flatcreek
40 Cal
How do I know if it's vegetable tanned leather? I like the leather cappers and would make another.
Phil
Phil
Leather percussion capper question.
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The leather supplier will list the tanning process on the description if not just call and ask
flatcreek
40 Cal
I just want to use something laying around, an old piece of belt or a boot. Is there some other way to tell?
Use whatever is available and don't store caps in it.
flatcreek
40 Cal
Guess I could just put one cap in it and see what happens, don't want to waste many they are expensive.
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I’ve used pieces from old belts. I haven’t had much trouble with corrosion.
longcruise
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I think the old belt will work. You can buy veg tanned leather in small pieces at hobby lobby. Not all that pricey. Oil tanned is ok too.
Find a piece that is about as thick as the cap is tall. Use a 5/32 punch to make the holes to fit the commercial #10 & #11 caps. I'm having to make new ones or re-punch the old ones to fit the 22 sharpshooter caps. Not sure yet what size it will need to be.
Find a piece that is about as thick as the cap is tall. Use a 5/32 punch to make the holes to fit the commercial #10 & #11 caps. I'm having to make new ones or re-punch the old ones to fit the 22 sharpshooter caps. Not sure yet what size it will need to be.
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I look for thick old belts and leather at thrift shops and garage sales. A dollar or two will buy enough for a lifetime of capers. Be careful not to get the ones made with two pieces of leather bonded as they will separate.
kelvinator
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This is another ML accessory gifted to me from my Granddads cache.
He made it in the mid 70's - early 80's and it was left full of corrosive old Italian made percussion caps, so... it was corroded up pretty bad with the green funky stuff and the leather was broke down and flaky as well.
So I disassembled it and cleaned it up and put it back together with a new leather disc, which, I know, would have been better in a natural color but all I had laying around of appropriate thickness was a piece of left over black from a chopper seat I covered a few years ago.
Not sure why he stamped his initials so close to where the loading notch would be but it is now clean and functional and I will use it as intended.
He made it in the mid 70's - early 80's and it was left full of corrosive old Italian made percussion caps, so... it was corroded up pretty bad with the green funky stuff and the leather was broke down and flaky as well.
So I disassembled it and cleaned it up and put it back together with a new leather disc, which, I know, would have been better in a natural color but all I had laying around of appropriate thickness was a piece of left over black from a chopper seat I covered a few years ago.
Not sure why he stamped his initials so close to where the loading notch would be but it is now clean and functional and I will use it as intended.
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That is pretty cool, an octagon shape to help rotate the leather just seems to make sense.
