They are too small for your nipple.
Check your CCI caps before you buy
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I’d like to hear more about ‘metric sized’ #10 and #11 caps. Here is a chart I believe originally posted by @Grenadier1758 some time ago. Do you have information on ‘metric’ caps.
I don't go by someone's chart, but rather how much tighter they fit on my nipple. Obviously they are smaller than my cci #11 caps that need to be pinched in order to stay on, vs rws caps that need to be fully seated by pushing them on with the hammer to fully seat them.
Your chart shows them being smaller as I stated that they are. I'd suspect these are rough measurements.
Johnny Tremain
A couple of my cans are marked "rev C" and others "rev D". Is this what you are referring to? How do you know that is a quality indicator?
So now we know that the letter is a quality rating and not lot information or part of a date code. Please share where you found this information about the letter indicating a rating.
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Tyler L
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In my line of work, seeing "rev C" immediately makes me think it denotes "revision level C" of the can graphics. Any change to the logo, colors, wording, fonts, etc. would merit a change from "rev C" to "rev D".
My Rev C cans are mostly dark blue with a white, perhaps silver, swoop, similar to Nike, underlining CCI in red upper case. My Rev D cans are a lighter blue, larger CCI in lower case, and no swoop.
WOW!!!! You got eighteen TONS of caps????!!! No wonder no one else can find any!
Sorry, but I just couldn't help myself! I hate that auto correct as much as the next guy.
Johnny Tremain
Silversmith in training
They are few and far between. Ive not seem them in months, and when I did I got low grade ones.
I invested $90 in a cap maker and enough fixins to make 2k caps.
I also had to buy a six pack for the aluminum cans.
Grafs has RWS 1075’s and RWS, CCI, and Scheutzen musket caps in stock. I know the thread is about the CCI brand, but there are other options.
Notchy Bob
Notchy Bob
Yes, I am a hoarder, and I do not apologize for it either.WOW!!!! You got eighteen TONS of caps????!!! No wonder no one else can find any!
....apparently I even hord from myself!
Went shooting yesterday with CCI magnum caps. 5 of 10 required 2 strikes, probably 1 in 10 never fired. So yeah, I was lucky enough to buy 7 tins from somewhere that are not reliable. Do not have this issue with this gun nipple configuration with the RWS caps. I’ll suffer through it, but it is irritating.
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Wow. But can't check something in a bubble wrap packaging!
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Gee, too bad you were forced to drink up that beer!
And when you fumble and spill the contents all over the floor do you just walk away and pretend that "the other guy did it"? Like was said before "I'll take my chances". The only bad caps that I bought was from Navy Arms back in 1970.None of mine were "sealed" , just popped the plastic shell open and open the tin.
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What with the past shortages of powder & caps, they might start selling "fill it yourself" un-primed caps! I do seriously respect the guys who make their own, though.
I do seriously respect the guys who make their own, though.
For just a mere $45 you can buy a tin of 100 Remington Mag $10 at my local 'Gun Show', and he had a tin of CCI under it.
Better hurry, he says "That is the going price, you can't find those these days...."
...btw; he's the same guy that was selling one pound of GOEX last year for $50, he said "They don't make it any more"
(did I mention he is from California?)
**on another matter: Stock up on ammo while you can, a re-loader informed me the price is about to Skyrocket again! This 'D' administration has just banned the manufacturer ingredients of a key ingredient required for making powder (non black powder, all the other stuff)
Better hurry, he says "That is the going price, you can't find those these days...."
...btw; he's the same guy that was selling one pound of GOEX last year for $50, he said "They don't make it any more"
(did I mention he is from California?)
**on another matter: Stock up on ammo while you can, a re-loader informed me the price is about to Skyrocket again! This 'D' administration has just banned the manufacturer ingredients of a key ingredient required for making powder (non black powder, all the other stuff)
