Patch/Cap box on a percussion rifle

[Coinneach]

More “code” here - PM of my “mother” #853 in Kentucky, 24 years later, I am in the East again at my “sister” #461 in North Carolina. Also, 25+ year member of AASR, ROS, etc. I had the distinct honor and pleasure to “raise” my son a year+ ago. He is the 5th (known) generation. Salve Fraters!

Good for you brother, my own family in the Craft go all the way back to the foundations.
Have your read "Born in Blood" ?
My Father (RIP) was a PM and then GL member, he lived interstate and I never let on I'd taken the first step. Well imagine the surprise on my third when my eyes were cleared to see one of the 6 there to raise me, was my Father !
He then proceeded to give me the Obligation, word perfect without prompting, we both had tears in our eyes.

 

[FishDFly]

One could just as easily drop a tin of caps.

After dropping tins of caps and pawing around in the dirt and grass is why I went to Tedd Cash in line capers or the snail cappers.

 

[Urban Coyote]

Patch/Cap Boxes, tsk-tsk, not very WOKE. I prefer "accessories compartment", less ambiguous. I wouldn't keep lipstick in it though, maybe a cleaning jag and ball screw.

 

[FishDFly]

Huh, had my bag hanging on the mirror of my truck while I was closing my gate. Neighbor came by with his grandsons. They walked over to look at it. One of them commented, "nice purse mister". Neighbor had to tell everyone about me carrying a purse.

 

[Widows Son]

imagine the surprise on my third when my eyes were cleared to see one of the 6 there to raise me, was my Father !

AG to the MH!

 

[Widows Son]

Personally I’m thrilled that so many Travelers have greeted each other during this thread.

Respectfully though, it’s about patch boxes. Courtesy to the original poster and the forum management

 

[Coinneach]

Personally I’m thrilled that so many Travelers have greeted each other during this thread.

Respectfully though, it’s about patch boxes. Courtesy to the original poster and the forum management

But.......Patchboxes with secrets.....LOL

 

[UndeadPoet]

Personally I’m thrilled that so many Travelers have greeted each other during this thread.

Respectfully though, it’s about patch boxes. Courtesy to the original poster and the forum management

Well…I’m the OP, and I’m one of the ones doing it, so… I guess I could have called the thread “Esoteric Patch/Cap Boxes” LOL! Thanks, Brethren!

 

[Old Hawkeye]

Having read through the entire thread, I just don't see anything suggested that one could carry in a patch box that isn't better kept in your possible bag. I look at them as "decoration". Some I have seen are works of art, so I guess that's reason enough to have one.

 

[Pork Chop]

JB67, you must have a shorty capper. The ones that I have hold 15 - you can squeeze 16 or more in if you are determined.

 

[nhmoose]

The rag eaters and Bacca chewers ought to keep tic-tac's in them cap thingies for the benefit of all

 

[tenngun]

I seldom keep anything in a patch box. But I do have this old original rifle with stuff in the patch box. Old patches, old caps and a couple old round balls that have turned white.
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That’s a cap box, in that it’s not much bigger then a box of caps. While a patch box, is a pretty good sized box. I don’t think much of my cleaning kit would fit. But plenty of room there for a day in the woods.

 

[52Bore]

Never have found anything in any of my originals when I acquired them.
I can carry’s all I need in a possibles bag to go afield.
Photo of one I took out hunting this fall.

 

[smoothshooter]

If you have/carry a percussion rifle with a patch/cap box, what do you carry in it (if anything)?

Cleaning jag, worm, extra flint or two, and a small cotton patch to keep things from rattling around.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

3 Nilla wafers and a novelty keyring.

 

[Coinneach]

And a tiny hip flask of Rum for those early morning winter hunts......

 

[Urban Coyote]

Or a touch of the recipe. Lol

 

[UndeadPoet]

And a tiny hip flask of Rum for those early morning winter hunts......

“We’re gonna need a bigger hip flask.” Lol

 

[treetophunter]

Hmmm. I would think that loose stuff rattling around in a patch box might have given a guy away on the frontier with Shawnee all around?

 

[Secesh]

What is the cap box designed to hold or store? Most anything you can fit into it. The US model 1841 “Mississippi Rifle” had a small hole bored into the inside of the cap box that held an extra nipple.