Anybody else with arthritic hands struggle opening cap tins?? Holy smokes, my caps will last forever at this rate.
Percussion cap tins
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The new CCI tins are super tight!
Use a small pill bottle after you get it open.
Agreed, they aren’t going back in those tins!
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I store mine in one of the Ted Cash 1790 tobacco tins, easy flip open with old busted fingers.
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I keep my caps in a Ted Cash capper. Easy on the fingers ! 
Might be the reason there really are a goodly number of cap tins found with some caps still inside. I had/have a few well over 75 years old with at least a few caps remaining. "Goldmark", etc.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
Yep. Another reason I prefer flintlocks.
The containers that contain test strips for Glucose testing (CVS) make great cap containers easy to open yet waterproof.
My hands aren't arthritic. Yet .. but those tins are sometimes a witch with a capital B to open.
I'm gonna get one of those press thingys to start making my own caps soon. Until I can get something a little more HC I'm going to recycle a few Red Seal plastic snuff cans for storage. I seen to generate plenty of those.
The newer CCI tin lids are tight but after I open them the first time, I do not have a problem with them again. I simply don’t push the lids on so hard. Still seals well and no problem opening from then on.
ernbar
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The latest CCI tins I purchased are a pain in the culo to open. I have a couple of tin hinged containers I bought when visiting Heidelberg. These will make things a lot easier. 
I have a Ted Cash capper for rifle and shotgun and a Polish capper for my Remington. I only struggle with the tin once.
longcruise
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I've taken up DIY caps and use the test strip containers described above. What few commercial caps I have left are also in them. They are the 21st century film can.
With diabetes rampant, if you aren't "lucky" enough to be diabetic you probably know a potential supplier.
flatcreek
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I have a powder measure with an easy open cap container in the base. Only problem is I shot flintlocks. Seen it in the used been a Dixons and couldn't pass it up.
I just took all the new CCI tins, popped them open in a vise and dumped them all into a tin box I had with a lid on it. Problem solved.
Ya I got diabetes for Xmas a couple of years ago so I have some of those little strip containers too.
Ya I got diabetes for Xmas a couple of years ago so I have some of those little strip containers too.
I got two pieces of Dycem non slip from an occupational therapist to help me open jars, etc. I found the material in various configurations on Amazon, such as Dycem 50-1651B 2" Non-Slip Cone-Shaped Bottle Opener, Blue. https://www.amazon.com/Dycem-50-165...f2c6aa7323091397404b1313d0e&gad_source=1&th=1
