Forester Tap o cap?

[Scharms]

I read about the Forester Tap o caps a while ago, looks like they've been disco'd. It sounded like a handy little tool, has anyone tried them? Are there any alternatives to these on the market?

 

[David W.]

I read about the Forester Tap o caps a while ago, looks like they've been disco'd. It sounded like a handy little tool, has anyone tried them? Are there any alternatives to these on the market?

Ain't worth a tiddly boop! Waste of money.

 

[Scharms]

:grin: That must be why they disco'd them! Any viable alternatives out there, or should I stick with CCI?

 

[rafterob]

Back in the '70s I used those little plastic caps for toy guns and they worked fine. I tried that again a few years ago and could not get them to work at all, even if I primed the nipple with 4f. My guess is they changed composition of the things. Too bad because you could buy 100 for like a buck.

 

[David W.]

Stick with CCI or RWS.

 

[Scharms]

(under a buck) That was my logic, doing it on the least expensive side. I saw some info on another forum regarding the quality of the caps being the issues (apparently at one point some American made caps were on the market, now they're all chinese... imagine that :cursing: ). Oh well, thanks for the info, looks like CCI gets my money.

 

[buttonbuck]

besides the obvious paper cap what else would work? What does cci or remington put on the percussion caps to make them go boom? I was talking to an old school gunsmith he told me about some kit from the 60's that you could reuse rimfire 22 by A tool would resize the rim and there was some liquid you put in the rim to dry that would ignite the powder but I was told it was extremely expolsive or volitile. So what do they put on caps to make em go boom?

 

[Bill Hall]

It's called mercury fulminate (whatever that is), and it's something I wouldn't care to mess with. If you read the post on the history of percussion caps, there was a submission that describes the guy who paints that stuff in the caps. He was far away from the other workers, so if he blew up, none of the other guys would get harmed. I wouldn't think you can just buy that stuff anyway.

Stick with maufactured caps, and let them worry about saftey issues. Besides, they're still cheap compared to modern ammo, and reliable. What more could a guy ask for? Bill

 

[CrackStock]

Fulminate of mercury was once used to make primers and this is often mentioned during ML and other ammo lectures, but the current manufacturing processes have moved from mercury for a variety of reasons. Other chemicals are being used today for environmental concerns, longevity, availability and stability.

I looked up the following entry for your convenience.

Wiki entry for fulminate of mercury

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[Bill Hall]

:thumbsup: Good info. There goes everything I pretended I knew about caps. I don't know what that other stuff is either :rotf: . I think if you bought any of those chemicals, guys in black suits would soon be knocking on your door. Bill

 

[mountainmandan10]

Toy caps are made with Armstrongs mixture. Its potassium chlorate, red phosphorus and sand. It was originally used to prime artillery shells. Todays caps have less powder in them. They could be used for evil purposes and bought without raising any red flags. Any who... bordering on taboo subjects.