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[Grenadier1758]

Frugal perhaps, but not cheap.

 

[SDSmlf]

RWS and Alcan percussion and musket caps were what I was brought up on a long time ago. Was taught (and witnessed), if you wanted your gun to go bang every time, RWS was the best to use. There were other brands, but RWS was and is my first choice. Spent a lot of the shekels I made delivering papers and mowing grass as a kid on them.

 

[PathfinderNC]

I would have thought any one around guns for any length of time at one point would have heard of RWS gun products.

I haven’t but then I have been shooting FLINTLOCKS for the past forty years

 

[PathfinderNC]

 

[Captndan]

RWS is the only cap that fires every time in my Sharps

 

[Britsmoothy]

To be honest. RWS and Remington are my favourite caps.

 

[kje54]

That's not true... no one here thinks you are cheap......

Maybe true....... I just spent about a grand on 3 modern firearms, all super deals I found online. And my favorite GS is completely stocked in just about every caliber one would want.

 

[kje54]

RWS is the only cap that fires every time in my Sharps

I never had a problem with CCIs but then again 98% of my shooting was just burning powder. Projectiles are frowned upon at reenactments for some reason.........

 

[Eterry]

Ive only used RWS caps a few times. Started using Remington because that and RWS was all they had, and Remington was less expensive. I was 14 and riding green broke horses for $5.00 a saddling and a bag of feed a week.

The old reloading manual had data for Alcan powder, but again, I never used it.

The first CCI caps I used, (late 80s) I hated them, they were like little grenades. Shrapnel everywhere. It's not as bad now.

Who made Navy Arms caps? I was given a few of them once.

 

[hanshi]

I've used RWS caps back in the 60s and liked them. Back then Remington imported caps from Germany and put their name on the tins.

 

[dave951]

For live fire, RWS and Schuetzen are the only choice available in the US. Anything from CCI these days are garbage suited only for blanks.

I compete with Civil War arms and RWS 1081 is my first choice. If they're not available, Schuetzen will work. The only problem I've encountered with Schuetzen were not lack of accuracy but they sometimes stick on the nipple causing a slow down when speed is called for in reloading.

 

[Mantihunter]

I bought RWS 1081 caps, but they're in red plastic containers. Any difference between them and the ones in the black plastic containers???

 

[desi23]

Who made Navy Arms caps? I was given a few of them once.

The Navy Arms caps I remember were made in Italy. They were identical to the Dixie caps I had except that they came in blue tins not red ones. They offered both a #11 and a musket size. I still have a tin of the Navy Arms musket caps somewhere in my gun stuff. They are wingless musket caps, look just like an oversize #11.

When I first got started in muzzle loading Remington was about the only cap brand available locally other than some yellow tin Italian caps that a couple of the big box stores carried. I got a Dixie catalog and started buying from them and started using their caps (no hazmat fees then!). Over the years found and tried all kinds of caps including some really old antique ones (which worked surprisingly well too). RWS have become my favorites though I hoard their #1075 for my cap & ball revolvers. I use mostly CCI on rifles and single shot handguns just because of availability. They work ok, even the "re-enactor" caps work fine on my muskets and my 1842 H. Ashton pistol.

 

[sportster73hp]

I have used RWS #11 caps but con only find the wimpy cci musket caps. I find the #11 must be only 10 1/2 and either require two hammer drops or stick on the nipple afterwards. I modified a nipple to work with them.

 

[SDSmlf]

I bought RWS 1081 caps, but they're in red plastic containers. Any difference between them and the ones in the black plastic containers???

Packaging changes over time. Purchased some RWS 1081s earlier this year that came in black plastic containers. The one change I have noticed, is that the older caps in metal tins could be quite corrosive. Depends on date of manufacture.