Brasspounder Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Where are you Frontiersman shootists getting percussion caps these days? I want to stock up for next season if I can find a place to get a thousand or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Last I found were at Walmart. CCI. They are poorly made now, the primer compound is off to one side! They work fine on my muzzleloader, but sit too high on my pistols and hit the recoil shield. Sure hope Remingtons come back soon! Good luck in your search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilli GaHoot Galoot Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Can't vouch for the accuracy of this info, but found this TL:DR CCI only runs caps once a year (May - June) and they should be in stores Aug - Oct Random rumors of Remington caps being out there, but believe it when you have them in your hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Doug Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 There are kits out there to make your own. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilli GaHoot Galoot Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I bought some RWS caps from Powder Valley a few months ago. They are currently out-of-stock. I have not tried the caps yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasspounder Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 5 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: Last I found were at Walmart. CCI. They are poorly made now, the primer compound is off to one side! They work fine on my muzzleloader, but sit too high on my pistols and hit the recoil shield. Sure hope Remingtons come back soon! Good luck in your search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasspounder Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Just now, Brasspounder said: I never did care for CCI caps...they tend to fragment irregularly and tend to tie up the revolver on the recoil shield. Remington caps never had this problem and tend to open up into four neat petals and just fall out the side when you cock the revolver for the next shot. I typically find only one or maybe two still in the cylinder nipple recesses when clearing the guns after a stage. MIsfires and cap jams never were a problem with the Remington 10's or 11's. I hope the OLIN outfit gets them back on the market soon! They do list them in their product line. RWS caps No. 1078 also tended to work well, but I haven't found any of those anywhere for a looong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasspounder Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, Deacon Doug said: There are kits out there to make your own. DD I have one of those, but the finished product is not suitable at all for CAS competition revolver shooting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Brasspounder said: RWS caps No. 1078 also tended to work well, but I haven't found any of those anywhere for a looong time A couple of years ago I bought 2,500 RWS Plus while they were available at MidwayUSA. I found they fragmented more than I liked. When I got 1,000 CCI #11 and they seem to work better. I took the unopened cans of RWS to my favorite gun shop and sold them for what I had in them. Next time I dropped in, he had a few cans left and had priced them about $5/250 more than I sold them to him. Still a fair price then and even better now as they have doubled in price since - if you can find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilli GaHoot Galoot Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 5 hours ago, Brasspounder said: I have one of those, but the finished product is not suitable at all for CAS competition revolver shooting.. Did you use the cap rolls or the Prime-All mix? Was it the general unreliability or the way they split and fell off when fired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Curly SASS#57086 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I have also had bad luck with the new run of CCI caps. I have tried the Slix, Tresso and even factory nipples. They all have poor results but my best luck was with factory nipples. My uneducated guess is CCI is more focused on muzzleloader guns and not revolvers. They are perfect on a single shot firearm that does not rotate. Remington had the machinery that worked well with revolvers and single shot guns. We can all wish for more of Remington #10 return but I am not going to place a cash bet that we will ever see that happen. I have settled my mindset that getting four of five first ignition in a match is our new reality. I still shoot Frontiersman and still have fun. Just the view from my saddle. DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Check with Mid-South, Natchez, or Graf's, they had RWS 1075, same diam as Remington #10, but the skirt length is shorter. Worked fine on my 1851s with SlickShot nipples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasspounder Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Griff... Thanks for the suggestions.. I'll check em out. BP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Spade Mikey Wilson Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Somebody needs to come up with a hammer and a nipple that can use small pistol primers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, High Spade Mikey Wilson said: Somebody needs to come up with a hammer and a nipple that can use small pistol primers I watched a video where a guy shortened the nipples a little and used a band made from vinyl hose to hold small pistol primer on. Don't know if I can find it back. Found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 16 minutes ago, Warden Callaway said: I watched a video where a guy shortened the nipples a little and used a band made from vinyl hose to hold small pistol primer on. Don't know if I can find it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasspounder Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 About 10 years ago when Gander Mountain was going out of business. Everything in the store except firearms was 50% off . I went in with my credit card in hand . I bought Every #10 Remington cap ., Every Large pistol primer & every bottle of APP & Unique they had in the store . I have not had to buy any powder primers or caps sence then . I think I still have enough to last me about 10 more years or so. Im Not trying to brag , It was a very expensive day ! But I can't imagine what I have saved over the years , And I never got gouged during all the BS going on. Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 When demand gets high enough, supply will happen. It's just painful to wait until it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 i hope it happens soon and i dont even shoot my C&B for this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullett Sass 19707 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I dont know if this helps, a number of years ago when we werent matching the cones to the caps as well I used a method that was kind of a pain to do but worked well. I used the stock cones and bought some fish tank air line that was flexible { like rubber} and made small rubber bands to go around each cap. The rubber bands were very thin to not hinder the hammer hitting the cap. Takes longer to load and you have some homework to do before the match. This was quite a few years ago when CCI made better caps they were just to loose. Bullett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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