Number 11 cap shortage?

[Pierre009]

Seriously ~ Really ???? 16 pages on #11 caps and ya ain't figured it out yet???
"HI HO SILVER, AWAY!!"

Oh thanks for the reply...I was at these stores before I read or joined this forum. Seriously...really...

 

[user 53891]

good morning 86. Isn't it kind of weird when things get short, rather than the price stay the same, but just not have as many available because there aren't any, when the price goes up, there's some more out there. Now I'm not aware how more money makes the chickens lay faster or perhaps two eggs a day, you suppose that they are striking for higher wages? Maybe they want higher protein feed? Do the factories pay the workers more money to make more caps because the price went up? I really doubt that. Hopefully somebody on this forum can give me the answer.
Squint

Well, page 17 is coming up, maybe there will come the answers!!!

 

[BBGun]

In the last few days, I visited, on line, Buffalo Arms, Midway USA, Powder, Inc., Powder Valley and Graf and Sons. While most are showing BP available, none are showing caps. Sheel’s has them, but they don’t ship and Walmart does not send them to their stores in the SE. Can’t blame this shortage on hoarders, would like to see the NMLRA do some contacting of manufacturers and report to its members. I’ve contacted Winchester, CCI, and Remington, no responses regarding my inquiries. And while Swiss and Schuetzen are again importing, RWS caps are out of stock where dealers show them as a product. Yes, this subject has been beat on often, but hasn’t shown any sign of improving, except for KYGUNCO.

Yea KYGUNCO had foresight, 5 tins coming thru the door today just anytime!

 

[beardedhorse]

I have access to #11 CCI and Remington caps at $8.99 and $10.99 a tin of 100 plus tax. The #10 and magnum percussion caps cost more. Buy as much as I can then sell to friends in local clubs that really need them for a match and not for them to resell at a huge mark up. Limit of one or two tins per person. Usually mark up only enough to pay for transportation to and from gun shops. Don't ask me where they are.
Our club can get black powder for $12 - $15 a pound but marks it up to $18.00. Still a good price when you can't otherwise find it. We don't have it shipped with haz mat fees but go to the supplier or the supplier will drive up (from Texas to Colorado) to deliver. We used to drive to Wyoming to get 25 pound order of 2F or 3F and sometimes 4F or mixed depending what was in stock. Can't wait until Exeter Energetics gets powder made and out the doors. Dates keep getting pushed back.

 

[Stantheman86]

Caps are made by CCI and Remington as a "courtesy" but we covered this earlier in this thread

Not a single exec at CCI or Remington is worried about percussion caps, they probably just have a built in schedule for when they make batches of caps because they've offered them for so long, loyal customers expect them. Because 99.9% of us buy other CCI and Remington products.

The CEO isn't losing sleep because some percussion revolver enthusiasts and muzzleloading rifle owners are low on caps......

Apparently the raw material to make primers is more expensive so they're passing costs to the consumer

Gas prices are causing food prices to go up and once vendors see that we keep buying eggs and meat, they're not lowering prices

If we can get the Fudds to stop buying palettes of ammo to resell and sweeping the shelves of Pyrodex we may see prices creep downward

 

[Stantheman86]

If you could point me toward the following I'd be much appreciative:

- 5 Monme musket balls
- .32 long or short Colt ammo
- A magazine for a 1907 Dreyse light carbine
- A scope base for a VZ-24 sniper

I probably have all of this in totes in my basement TBH

I once opened a box and found a Reichsrevolver I forgot I owned and a Dutch Beaumont bolt so ya never know

 

[Stantheman86]

Sometime ago (maybe 20 years) i bought an adapter that allows me to use small pistol or small rifle primers in place of standard caps. It works quite well. Does anyone know if these adapters are still available?

I have one, they're trash and only threaded for T/C or Pedersoli Hawken type rifles

Plus primers are harder to get than caps. My Dunham's had the 209 primers made for 777 and someone bought them all

 

[Stantheman86]

Blame Lenny

 

[Catcus Jack]

Sometime ago (maybe 20 years) i bought an adapter that allows me to use small pistol or small rifle primers in place of standard caps. It works quite well. Does anyone know if these adapters are still available?

You think caps are expensive wait till you find primers if you can find them.

 

[user 53891]

Blame Lenny
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That ain't Lenny....that's Sgt Schultz

 

[springfield art]

Still shooting caps I bought at Walmart after season years ago for .75 cents a hundred, yep I am a hoarder!

Good! I stocked up on .22 LR ammo some time back; now have a life-time supply, and I'm gonna do that with Caps when I can, slowly over time.

 

[user 53891]

Good! I stocked up on .22 LR ammo some time back; now have a life-time supply, and I'm gonna do that with Caps when I can, slowly over time.

Smart thinking fellas.....they snooze, they lose!!

 

[TDM]

Blame Lenny
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That is funny. Love it!

 

[Buckskinquin]

Caps are made by CCI and Remington as a "courtesy" but we covered this earlier in this thread

Not a single exec at CCI or Remington is worried about percussion caps, they probably just have a built in schedule for when they make batches of caps because they've offered them for so long, loyal customers expect them. Because 99.9% of us buy other CCI and Remington products.

The CEO isn't losing sleep because some percussion revolver enthusiasts and muzzleloading rifle owners are low on caps......

Apparently the raw material to make primers is more expensive so they're passing costs to the consumer

Gas prices are causing food prices to go up and once vendors see that we keep buying eggs and meat, they're not lowering prices

If we can get the Fudds to stop buying palettes of ammo to resell and sweeping the shelves of Pyrodex we may see prices creep downward

Since you’re so connected to those in charge and their sleep patterns. Please speak to them on our behalf or at least stop posting your taunt filled posts.

 

[TDM]

Since you’re so connected to those in charge and their sleep patterns. Please speak to them on our behalf or at least stop posting your taunt filled posts.

I thought everyone got a sleep report from the CEO’s of CCI and Remington.

 

[sportster73hp]

Went to a gun show this past weekend and someone had Goex and swiss bp for sale. $30 a pound and he had at least 6 of each variety. Didn’t see caps but did find pistol and rifle primers.
Don’t expect prices to go back to old prices but a reduction would be nice.

 

[Stantheman86]

Since you’re so connected to those in charge and their sleep patterns. Please speak to them on our behalf or at least stop posting your taunt filled posts.

I just called the CEO of Remington, and told him to step up #10 production STAT

 

[FishDFly]

Maybe if you copied and pasted these 17 pages and sent it to him that would motivate him.

 

[grimmpaul1]

Hello everyone I'm new here like everyone else have no caps. I have a TC 50 cal hawkins. It takes a #ten cap on the nipple. I don't have # 11 caps to compare with. My friend bought a rifle last weekend and got the #10s. My question is are the #11 different in size? if the #10 fits will the #11 be too loose. Also will the #10s be ok to use?

 

[Stantheman86]

Maybe if you copied and pasted these 17 pages and sent it to him that would motivate him.

It would motivate him to probably put this in a Powerpoint during a meeting, so they could get a good laugh at us and the Executive Board can be like "these guys are serious about their caps ! that's great. Well anyway let's get on that 200,000 round order of 9mm for the IRS"