Cpl. Ashencheeks
40 Cal.
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2014
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I recently obtained a black powder carbine that uses musket caps.
So for this carbine I had to make some of my own accessories and started making period cartridge boxes, paper cartridges, etc.
I got to thinking about fiddling with the caps in their tin or in a belt mounted cap pouch. Now since many of musket caps are of a winged or top-hat form for ease of picking them up, it still does take a little bit of fiddling and if hunting it makes some small amount of noise.
So I took two strips of cardboard from a cracker box with one twice as wide as the other and folded the wider strip in halve then sandwiched the narrower strip in the folded cardboard and used a paper hole punch to make up to ten holes in the two strips.
Flip the center strip the other way and this will help wedge the musket caps a little better when putting them in and over lap each wing over another so that last cap placed in will be the first one used.
A smaller hole drilled or punched on one end can have a string lanyard tied to it.
It might require a little tweaking, but it does work.
This might not be period correct, but it could have been.
So those of you who use a musket or shotgun that takes musket caps who might want to hunt with them, things can be made quieter by using one these instead of a rattling cap pouch or tin.
So for this carbine I had to make some of my own accessories and started making period cartridge boxes, paper cartridges, etc.
I got to thinking about fiddling with the caps in their tin or in a belt mounted cap pouch. Now since many of musket caps are of a winged or top-hat form for ease of picking them up, it still does take a little bit of fiddling and if hunting it makes some small amount of noise.
So I took two strips of cardboard from a cracker box with one twice as wide as the other and folded the wider strip in halve then sandwiched the narrower strip in the folded cardboard and used a paper hole punch to make up to ten holes in the two strips.
Flip the center strip the other way and this will help wedge the musket caps a little better when putting them in and over lap each wing over another so that last cap placed in will be the first one used.
A smaller hole drilled or punched on one end can have a string lanyard tied to it.
It might require a little tweaking, but it does work.
This might not be period correct, but it could have been.
So those of you who use a musket or shotgun that takes musket caps who might want to hunt with them, things can be made quieter by using one these instead of a rattling cap pouch or tin.
