Come On Christmas Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 PERCUSSION CAPS Best price or best vendor to buy the percussion cap maker and powder? Best size to buy #10 or #11’s. I usually buy #11’s and squish em out of round. They seem to stay put better. I’ve read these little beggars be sharp. I have 7 tins of Remington #11’s. No, I bought these before the shortage/price gouging. We have a lot of pie tins from a few Christmas seasons. It’s my wife and my winter obsession. PUMPKIN PIE! I have read a couple places they are the best go to to material. Beer cans b sharp. Something to do whilst watching wifey TV shows and acting interested. Driving down prices of percussion caps one cap at a time! I do realize this may be foolish. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!
Pat Riot Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 I considered making my own percussion caps, but I decided to go on a mission to find and buy caps and quit complaining about the price. I figure high priced caps beat a high priced injury due to an absent minded mistake.
Come On Christmas Posted March 4, 2024 Author Posted March 4, 2024 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: I considered making my own percussion caps, but I decided to go on a mission to find and buy caps and quit complaining about the price. I figure high priced caps beat a high priced injury due to an absent minded mistake. I think pie plates instead of beer cans prevents cuts. We got all kind of pie plates due to both my wife and I jonesing pumpkin pies November through December.
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 2 hours ago, Come On Christmas said: PERCUSSION CAPS Best price or best vendor to buy the percussion cap maker and powder? Best size to buy #10 or #11’s. I usually buy #11’s and squish em out of round. They seem to stay put better. I’ve read these little beggars be sharp. I have 7 tins of Remington #11’s. No, I bought these before the shortage/price gouging. We have a lot of pie tins from a few Christmas seasons. It’s my wife and my winter obsession. PUMPKIN PIE! I have read a couple places they are the best go to to material. Beer cans b sharp. Something to do whilst watching wifey TV shows and acting interested. Driving down prices of percussion caps one cap at a time! I do realize this may be foolish. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! Howdy..Just reading your avatar...are you saying you are an ex Aussie ?..cheers
Come On Christmas Posted March 4, 2024 Author Posted March 4, 2024 27 minutes ago, Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 said: Howdy..Just reading your avatar...are you saying you are an ex Aussie ?..cheers Nope, confused. one of my buds was in the Navy and married an Australian. She lived in Dallas with him awhile. Then they moved to Australia and he worked for Ford. He passed away, but I interact with his wife regularly playing Words with Friends.
Warden Callaway Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 My son got the kit. Gave it to me to work with. I played with punching a few out. Some with can material and some with pie tin aluminum. They looked so hideous, I didn't bother trying to fill them with goop.
Warden Callaway Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 Here is the kit I have. And as far as I got.
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 Never seen any kit that worked really good and made reliable caps .
Texas Joker Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 Buy a flintlock. Even green powder is easy to make
Henry T Harrison Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 I’m a rock lock shooter it’ll be awhile before we run out of flint
Warden Callaway Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 1 hour ago, Henry T Harrison said: I’m a rock lock shooter it’ll be awhile before we run out of flint Pretty hard to adapt to cap and ball revolvers.
Pat Riot Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 2 hours ago, Henry T Harrison said: I’m a rock lock shooter it’ll be awhile before we run out of flint I like that term, “Rock Lock” Mind if I use it? 1 hour ago, Warden Callaway said: Pretty hard to adapt to cap and ball revolvers. Just buy 6 “Rock Locks”
Warden Callaway Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 22 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I like that term, “Rock Lock” Mind if I use it? Just buy 6 “Rock Locks” But only load 5.
Henry T Harrison Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 6 hours ago, Pat Riot said: I like that term, “Rock Lock” Mind if I use it? Just buy 6 “Rock Locks” Feel free
Come On Christmas Posted March 16, 2024 Author Posted March 16, 2024 I have read that aluminum pans from pies bought from Sam’s are the best go.
Earl Brasse, SASS #3562 Posted March 17, 2024 Posted March 17, 2024 I had a Forster percussion cap maker at one time. I sold it without using it for enough (at that time) to buy 1,500 caps. It looked pretty labor intensive for the resulting caps produced. Here's your "rock lock" revolver, a Collier 5 shot.
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