the recapper is the black enameled piece which is hinged. The shell was dropped through the ring & held by the rim. The cap was placed in position by hand & then seated by the little peg on the other handle. Somewhat crude, but it worked. The knob for the wad rammer/decapper would fit either end. When ramming the wads it thus covered the decapping pin, & the hull was set in the wood block with through hole with the knob on other end of rammer for punching out the fired cap. Most early cases, even paper used a cap very simialr to a rifle cap, thus the small size pin, the battery cup primer as we know it today did not come till later.
