marc10000
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Recently bought a 1858 New Army Remington .44 Black Powder revolver. (Cabeles) Just a question: is it safe to carry this firearm loaded with percussion caps on the nipples? Would have the hammer down on empty chamber. Gun would be holstered while hunting.
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BBob
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Perfectly safe as you describe. That baby will be a ball to shoot. Have fun with it! Bill
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I don't know about your New Army remington, but I have a Ruger stainless Old Army .44, and you can load all 6, and let the hammer down between chambers. There is a slot machined into the back of the cylinder, between each pair of nipples, so the hammer can be safely lowered into that notch.
And BB is right!!! they are a hoot to shoot!!! 
 
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marc10000
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I have really enjoyed shooting this gun. I am amazed at how similar it shoots to most modern weapons and accurate too. The #10 percussion caps make me a little nervous, seems like they could go off just looking at them. I love this gun, just shot the Pyrodex 30 gr. pistol pellets and boy does that make it easy to load. Thanks for the advice, I plan on carrying the gun on my next BP deer hunt.
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