FREE Percussion Caps!

BigSkyRambler · Dec 20, 2023

OK. I'm not giving away percussion caps. Im talking about the negatives in getting them free. I often get a bag of accessories with rifles I buy. Stuff like powder horns and flasks - often full of powder, measures, round balls, and percussion caps. I am usually excited about the latter, but not always. The thing is, these things can be over 50 years old. Hard to say unless tin has a date stamp. Take these CVA "Hot Flash" caps. Not sure how old, but 1 in 2 don't go BANG! So into the garbage. Need to test my other "free" percussion caps.

Bad Karma · Dec 20, 2023

You son of a gun!

I’ll bet you get a bunch of guys hot for those caps!!!

azmntman · Dec 20, 2023

I would have returned them myself LOL

COOL ARSED TIN THOUGH!

Songwriter · Dec 20, 2023

The tin has a zip code, so they can't be older than 1963. :ghostly:

Steve Wagner · Dec 21, 2023

Rambler, free powder and free caps and you are griping that you can only bat .500 with them. C'mon man, don't be an ingrate. Just use the good caps and quit wasting time with the duds. Better yet, save the duds for your home cap making kit. SW

BigSkyRambler · Dec 21, 2023

Steve Wagner said:
Rambler, free powder and free caps and you are griping that you can only bat .500 with them. C'mon man, don't be an ingrate. Just use the good caps and quit wasting time with the duds. Better yet, save the duds for your home cap making kit. SW

I have so little to whine about these days that I have to nit pick.

waarp8nt · Dec 21, 2023

I've gotten some of the red and blue plastic containers of caps and they shoot fine. Mostly in boxes of stuff at aictions. Dixie I believe, would have to look to be sure.

The old tins are neat for sure. I have a few old one I'm sure proud to own.

Urban Coyote · Dec 21, 2023

I was given a partial tin of very old CCI #11 caps several years ago. They came out of an old cabinet a non-shooter friend bought to repurpose. As a matter of fact just a day or two ago I finally pried the tin apart to free them. Whoever had last closed the tin wedged an old price sticker between the top and bottom of the tin. The compound in these caps looks a bit lighter in color than some fresher CCI caps I have. I'm anxious to find out if they are still good.

BigSkyRambler · Dec 22, 2023

Urban Coyote said:
I was given a partial tin of very old CCI #11 caps several years ago. They came out of an old cabinet a non-shooter friend bought to repurpose. As a matter of fact just a day or two ago I finally pried the tin apart to free them. Whoever had last closed the tin wedged an old price sticker between the top and bottom of the tin. The compound in these caps looks a bit lighter in color than some fresher CCI caps I have. I'm anxious to find out if they are still good.

The primer compound more susceptible to moisture, etc. Than black powder. I am slowly working my way through 400 rounds of Belgian .45 ACP hardball that is all bad, with an alarming number of squibs. I am using an impact bullet puller and saving bullets and brass.

Johnny Tremain · Dec 22, 2023

CVA might want them for a museum.

Urban Coyote · Dec 31, 2023

Urban Coyote said:
I was given a partial tin of very old CCI #11 caps several years ago. They came out of an old cabinet a non-shooter friend bought to repurpose. As a matter of fact just a day or two ago I finally pried the tin apart to free them. Whoever had last closed the tin wedged an old price sticker between the top and bottom of the tin. The compound in these caps looks a bit lighter in color than some fresher CCI caps I have. I'm anxious to find out if they are still good.

They worked perfectly!

Antonio Ferraioli · Dec 31, 2023

If anyone has old tins etc and you do not collect them, Back Creek Powder in VA has a little museum of BP stuff, I know he would welcome anything you have.

Darto · Dec 31, 2023

Back in my day we used to walk 4 miles to bring back our empties for credit.

Sol Greenstein's Caps and Flints in Bennetville

Darto · Dec 31, 2023

His wife Esther had to make coonskin caps all day. You could hear her complaining behind the curtain, "He promised to keep me in furs"!

sheriff john · Dec 31, 2023

Old caps tend to be more "disappointing: than "Devastating". Quite often, the priming disc has fallen completely out of the caps ..especially those carried about in a capper. Then, again, sometimes I've run across really old caps that shot just fine...??

ETipp · Jan 1, 2024

I would take all the old caps I can get. I wouldn't use them for shooting but they would be good for after cleaning to dry snap before loading.

wpage · Jun 21, 2024

Old caps are better than no caps...

sheriff john · Jun 21, 2024

I guess I'm saving them so the green-teethed people at my estate auction will have something to spill on the floor. People who cannot resist the urge to pry or tear open every item they see. Caps, powder, antique ammo ...everything.

TechMoron · Jun 21, 2024

I have some so old the little discs of priming compound have started falling out. Put the little disc back in & carefully place it on the nipple so it doesn't fall out again & they work just fine. What makes you feel real intelligent is when you forget to check & put an empty cap on the nipple.

wpage · Jun 21, 2024

They make great party favors...

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