hard drive with the Pavilion and vise virsa and had the same issue but swapped the CMOS Battery and the problem was fixed
I just finished my sophomore year of college. For the summer, I got a three-month internship at a company that does work in the field I am getting my degree in and want to work in after I graduate. This was my second job, after the internship somewhere else I had last summer. I was hoping to get some good experience like last summer.
RE: 1, I hate it when a co-worker is showing me how to do something and they critique me for right-clicking instead of using a keyboard shortcut, or something. One that seems to baffle all of them is when I type out code by hand instead of copy/pasting example code from an online example or elsewhere in the project. It helps me understand the code better.
I agree with the comments, but wanted the OP to look on the bright side that you learned this lesson (getting buy in from co-workers versus shoving a change down their throats) the early in you career.
True. But here it is okay. I have a new boss but both she and the last one (and in fact all the ones at the college before that) were fine with people spending time browsing online during downtimes because the busy times were VERY busy. Yes, I am fortunate. I do not play the game at work at all regardless of whether there is time or not.
Yep. I have a friend who has a coworker who had gotten a laptop that was previously used by another employee. It was loaded with porn and when they told their manager, the employee who it previously belonged to was escorted out that day.
This is the kind of thing that would make no difference; the manager would have found something. Even if your friend had not installed anything and was using their equipment by the letter of the policy, they would have been let go.
Yeah, I have friends who adopted a dog with major separation anxiety; part of the reason they did doggie daycare for awhile (along with other things) is because he barked his fool head off for hours, and they were in a condo with not the most soundproof walls. Thankfully they now live in a SFH and the dog is much less anxious :)
Same here! My last dog, we had one of these types of toys that she was supposed to roll around to get the food out. Instead, she quickly learned she could just pick it up, jump on the couch, then drop it on the ground and the food would come out.
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