Any body Remember These?

[Twosteels]

Digging thru all the old possibles, looking for T.C. lock for a fellow, I came across these here caps. Used to buy em in the 1000 rd. box. musta have done a bunch of shooting. Wish they still had em,,,,,oh well.

 

[stubshaft]

Dang, those go back to when Turner Kirkland was still running the show.

 

[BullRunBear]

(Hearing the song "Memories" in my head.) Oh yeah, I went through my share back in ancient times. Got a couple of tins at a swap meet a few years ago. They all worked fine. Wonder if I still have the empty tins.

Jeff

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I have a can around somewhere. They go poof more than they go pop but they've been around for over 50 years in all kinds of changing climates.

 

[Twosteels]

I tried one yesterday, bang is alright, but here in Arizona when babies cry, we have to add the tears.

 

[Cruzatte]

Oh yeah, I remember those. Used up a lot of 'em on my old navy revolvers back in the day.

 

[longcruise]

Those were good ones. I think they might have been Italian. ????

 

[Columbus]

Still have three tins - seem to work.

 

[Twosteels]

Those were good ones. I think they might have been Italian. ????

Yup they were made in Italy. and they was pretty dam hot.

 

[Bucks Co]

Used to buy these from Dixie when I was running my business; they sold like the proverbial hot cakes at NZ$18.00 per 1000!!
Although they were corrosive a lot of guys loved them.

 

[Keyhole]

Used to buy these from Dixie when I was running my business; they sold like the proverbial hot cakes at NZ$18.00 per 1000!!
Although they were corrosive a lot of guys loved them.

Wow, $18 per 1,000......I missed out on those days

 

[Crow Choker]

Wow, $18 per 1,000......I missed out on those days

$18 per 1000!!! Back in early 1972 when I got into the percussion shooting I was paying .89 to .99 per hundred, that results in approx $9-10 per 1000. They weren't Dixie, but came in a red plastic container like the metal tins and were manufactured in Italy. My first capper arm was a Euroarms '51 Colt Navy in 44 caliber. Caps didn't fit worth a hoot, go to shoot a full cylinder full, several would tend to fall off, that 51 Navy sucked caps into the guts like flies to sugar. Had to pinch the caps most of the time, helped some, but that was back in the day when we didn't know about other caps and there was little after market nipples available if any to custom fit caps. There wasn't all of the written material available then on how to do this and that with percussion revolvers nor any online information (computers weren't even thought of then, much less websites). Those were the days of doing by trial and error and dealing with what ya had. Still have one of those empty red plastic 'tins' buried somewhere, always on the lookout for it. Back before all of the craziness, price increases, and scarcity started I felt a hunch and stocked up on a quantity Rem 10's along with a few bricks of CCI 11's and paid $30-32 a brick (1000), that was a major increase in the $20-25 I had been paying before that. Glad I did made the investment.

 

[French Colonial]

I got ripped off! I had to pay $19.50 for 1000 the last time I bought caps! You guys who paid $18.00 got a deal!