Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons => General Interest => Topic started by: CallahanBlkPwdr on April 13, 2021, 02:50:04 PM
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Hey guys,
Does anyone have a source for #11 percussion caps?
I can't find any locally or on the interwebs...
thanks
Brett
CallahanBlkPwdr
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IME, #11 caps f/s on the internet carry scalper's price tags.
I found a small/local gun store that had a good stock of them @ $6.95 per tin/100 - so I suggest you start cruising gunshops & gunsmiths in your area.
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So far no problems finding perc and musket caps here in north idaho.
That's at our local cabelas and even the smaller sporting stores around.
Not sure why you're having difficulty but if I can help let me know.
Kevin
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Brett, Cabela's usually has a small stock at $8.99.
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Not sure why you're having difficulty but if I can help let me know.
There are no percussion caps or shotgun primers available here in any of the stores. In fact, all of the m/l merchandise has disappeared. It only took a couple of days once the anti-gun proposals started coming out in Washington D.C.
~Kees~
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gotcha, granted its been about 2 weeks since i last cruised the BP aisle at my favorite store.
hell they might be empty by now.
think i may have to go check.
kevin
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Not sure why you're having difficulty but if I can help let me know.
There are no percussion caps or shotgun primers available here in any of the stores. In fact, all of the m/l merchandise has disappeared. It only took a couple of days once the anti-gun proposals started coming out in Washington D.C.
~Kees~
Yes sir, we go through this every time a certain group seeks to trample our 2A Constitutional Rights. ::) Here we go again.
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I picked up a cap maker that I haven't tried yet. Too many projects, too little time.
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Found them today at Walmart, $4.96 for CCI. They had 10-12 tins on the shelf and I bought four. Strike while the iron is hot!
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Found them today at Walmart, $4.96 for CCI. They had 10-12 tins on the shelf and I bought four. Strike while the iron is hot!
Dang it! I just got back from Wally World picking up some last minute supplies for our trip to Rondy labor day weekend, we leave this Sat for 11 days in the woods! ORAHHH!!!!!!! ( been looking forward to this since last year because everyone was worried about the sky falling last years GRMM rondy didnt happen!)and didn't even think of looking for caps! that's what I get for bringing the Boss Lady with me! There are 2 on the way to Rondy, will have to put that on the ON THE WAY last chance shopping list!
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I wouldn't feel bad. My neighbor texted me a month or so ago that he had bought a brick of .22 rounds at Walmart for $20. I didn't rush out to get some, the next day they were GONE! Probably the same with percussion caps....
~Kees~
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I wouldn't feel bad. My neighbor texted me a month or so ago that he had bought a brick of .22 rounds at Walmart for $20. I didn't rush out to get some, the next day they were GONE! Probably the same with percussion caps....
~Kees~
Yeah, Kees, I feel the pain, maybe it's the disappointment!
North 40, our local Feed and Farm Store, had a sale a few weeks back on .22LR at $15.95 a brick.
Well, I fiddled a few days, then went to the store and they were gone.
I asked the Clerk, and she said they only lasted a couple of days.
On a brighter note, I did pick up 2 boxes each of CCI #10's and #11's at $4.99 ea. not because I really needed them, but because of the Political atmosphere, if ya get me drift.
Much like Butler Ford, I have one of those Cap Makers, somewhere, I don't think I ever opened it, and I'm not so sure I could find it even if I wanted to....gotta get me a new "round-to-it", I think I've worn my old one out.
Russ...
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gotta get me a new "round-to-it", I think I've worn my old one out.
:luff: :laffing :lol sign
~Kees~
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So far no problems finding perc and musket caps here in north idaho.
Kevin
Update, whaaaaa. Can't find perc or musket caps here .
I've also had a hard time finding lead shot. Sold out everywhere , but I just came out of sportsman warehouse in Spokane and found a bag of #6 and 7 1/2. At 45$ for 25# . only grabbed the 6. Might have to look in dive shops.
Anyway I'll keep a look out here for caps and if I can help anyone out. We'll talk.
Kevin
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So far no problems finding perc and musket caps here in north idaho.
Kevin
Update, whaaaaa. Can't find perc or musket caps here .
I've also had a hard time find lead shot. Sold out everywhere , but I just came out of sportsman warehouse in Spokane and found a bag of #6 and 7 1/2. At 45$ for 25# . only grabbed the 6. Might have to look in dive shops.
Anyway I'll keep a look out here for caps and if I can help anyone out. We'll talk.
Kevin
Last Fall, here at Sortsmans Warehouse in Moses Lake, I paid $52 for a 25# bag of no.6's...so, with taxes and all, I imagine that would about the same. A few years back, maybe 5 or 6yrs, at the ML, Trap'n Skeet Club, I got 50# of 7 1/2 for $40...so I guess I was more than just surprised when I had to lay out the $52 for a 25# bag.
