Winchester response, Percussion caps

[UndeadPoet]

i mean those things have a tiny pressed bp disc inside , you can take that disc out using a needle or other slim tool, you can take your old used caps, clean them and add the bp discs into the freshly cleaned caps and you got remade caps right, or do i not know well enoufg how the percussion caps are made?
i am a thinker and most of the time i am in a whole other box

Musket caps might survive usage, but most #10 or #11 percussion caps fragment when ignited, and are not reuseable.

 

[Eutycus]

Are we talking about the paper roll or the plastic ring of toy caps?

 

[N.Y. Yankee]

How’s this for a non answer to a simple question?

Question: Is Winchester still manufacturing # 10, 11 and #11 magnum percussion caps for BP weapons. If you are, who is stocking them? Or where can we order online?

Answer:

Like many manufacturers in the shooting sports industry, we are experiencing an extremely high demand for our products. We are working as hard as we can to produce an increased supply of quality ammunition to meet our customers’ needs. We appreciate your patience and like always, thank you for choosing Winchester.

Form letter. One size fits all.

 

[rickystl]

My best guess is that primers for modern gun ammo is getting more production runs than caps for BP percussion guns. They are likely both made on the same production line.

Rick

 

[sportster73hp]

My best guess is that primers for modern gun ammo is getting more production runs than caps for BP percussion guns. They are likely both made on the same production line.

Rick

Still way over what they cost pre Obama.

 

[MSW]

i think that's what a trial attorney would call a "non responsive answer."

 

[JohnnieT]

Availability seems to be improving locally as retailers gear up for hunting season. Prices are down considerably from where they were at the height of the panic, but still high. I think that no matter what happens, the days of getting them for $4 or $5 a time are long gone. I have plenty put up, but I’ll probably grab a few tins soon just to put back for a rainy day.

 

[B P Arn]

By all means! Even if one has plenty, buy more! Keep the shortage going and the prices up.

 

[JohnnieT]

When I say plenty I mean about 500 or so. My two or three tins that I buy this season isn’t going to hurt anybody. Especially locally where demand for percussion caps is pretty low compared to 209 primers. I keep enough around to keep three people (my sons and I) happy for hunting and recreational shooting, I’m not exactly hoarding.

 

[SPQR70AD]

By all means! Even if one has plenty, buy more! Keep the shortage going and the prices up.

Yes!! guys with 40K caps will still buy all they see....at 70-80 years old lol

 

[Rifleman1776]

A cotton picking form letter If I've ever seen one!

It may be a form letter but it may also be the truth.

 

[JohnnieT]

A form letter may not be a great response, but it is better than nothing. Plenty of companies won’t even send out a canned response like that anymore. Better than being ignored completely I suppose.

 

[Old Hawkeye]

There is NOT a company named Winchester! The Olin Corporation owns the rights to make ammo & brand it with the Winchester name. I assume they also make or sub-contract the making of the percussion caps. If you guys are gonna criticize & demean a company, at least get the name right. I don't see anything wrong with the form letter response at all. ...,EDITED.., Like any company, I'm sure they would love to provide a bagillion caps to everyone, but current circumstances don't appear to allow that to happen. That's not a reason to hate them. I don't think they are withholding caps from us on purpose. ....EDITED.....

 

[jdw276]

There is NOT a company named Winchester! The Olin Corporation owns the rights to make ammo & brand it with the Winchester name. I assume they also make or sub-contract the making of the percussion caps. If you guys are gonna criticize & demean a company, at least get the name right. I don't see anything wrong with the form letter response at all. ...,EDITED.., Like any company, I'm sure they would love to provide a bagillion caps to everyone, but current circumstances don't appear to allow that to happen. That's not a reason to hate them. I don't think they are withholding caps from us on purpose. ....EDITED..... !

..., EDITED....I would expect a form letter to at least have the proper reply to whether the inquiry was for ammunition, componemts like primers, powder or requested CAPS. Maybe the person should learn the difference in components before sending a not applicable form letter. ...EDITIED...

 

[Coolhand]

I wish the new owners of Goex would start producing caps and primers too. Seems like there would be a lot of profit in that.

 

[burlesontom]

The price of them is higher than most people want to spend. Pre-pandemic, #11 percussion caps were $5 or $6 per tin of 100, in most cases. Now, the best “new” price I have seen in stores ( when you see any percussion caps) is $9.99 for CCI tin of 100. $16.99 is just high.

$5 is still stupid expensive. When I started shooting BP around 30 years ago they were $10 a thousand. I understand price increases but not like now. The last caps I bought from a local gun store were $2.50 a tin for Remington #11s. I bought all they had. I have around 8,000 on hand now so am good for a long time.

Just in case I need it I just bought a FL from a seller here. A Pedersoli full stock Kentucky in 45 caliber. My favorite caliber.

 

[jdw276]

$5 is still stupid expensive. When I started shooting BP around 30 years ago they were $10 a thousand. I understand price increases but not like now. The last caps I bought from a local gun store were $2.50 a tin for Remington #11s. I bought all they had. I have around 8,000 on hand now so am good for a long time.

Just in case I need it I just bought a FL from a seller here. A Pedersoli full stock Kentucky in 45 caliber. My favorite caliber.

Now not to burst your prep but.......seeing a little hole in inventory on number of flints and pounds of lead, number of roundball. But that could just be an oversight in your posting. Interesting as we get older we take inventory just in case. Pretty well planned and prepped but as most of us in the city i would say we lack long term quantity of food. Those outside in rural area have that much more covered than us city folk. But then this is a thread on cost of caps......sorry.

 

[Buckskinquin]

Exactly who at Winchester did you contact?

Responded to the “Contact Us” icon on their website.

 

[Buckskinquin]

Maybe the cookies were sold by weigh, not cookie count.
Check the weight on an older package to see if it contained a higher gram weight.
The manufacturer hadn’t received the new down sized packaging yet.
Pay more, get less, the rule of business.

Never seen Winchester percussion caps for sale, only Remington and CCI.

In eastern NY State, Winchester Magnum Percussion Caps were the hottest we could find. Near Saratoga Springs.

 

[Buckskinquin]

There is NOT a company named Winchester! The Olin Corporation owns the rights to make ammo & brand it with the Winchester name. I assume they also make or sub-contract the making of the percussion caps. If you guys are gonna criticize & demean a company, at least get the name right. I don't see anything wrong with the form letter response at all. ...,EDITED.., Like any company, I'm sure they would love to provide a bagillion caps to everyone, but current circumstances don't appear to allow that to happen. That's not a reason to hate them. I don't think they are withholding caps from us on purpose. ....EDITED...!

I asked very simply, are you manufacturing percussion caps. If so, how to purchase? Yes or no would have been more acceptable than the neutral MBA response for all questions they chose not to answer.