Percussion cap availability- when??

[CAndersen]

Does anyone have any insight when and or if percussion caps (Remington, CCI, RWS) might be readily available at a reasonable price?

 

[appalichian hunter]

I would think not soon.

 

[jsb30]

Picked up 2000 CCI #11 today at LGS at $5.99 a tin. Just have to keep looking.

 

[Dashing Leper]

The prices/demand of unmentionable ammunition would have to go down well before manufacturers decide to divert their supplies of priming compound into caps.

 

[hrt4me]

Picked up 2000 CCI #11 today at LGS at $5.99 a tin. Just have to keep looking.

I was just about to post the same; I yesterday purchased 2000 CCI #10 at my LGS for $5.99 a tin, and 2 weeks ago I had purchased several thousand each of CCI #11 and CCI #10 and Remington #11 for the same price as well...

 

[JohnnieT]

I was able to get two tins of #11 caps at Gander Outdoors today. $6.10 a tin. If anyone is local, that was the Jackson, Tennessee location and there are a few tins left.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

From what I've gathered and researched, it will take years.

Some people do not understand the nature of the current shortage. It is of such a type and on such a massive scale that we have never seen anything like it in history. We are truly living in the "perfect storm" of circumstances for this to have happened and the shooting sports will never be the same again.

 

[JohnnieT]

I doubt the industry will ever fully recover, I.e. back to “the way things were.” I do hope it recovers enough to hose a few of the hyper-inflated resellers.

 

[kh0456]

I’m trying to look at it with a glass half full attitude. I say try.... ha!
but so far this to me isn’t any different then years past. Every election people start to panic buy or like someone said before me.... buy just to try and turn a huge profit. Then it evens out. Yeah it’s going to take a while because the panic is still going on. But coming off of the whole Covid thing didn’t help.
so personally if people would just buy normally it would be a lot better. Not like a couple years ago but better then going to your LGS and stare at empty shelves.

 

[deermanok]

You have to shop around online but you can find them.

 

[maineguy]

Picked up 2000 CCI #11 today at LGS at $5.99 a tin. Just have to keep looking.

Wheres LGS ?

 

[csaduck]

Until someone buys Remington and gets it up and running Ammo is going to continue to be limited. Remington produced 1/3 of what was on the shelves before they went Bankrupt. A friend reminded me of this fact when I was complaining about the shortages of everything to do with shooting.

 

[kje54]

Picked up 2000 CCI #11 today at LGS at $5.99 a tin. Just have to keep looking.

Local Gigantic Store?

 

[painter]

Until someone buys Remington and gets it up and running Ammo is going to continue to be limited. Remington produced 1/3 of what was on the shelves before they went Bankrupt. A friend reminded me of this fact when I was complaining about the shortages of everything to do with shooting.

Vista Outdoors purchased Remington Ammunition, and is back in production. I think muzzleloading caps are probably down near the bottom of their list as unmentionable ammo is more lucrative right now.

 

[hrt4me]

Wheres LGS ?

local gun shop

 

[William Lincoln]

Caps are available but at inflated prices.

 

[griffiga]

Does anyone have any insight when and or if percussion caps (Remington, CCI, RWS) might be readily available at a reasonable price?

Wolfman0125 makes them for sale.

 

[mooman76]

Does anyone have any insight when and or if percussion caps (Remington, CCI, RWS) might be readily available at a reasonable price?

Even the manufacturers don't know. Anything we say is just a guess at best. Hopefully not much longer but I doubt it.

 

[Sam squanch]

When someone tries to mount a flintlock on their 1860 army to fire it, you know it’s gotten bad.....