Home made #11 precussion caps?????

[Singing Bear]

BRW, for what it's worth, those red plastic "ring caps" can be cut from thier ring and will fire a front stuffer with authority too!

Hmm.  I was wondering about those.  They are quite a bit hotter than paper shots and I suppose they're still cheaper than buying a tin of real caps.  Them plastic caps are pricey too. 

Thanks for looking Del.  We got only the Chinese stuff too. 

[Delmonico]

I also wonder if any one in the US still makes roll caps.  Wonder if you can buy fulmic acid, you could always sacrifice your mercury medical thermometors you are hording.   (Diclaimer: Kids do not try this at home.)

[Silver Creek Slim]

I don't think yer gonna find any USA made roll caps anymore. 

Slim

[Singing Bear]

Lookit what I found.
www.toyguns4u.com/catalogpg3.html
www.hometown.aol.com/wildwesttoys/page3.html

First one's for antiques, but the second one actuall sells American made paper caps by Kilgore.  The same kind we used to get when we were kids. 

Nevermind.  They's probably the Chinese stuff. 

Looks like the only American made caps are the "antique" one's the first site has for sale.

[Forty Rod]

I've had one for ages.  Something else that works is the tip of a strike anywhere match.  Be careful.  There are two hazards involved. 

One is trimming the tip without setting it afire. 

The other is driving yourself nuts because it's really slow going that way.

[Yankee John]

I just ordered one of these tools for the heck of it. 

At about $30 shipped,  I would have to do a lot of shooting to pay for this;  I can get Remington caps in a 100 count tin for $4 dollars.

What really interests me is that I can make these myself-  I love these do-it-yourself projects!

This will keep me occupied for quite a while.......

John

[Singing Bear]

I just ordered one of these tools for the heck of it. 

At about $30 shipped,  I would have to do a lot of shooting to pay for this;  I can get Remington caps in a 100 count tin for $4 dollars.

What really interests me is that I can make these myself-  I love these do-it-yourself projects!

This will keep me occupied for quite a while.......

John

Well, like DD said, we're all in this together.  Do you happen to have a source for American made paper caps?     or mebbe you ain't wantin'ta say.   

[Noz]

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but isn't this about like making your own gunpowder? A lot of labor and some expense to produce an inferior product. I could see the problem if percussion caps were in short supply but I don't see that.
The only justification I can see is "I done it myself".

[Dick Dastardly]

Howdy Noz,

I can't get Remington #11 caps around my range.  CCI caps abound, but they don't work as well on my ROAs.  So, I was looking for an alternative.  Besides, it's fun to be able to make my own just in case the liberal cap Nazis start counting my primers and declare that I have an "Arsenal". . .

So, I got the catalog and saw the gizmo and got to thinkn' . . . . Hey, I could make my own.

Where you gettn' yer Remington #11 caps?

DD-DLoS

[Adirondack Jack]

It would be neat if the plastic capgun caps could  be made to work.  Cheaper than metal and no fragments?

Otherwise, this "beer can recycling" using the dirt cheap roll caps is really cool.

If yer snowed in all winter, ya may as well play with yer toys just like us cartridge shooters who reload half the winter