Nowadays, ridiculous high prices seem more the norm than "finding a good deal", if ya know what I mean....
Russ...
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Last May or June, I started looking around for some shot in preparation for going up to attend a couple of RDV's in Idaho. Here on the Central California Coast, that is at best an endangered species. Ain't to be found for any price. And I kinda doubt if I would have purchased any shot for $50 for a 25 pound sack. I sure don't care that much for shotgun shooting.
On the other hand, I never got around to shooting any smoothbore matches up there, so it was a moot point anyway.
John (Bigsmoke)
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Natchez Shooting has CCI #11 currently. Have to buy 1000. Price is high, but I think that is going to be standard when and if these items become readily available again.
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Last May or June, I started looking around for some shot in preparation for going up to attend a couple of RDV's in Idaho. Here on the Central California Coast, that is at best an endangered species. Ain't to be found for any price. And I kinda doubt if I would have purchased any shot for $50 for a 25 pound sack. I sure don't care that much for shotgun shooting.
On the other hand, I never got around to shooting any smoothbore matches up there, so it was a moot point anyway.
John (Bigsmoke)
Not caring that much for Shotgun shooting, I totally understand.
However, when the well ran dry on lead shot here in the Columbia Basin I was shooting 200 shots each weekend at registered Trap Birds, and registered as a AA Shooter.
Without shooting at least 600 to 800 birds before the competition, I can hardly keep my rating, lost it too many times already, and it takes 3 registered matches to bring it back up....some call it sandbagging, and it's just not my style
But that is all a hoss of a different color, and for another day.
Yes, $50 bucks for a 25# bag is ridiculous, and it'll never happen again.
As far as my.69 smoothie, and my .62 smoothie, 50# of 7-1/2's will likely last me the rest of my life, and I have a lot more than that on hand.
Best regards. Stop by sometime when you're in this neck of the woods.
Coffee is always on and the Bar is open.
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Check out. . . . .
Sharpshooter 22LR Reloader
They got the makings for 10 and 11 caps.
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I picked up a cap maker that I haven't tried yet. Too many projects, too little time.
So how has that cap maker been working out for you? I've been thinking of getting one myself. Is it from the Sharpshooter outfit?
~Kees~
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I believe there are some YouTube video's out there that show how to make the caps from a pop can (w/ the cap forming punch) and where to get the mix... There are even some showing how to use the caps of a toy cap pistol (but they don't seem to be very reliable).
Don't get me wrong / I love my cap lock rifles - but there's a lot to be said for the flintlock. Of course flintlocks need "real" black powder all the time / and percussion can use either real, fake, or both. I've known people to duplex load real and fake black powder - but I have no use for that route at all.
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Just wondering if the cap problem has gotten any better (my guess is that it hasn't)? You can bet we'll be paying a higher price for everything right now, with all this inflation and supply in demand, (the latter always in question when this kind of stuff happens to our economy...)
I'd recommend;
Get (or make) a good flintlock rifle or pistol (whichever you prefer / or both) if you're not going to make your own caps.
Stock up on powder - you never know when it will dry up.
If you're only shooting (25 to 50/60 yards) most the time, cut back on your powder charge if you haven't already. There's certainly something to be said for having and shooting a small bore flintlock such as .32 / .36 / or .40 caliber... Even a .45 caliber will give good results from 25 to 50 yards with a 40 / 45 grain charge - just like a .40 caliber will with 35 to 40 grains... (Naturally there will have to be some sight adjustments).
Seems like all we've been doing for the last 10 out of 14 years is shooting on a budget with more ammo related shortages and higher prices than ever before...
Plan a' head during the good times, 'cause without a doubt, there will be bad times with shortages that should never happen in America - but it does...
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I'm thinking I may need to get some more flints, but I have enough powder and lead to last me until I can't shoot any more. I'm still thinking about getting one of those cap maker thingies but what size to get is a question.
~Kees~
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#11 is for the Rifle Nipple's, and #10 are for Revolver Nipples (although I just get the #11's and pinch them a' little bit before putting them on a Revolver Nipple. Have never had an issue going that route. :bl th up
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I've gotten fortunate enough over the decades to sometimes decipher the writings on the wall. I'm good on cap's so I haven't been too awfully concerned, therefore haven't tried the cap maker. However! I recently checked my other box of "caps" and found it to be dwindling! Guess I'm going have to grab a shovel and dig some more! :bigsmile:
Not doing a very good job of posting pictures, sorry
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Those look like the railroad ballast around here. I think I'll try to "mine" for some myself. Then comes the learning curve on flaking them! :laffing
~Kees~