Cap `n Ball Verses Holy Black Cartridge....

[Paladin UK]

It is a reeeeeeeeel shame that we cant even be trusted with a single shot .22 pistola!!

So it got me ta thinkin .......

How many pards in the free world shoot C&B Purely because they feel its how they wanna portray their own little vision of how they `Won the West`!!

I gotta tell ya I lurv my muzzle stuffers BUT I honestly do not know IF I would still prefer them iffn I could use either

Soooooooo, gimme yer preference `n` why it is so.....

Paladin (Whats gotsta know  ) UK

[Noz]

Just because I want to.
Cartridges are way easier.

[Qball]

It's way cooler with Cap'n Ball   
Even sold my cartridge pistols in favor for my old Remington twins

[Grapeshot]

Cap and ball revolvers are really neat and I still have a pair of 1860 Colt Armies by Pietta.

That being said, The cartridge guns are far easier to reload and are far more reliable when the hammer comes down.

I haven't shot my C&B's in over seven years.

[hellgate]

C&B because I don't know better.
C&B because it is more authentic.
C&B because I like showing folks that they can be quite reliable.
C&B because they are way cool to watch and shoot.
C&B because they are cheap so I can have at least a dozen and not go broke.
C&B because they all come with a free single stage reloading press under the barrel.

[Percussion Pete]

C&B because..........

They look way better than any other revolver.

I hate taking the easy way.

No choice if I want to shoot Frontiresman (not that I want a choice)

Good enough for Wild Bill and Josey........Good enough for me.

So there.

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

I prefer cartridges for two reasons.

1. It is easier to clean a bored through cylinder than it is to clean a C&B cylinder.

2. In This Cowboys Humble Experience, cartridges are more reliable than C&B.

I have no issue with the extra time it takes to load a C&B, as a matter of fact shooting C&B means less time at he loading bench making up cartridges.

[Fingers McGee]

C&B because I don't know better.
C&B because it is more authentic.
C&B because I like showing folks that they can be quite reliable.
C&B because they are way cool to watch and shoot.
C&B because they are cheap so I can have at least a dozen and not go broke.
C&B because they all come with a free single stage reloading press under the barrel.

What Hellgate said. 

FM

[Goatlips]

If I could reload my c&b's and still have enough time to cope with the minor emergencies that I always seem to encounter I'd like to use 'em as match guns, but at my age everything has to go a lot slower and I often fumble.  Anyhow I sometimes load up four of them to use on the last two stages in case I haven't shot well on the first three and want to have some real fun.  Gotta say that I have extra respect for the C&B'rs I shoot with. 

Goatlips

[Howdy Doody]

Cold weather it is cartridge for me. As soon as the weather breaks I start in with C&B. I have ROAs. I load the same bullet (yes bullet) in my ROAs as I do my cartridges and the same amount of powder and my RVs shoot nearly, but not quite the same as the ROAs. I also have Remmies and they shoot way different and I have to get used to them each time I pull them out to shoot.

If they ever come out with a FCGF class, I will stick to cartridge. I love having two out and it feels old west to me.

[Major 2]

I don't reload...I know, I know    it would save money in the long run
I just don't have the interest.

If I want a day's enjoyment of shooting, I want to shoot not sitting at bench....

that said... I enjoy cartridge, but the real pleasure is from my Colt 2nd Gen. 1860's and 51's
One of the 1860's has a R&D drop in the other C&B...
The 51's are similar one still  C&B the other a Richard & Mason conversion.

I can shoot all day if I like with a pound of 3fff , box of balls, and tin of caps or
I can burn through the whole morning with purchased Black Hills or Black Dawg fixed cartridges.
Both give me pleasure.

So in the spirit of your poll....BP & C&B , but I hold my conversions on high as well.

[Percussion Pete]

So far, the C&B is winning.

Wild Bill is smiling.

[Paladin UK]

PP says.....

So far, the C&B is winning.

I gotta tell ya`ll its warming ole PUK`s heart, 
I honestly thought C&B would have been the ...... LOOOOOOSER!!

Still its only day one so we`ll have a better handle on it after the weekend

Paladin (Whats looking forward to the comp on Sunday  ) UK

[fourfingersofdeath]

I'm pretty new to Cap and Ball and have never competed with them. I'm still sorting things out. They are a lot more trouble at the range (but then again you don't need to reload at home, just bring the bits.

When I get fully sorted, I will probably try competing with them, but like Goat Lips, I'm an old fart and as slow as a wet weekend and have the odd fumble. I also have a reasonably recent scar on my strong hand, just near the base of my index finger. Guess where the hot caps lodge???

I am determined to get serious and start practicing.

How do you safely dry fire with a cap and ball (I have ROAs which I will be competing with).

I also have an old target sighted long barreled ROA which I fancy competing in the Black Powder Bullseye matches they hold here.

[Lucky R. K.]

  I shoot both Frontier Cartridge and Frontiersman but my favorite is Frontiersman.  The ROA'S are a treat to shoot.  I love my Varqueros but the "cap & ball" guns are just more fun.

I am leaving for the range in a few minutes to burn a tin of caps.

[Percussion Pete]

I'm pretty new to Cap and Ball and have never competed with them. I'm still sorting things out. They are a lot more trouble at the range (but then again you don't need to reload at home, just bring the bits.

When I get fully sorted, I will probably try competing with them, but like Goat Lips, I'm an old fart and as slow as a wet weekend and have the odd fumble. I also have a reasonably recent scar on my strong hand, just near the base of my index finger. Guess where the hot caps lodge???

I am determined to get serious and start practicing.

How do you safely dry fire with a cap and ball (I have ROAs which I will be competing with).

I also have an old target sighted long barreled ROA which I fancy competing in the Black Powder Bullseye matches they hold here.

A few ways to dry fire, but I find taking out the nipples the safest.

[Crow Choker]

I voted cap an' ball. I've only been shooting cart blk powder for several years now(44 Colt in '72 Open Top) and even though the after shooting clean-up is easier and quicker, I can shoot more rounds per shooting session, it's easier stuffin' "six in the wheel" than using loose powder an' ball, and I don't have to "drag" all the odds an ends along with me needed to shoot c&b-there's something about shootin'  the cap an' ballers that is hard to explain. Something spiritual I quess, to be loading and shooting like they did it in days gone by, takin ya back to the "days of yesteryear" without being there. My favorite-a 2nd Model Dragoon, my second favorite-all of the rest of 'em. -----that's six 'Smilelys for six rounds of 44 caliber balls leaving the 'tube' powered by smelly, dirty black powder! (Actually like the smell, just I as do of Ballistol and Hoppe's #9)

[Noz]

I've found a small source for #11 caps. They are not reliable enough for matches but allow me to "dry fire" protecting the nipples with the caps.

Just make very sure you don't have a charged chamber and Momma and the cat are aware you are going to do it.  After one attempt I was politely informed that the basement was not far enough away.

[fourfingersofdeath]

I've found a small source for #11 caps. They are not reliable enough for matches but allow me to "dry fire" protecting the nipples with the caps.

Just make very sure you don't have a charged chamber and Momma and the cat are aware you are going to do it.  After one attempt I was politely informed that the basement was not far enough away.

Sounds good, buttttttttttt, at 11cents a cap here in Australia, I think I will pass on that one.

[Oddman]

I shoot c&b guns 1851's,1860's and 1858's most of the time I use r&d cylinders with bp, a lot less stuff to take to the range, and less clean up.