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arcticap · September 6, 2011, 12:21 AM

Maybe ZVP means to say that excessive end shake may cause a loose fitting cap to fall off a nipple due to the "extra" battering of the cylinder from recoil.
In that one respect he may be right that the odds of a cap falling could be slightly increased without actually clearly stating it that way.
I've been squeezing #11 caps lately so that they fit the nipples better and I can't say that any possible associated increase in the risk bothers me. I don't think that it would increase the risk to bystanders since they wouldn't be in the line of fire if there were a chainfire.
But that's a risk that everyone needs to decide for themselves and is not only related to brassers or their amount of end shake.
While some may argue that using a squeezed cap would represent an increased risk, how well any cap fits any gun is not something that's easy for anyone to quantify.

September 6, 2011, 12:21 AM	#29
arcticap Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2005 Location: Central Connecticut Posts: 3,166	Maybe ZVP means to say that excessive end shake may cause a loose fitting cap to fall off a nipple due to the "extra" battering of the cylinder from recoil. In that one respect he may be right that the odds of a cap falling could be slightly increased without actually clearly stating it that way. I've been squeezing #11 caps lately so that they fit the nipples better and I can't say that any possible associated increase in the risk bothers me. I don't think that it would increase the risk to bystanders since they wouldn't be in the line of fire if there were a chainfire. But that's a risk that everyone needs to decide for themselves and is not only related to brassers or their amount of end shake. While some may argue that using a squeezed cap would represent an increased risk, how well any cap fits any gun is not something that's easy for anyone to quantify. Last edited by arcticap; September 6, 2011 at 12:33 AM.