A lot of posts about finding caps and getting caps lately; made me curious how many you go through a year . Is it the revolver shooters that are always looking for caps or rifle shooters too ? I shoot my flinters more than my caps these days but between my two cap locks I'm going through about 100 caps a year. I've been lucky enough over the last couple years to score several tins from walmart. I think I have enough based on what I shoot , but you never really know. Carry on.
How many caps do you use in a year ?
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I would guess 500-1000 depending on how busy we are. I shoot flinters alot too but burn through caps mostly in C&B revolers. My girlfriend and I both shoot percussion rifles also and so we definitely rip through the caps. It’s really not hard to do with two people shooting revolvers for sure
Probably around 500 for my longrifle and 500-600 for my whitworth
And that's it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Lead, Powder,,?,,. What's next, Condom's?
For what it's worth, I buy those 3 by the pound,, (bulk rate ya know)
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If I forget to remove it before getting on the roller coaster!
If I forget to remove it before getting on the roller coaster!
snakedoctor690
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Depends on how often I make it to the range. I usually take 2 New Model Armys with 2 cylinders apiece, on a good day will put 6 cylinders per gun. Like I said depends on how often I make it but would have to say on average between 1 and 2000 a year. I can easily go through a tin each trip.
aussie pete
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ROA457
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I would easily fire 2000 per year and another 1500 from my wife. Got to love competitive shooters.
About 200-300 per year. Most of my shooting now days is with a flinter.
Zero
Depending on the weather, 500-1000. I like to shoot often, as it is one of my family's favorite pass times. My 3 rifles and my 1858 get shot pretty much weekly. But I mostly use homemade caps. So finding them isn't really an issue.
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400-500. I probably shoot the rifle 30-40 shots per trip and probably shoot the pistol 40 shots per trip. Depends how often I get a BP range day.
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50 to 100 a year. I sold off all my C&B pistols so now I just have 2 percussion guns and my cap usage went way down.
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Maybe 50+ a year.
As many as it takes.
Hunt with shotguns from Sept to March, some volume shooting on doves and driven birds and snipe. A shot or two in April for Turkey. I'm using about 800 on shotguns - probably 700 are musket caps. Then I check a rifle or two and hunt with them, and two range trips per year with a handful of revolvers. I'm using about 1200 annually with 800 being musket between shotguns and rifles, and the remainder #11's.
About twenty five. I have a couple of revolvers.
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A couple hundred I guess. Saw lots and lots of Remington caps in the LGS yesterday for $14.95 
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