Strange caps

[Steel Hayes]

With current shortages on #10 caps, I found these at my LGS and they made me a great discount price on them(I think they were just trying to get rid of them).
The one tin that I opened and used, fired every time, but I’ve never seen these before.

My online search hasn’t turned up anything.

 

[Rum River]

I think this is just older packaging from Remington, back in the 1970's I believe.

 

[.36Rooster]

Do they fit on any of your guns?

The language is weird centerfire? Makes me think cartridges? Caps? Makes me think muzzleloaders.

My gut tells me they are still percussion caps. But why would they specify centerfire? As opposed to rimfire? On what? Percussion guns? Strange...

See if they fit any of your guns. They could be primers for cartridges..

 

[Steel Hayes]

Do they fit on any of your guns?

Fits my rifle and my Remington’s (NMN) perfectly.

 

[Whitworth]

I have some old Remington #12 caps in tins like those, they are stacked and packed in a brown paper cylinder sealed with a paper label.. I always guessd they were from the 1950s or 60s. Check your package for a Zip code, if none made prior to 1963.

 

[Whitworth]

The terms "Central Fire" and "Center Fire" have been printed on percussion cap tins for 150 years +, look at some old cap tins on EBAY.

 

[Flintlock]

Make sure you save the box and tins, collectors items, early 70's I think.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Yes, those are the tins used by Remington in the 70's. They did not change the sizes. The fulminate used for concussive ignition may leave corrosive fouling on the parts, so clean well if you test fire.

 

[rafterob]

Yes, I remember seeing that label when I was first shooting muzzleloaders in the mid 70's.

 

[smoothshooter]

With current shortages on #10 caps, I found these at my LGS and they made me a great discount price on them(I think they were just trying to get rid of them).
The one tin that I opened and used, fired every time, but I’ve never seen these before.
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My online search hasn’t turned up anything.

I used to buy that kind of caps back in the ‘70’s. Worked fine. Nothing special. Just plain old standard percussion caps.
They should work fine for you.

 

[Hawken]

"Nothing special" is pretty dang special right now though.

 

[Greasecookie]

The Winchester catalog of 1899 lists their percussion caps as "Center Fire" also...I've always wondered what the heck that means, "Center Fire" as opposed to what? Perhaps just a marketing term?

 

[smoothshooter]

"Nothing special" is pretty dang special right now though.

True. Especially for those who did not see this coming.
“ Normalcy Bias “ is a powerful thing.

 

[Zonie]

Another example of Center Fire caps:

 

[Steel Hayes]

the inside of the cap is a little different than my CCI caps.
As long as they fire everytime, I’m fine with them.

 

[F.G. Ford]

The last time I saw caps like those, I had hair and it was dark!
Early Remington caps were good, and they fired all the time.
Remington caps out of the eighties were terrible at the best of times.
You got some of the good ones.
Your tins & boxes are probably worth more that you paid for all the caps ( to the collectors )
Good find!

 

[Greasecookie]

Looks like they mounded the fulminate in the center of the cap. Thanks for the pictures. I think that resolves my puzzlement.

 

[William Lincoln]

Those are from the 80's. They probaby mis-filed them or were behind something and
not rotated. There were two sets of tins since those. They were sold stacked in rolls.
Yes the fulminate of mercury was dropped for a new phosphor type compound used
in primers today. Those are getting collectible. Back then there were few percussions
being used compared with today. I had an early Uberti 1858 that was supposed to be
stainless but was more like cast pot metal. Ubertis were not always like they became in
the 90's. They had their day of being minimal. One of the nicest early repro revolvers
was made in Spain and came in a nice box. I still have it somewhere but can't find
the darn thing. Will post when I find it. There was a time when some nice spanish
guns were being offered. This was just before Italy dominating things. I say this due
to being afraid to shoot percussion caps & powder in that early Uberti and those caps
are what was available then. And like today they were not always on the shelf.

 

[sequoia]

The old and the new. I recently found the old one in an old shooting box. It’s probably from the early 80’s.

 

[Josephg]

Those are the same caps I used the early seventies. They were the best as I remember plus they had the foil inside. Foil=quality and dependability. That's what I thought anyway.