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Firing a C&B without a cap on a charged shamber is asking for a chainfire.
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That's why I did it to see if it would, it didn't after two full cylinders.
I bought my first bp revolver a 58 remington when I was 12. I didn't know squat about it. This was in 1969 and the shop owner that sold it to me didn't know much either. The gun took #9 caps which aren't made any more. All I could get were #11's. The thing is tho once I figured out to put a drop of oil on the loaded balls the chain fires quit, never had another one and I was using so much powder I had to carve the front of the balls off to get the cylinder to turn. Not long ago somebody on another forum was ranting about chain fires occuring from the nipple end so I tried it to see if I could get it to chain fire. BTW this was the same 58 Remington I started with. True enough I used Pyrodex for the test because I can't get real bp anymore but the original loads I was using was real Dupont bp. #11 caps on #9 nipples is a real sloppy fit. Rarely can you fire all six rounds without at least one falling off.