Cap and ball
So I went to a match today with my brand new cap and ball pistols, I was so excited about getting to shoot my new cap and ball pistols.
They are 58 Remington replicas with checkered grips by Pietta, imported by Taylors and co.
Well at the loading table the first pistol broke while loading, well I put that cylinder on the other pistol and used it to finish loading. That worked fine, shoot stage 1 then used the one pistol to load the cylinders for stage 2, all good, loading
I was in error The mods were published by Larsen Pettifogger. You can find them in back issues of the Cowboy Chronicle but I can never remember which issues.
Pettifogger's mod replaces the flat spring with a Ruger plunger and spring. You can also replace the flat spring with a wire one. J-bar explains how as part of this thread on the Open Range BBS. There are also a couple of other ways described as well.
Below are links to modifying C&B guns for use in CAS. All ar