Percussion cap tins

[The Miner '49er]

@Omahkapi'si, don't spill 'em!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Oh that’s just for storage. I use a little in my shooting bag.

 

[smoothshooter]

Anybody else with arthritic hands struggle opening cap tins?? Holy smokes, my caps will last forever at this rate.

Get a little adhesive-backed sandpaper. Cut 4 little narrow strips.
Stick 2 strips on the side of the lid 180 degrees apart.
Do the same on the sides of the bottom part of the can.
Cheap and effective.
You may have to buy a couple of adhesive-backed sandpaper discs made for grinding tools.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Thanks I used a vise and the jaws of life and got ‘em open!

 

[Whitworth]

They can be frustrating alright, I put my CCI and Remington caps in antique cap tins I've collected that I know open easier and look cool to boot. RWS 1075 caps come in plastic containers that are easy to open, two tiny vent holes prevent pulling against a vacuum

 

[Blackpowderart]

I have a Ted Cash capper for rifle and shotgun and a Polish capper for my Remington. I only struggle with the tin once.

Ive been wanting to get a polish capper, but can't for buying other stuff. Does the polish capper not work on the rifle or shotgun for some reason?

I currently use 2 TDC strait line capper for everything, but it's frustrating when you can't use the last 5 when shooting revolvers for sure

 

[Terrier]

@Blackpowderart

I have the Ted Cash snail capper that holds a bunch of caps. Love it because of that, and it’s very easy to use. The Polish Capper also holds a lot (100?), works well enuf, works on any gun, and I like it, but it’s kinda easy to drop/lose caps from it during capping if you aren’t careful. The Ted Cash holds the caps more securely, but it won’t work on a Remington. I prefer to use the TC on guns it works with, which is pretty much anything but a Remington.

But, I like to shoot my Remington, thus the need for the Polish so I don’t have to reload a straight capper so danged often.

 

[sportster73hp]

Not to worry. Musket cap tins can be just as hard to open and they are larger.
Keep my # 11 in a ted cash also

 

[Codger Craig Wilcox]

I often resorted to using a penny or a knife blade to open the tins.
Luckily, when I started ML, I was shooting a '61 Springfield, and we used original accoutrements, meaning we would dump the musket caps into a stiff belt pouch meant to house the caps.
And it was kinda fun around the evening campfire to drop a cap or 10 into the fire...

 

[Eterry]

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That's about $200 worth of caps at the going rate. Don't you dare lose it!! Lol.

 

[Ed C.]

The new tins I open with a knife or thin bladed screwdriver and transfer the caps to a well used and easy to open tin for use.

 

[oldwood]

Went to a flea mkt over the holiday specifically to look for boxes of detritus from other folks cast off junk drawers. Found one good box of junk containing four small hinged Altoid breath mint type boxes. I use these especially for prelubed patches. I have no percussion guns , but these boxes could nicely be used for percussion caps. As an aside , I also scored two cartons of perfect size paper clips for touch hole probing. Life is good.

 

[timemeddler]

trouble opening, yes but not from arthritis, greasy fingers and cans.

 

[HighUintas]

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.

Using the 22 reloader mix? Is that the old corrosive mercury type?

 

[longcruise]

Using the 22 reloader mix? Is that the old corrosive mercury type?

My understanding is that it is corrosive. No5 sure about the mercury aspect.

 

[Sir Boniface Harrison]

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...works almost as well as the JD tin!

 

[Rebel bull]

@Blackpowderart

I have the Ted Cash snail capper that holds a bunch of caps. Love it because of that, and it’s very easy to use. The Polish Capper also holds a lot (100?), works well enuf, works on any gun, and I like it, but it’s kinda easy to drop/lose caps from it during capping if you aren’t careful. The Ted Cash holds the caps more securely, but it won’t work on a Remington. I prefer to use the TC on guns it works with, which is pretty much anything but a Remington.

But, I like to shoot my Remington, thus the need for the Polish so I don’t have to reload a straight capper so danged often.

I must have missed something in the last 30 years but what is a Polish capper?

 

[Butch Martin]

I must have missed something in the last 30 years but what is a Polish capper?

 

[Butch Martin]

 

[82ndPA]

https://www.polishcappers.com/en/

They look nice but a little pricey for me.