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Some snap caps have lead for the striking surface. I would think as long as the material is softer than the firing pin you should be OK.
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he made spoons, combs, boxes all out of cow horn by heating it and molding the British and more so the continental makers used buffalo horn for striker boxes, buttplates, and even trigger guards. by the 1930, gutta-percha was in use, but i think that would have been to brittle for snap caps, i do not have any buffalo, but if you want to try your hand at fitting a set in solid black cowhorn, i should be able to find some scraps you can try it with
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12-19-2014, 04:21 PM | #17 | ||||||
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Delrin or nylon should work equally well. One may crater more than the other, or maybe neither one will crater. It's been so long since I worked as a machinist, I can't remember the specific properties of each. Google them.
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12-19-2014, 05:01 PM | #18 | ||||||
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All ways hated turning plastic. Hard to clean out of the machine and it seemed like a wast of a really expensive machine.
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12-19-2014, 05:17 PM | #19 | ||||||
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Wayne, you are wrong. Turning nylon and delron is a piece of cake. There is absolutely no clean up. It is a piece of cake. I spent years working with this stuff and know what I am talking about. Your turn.
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12-19-2014, 06:08 PM | #20 | ||||||
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A good snorkel vacuum cleans up nicely.
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