Musket caps

[Rudy Thompson]

I guess I can be the odd man in this but I use CCI " reenactor" musket caps to live fire and have not had the problem of bad caps .
Those 6 wing caps that CCI had was dangerous. If the caps set off a blank charge then where is the difference in setting off a live round,
it is all black powder after all.

 

[BadDaditood]

I heard the standard musket caps were too loud, but a lawsuit due to shrapnel makes more sense, since reenactors don’t wear eye protection like shooters do.

 

[BadDaditood]

I get it and i agree. But we ought to know the specifics before we publicly whip or stone the guy.

Burn the Witch!!!

 

[dave951]

I guess I can be the odd man in this but I use CCI " reenactor" musket caps to live fire and have not had the problem of bad caps .
Those 6 wing caps that CCI had was dangerous. If the caps set off a blank charge then where is the difference in setting off a live round,
it is all black powder after all.

I live fire too, but I really, really care about accuracy since I shoot competition. If you’re just chucking lead down range and aren’t worried about being the best shot possible, go ahead and use CCI. There are documented issues using CCI for accurate shooting.

Again, the conversation needs to have a fixed point of reference in regards to accuracy. Just saying they work is meaningless. The only reference that is usable is MOA.

 

[brewer12345]

This is a discussion we were having this weekend. How it matters, and this is no reflection on your type of shooting, is that when talking about accuracy it's imperative to use a set standard like moa. To say they give you smallish groups at 60-70yd that you're satisfied with or will hit a deer means you have no point of reference to actually gauge what's happening. We shoot at 50 and 100yds. If group size doubles at 100, that will absolutely make the difference between winning and losing but it will still put bambi in the freezer. Here's an analogy from the automotive world- regular gas will get you around town, but is garbage in a high performance hemi Cuda or Boss Mustang. If you care about best accuracy, stay away from CCI, end of story. If you don't, well, ok.

Thanks. I am an unmentionable reloader as well and plenty familiar with MOA as a measure of accuracy. With a muzzleloader that has no optics, my vision is simply not good enough to be worried about real fine measures of accuracy. I certainly will not give you a run for your money in competitions. I have a bunch of RWS caps that I will get into, but the few tins of CCI that I bought before everything disappeared I will burn up in my casual shooting. It will be interesting to try some of the better caps as I fool around with different minies and and conicals.