Author Topic: Home made #11 precussion caps????? (Read 58403 times)

Justice Johnson · « **Reply #20 on:** May 08, 2007, 11:53:31 AM »

howdy DD,

get my caps in a box of 5000 from www.gamaliel.com

regards

Dick Dastardly · « **Reply #21 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:24:04 PM »

Thanks Toombstone,

They show 'em, now I have to call 'em and see if they have any in stock.

DD-DLoS

Justice Johnson · « **Reply #22 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:33:07 PM »

DD, been getting them from gamaliel for several years now.. they ship real fast, and the best part is compared to my local source i save 0.80 per tin, that includes the haz mat.

regards

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Noz · « **Reply #23 on:** May 08, 2007, 04:17:50 PM »

Quote from: Dick Dastardly on May 08, 2007, 09:11:51 AM

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

Come by my neck of the woods. I have 4 or 500 Rem #11s that I have no use for.
And I understand the fun part. I'm making a set of holsters that I could have bought for less than I'm going to have in materials.
I get my #11s from Bass Pro

Mad Mucus · « **Reply #24 on:** May 08, 2007, 05:01:59 PM »

Hmmmm, this is real interestin'..... Remington #10 caps aren't so easy or cheap to get down here.

Any pards know how well these make-yer-own caps fit Treso nipples?
Might be a good investment if I can get one posted. $:-\$

Here's an article on how to make 'em >>>----->
http://www.beartoothbullets.com/open_sight/archive_open_sight.htm/9

Mucus

Dick Dastardly · « **Reply #25 on:** May 08, 2007, 05:21:34 PM »

Thanks for the post Double M,

I'm going to go ahead and get one of these units. When I do, I'm going to ship you some caps to try. I won't put the actual caps in the cups, but you will be able to see how the cups fit your guns. This way the cups should ship thru customs without any problems. I'm thinkn' that if they work you can put in your own caps.

DD-DLoS

Mad Mucus · « **Reply #26 on:** May 09, 2007, 03:55:06 AM »

DD, very generous of you, sir.

THREE STAR ROLL CAPS... are they any good for this purpose?

Thanks,

Mucus

Silver_Rings · « **Reply #27 on:** May 10, 2007, 12:55:34 PM »

I had always assumed that toy gun caps were just black powder. Sounds like that's not the case. Anyone know what is in them?

SR

Cuts Crooked · « **Reply #28 on:** May 10, 2007, 05:28:38 PM »

Quote from: Silver_Rings on May 10, 2007, 12:55:34 PM

I had always assumed that toy gun caps were just black powder. Sounds like that's not the case. Anyone know what is in them?

SR

he man to talk too about chemical content of most anything would be Bill Knight. He hangs around over on The Open Range Website, not sure what his handle is over there because I don't hang around there anymore.

mtmarfield · « **Reply #29 on:** May 10, 2007, 05:32:25 PM »

Greetings!

Assuming that you're NOT going to try to "fill" your Tap-o-Caps... They might still be a rP + KClO3 + binder? mix... Which is a couple of notches away from the classic Armstrong's "Death-Mix". Toy Caps are "safe&sane"... As long as they stay assembled! DO NOT get tempted to go down that road! Trigger-fingers are nice to have!!! Behave!!!!{

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Be Well!

M.T.Marfield:.
5-10-07

Singing Bear · « **Reply #30 on:** May 10, 2007, 05:43:12 PM »

Quote from: Mad Mucus on May 09, 2007, 03:55:06 AM

THREE STAR ROLL CAPS... are they any good for this purpose?

Don't know. Tap-o-cap instructions recommend American made paper caps because they were supposed to be "hot". Problem is, there aren't any current American mfr's of paper caps. Everyone's findiing only Chinese made caps in the toy stores and those were too weak to use. Maybe current Chinese production paper caps are now hotter. Only way to find out is to try them.

Dick Dastardly · « **Reply #31 on:** May 11, 2007, 10:39:47 AM »

I got an email from Forester saying that they didn't know of any US cap manufacturers. Bummer.

I'm still going ahead and will try different caps until I have a data base.

There's a slim chance that I may add the Tap-O-Cap product to my DD black powder supplies product line, if it works out. If I do, I'll include whatever caps work best with the kit. This is what the current vendors ought to be doing.

DD-DLoS

Yankee John · « **Reply #32 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:04:36 PM »

UPS brought my Tap-O-cap this morning! Nicely made, I'm going to try it out after work tonite. I noticed in the directions that it says to use (3) cap discs for each cap.

The only roll caps in my entire city were the Taiwan-made 3 Starrs brand from the toy section at a grocery store. None at WalMart, Target, KMart, etc.....

John

Yankee John · « **Reply #33 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:25:07 PM »

Well, After I got home from work tonight, I spent a couple hours of quality time with my wife watching TV....... and making percussion caps!

It went very smooth and was quite tedious; Took me a couple hours to make a little over a hundred caps. Slow going, yes, But if I was concerned about speed I wouldn't be fiddling with black powder pistols!

I learned that you don't have to use a hammer with the Tap-O-Cap tool if you don't want to; I was able to squeaze the tool together in my hands to make the caps. Also, Using (3) charges per cap as the directions say makes for a very impressive report! (I tested one in the house and proceeded to get in a ton of trouble with the wife

). I tested another with (2) charges (and got in even more trouble with the wife) but couldn't tell any difference, so I loaded the caps with two charges each.

These home-made caps fit the original steel and aftermarket stainless nipples on all of my revolvers very well- Nice and tight! I would say that these are more like #10 size than #11.

Next thing that I need to do is a range report to test ignition!

John
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Mad Mucus · « **Reply #34 on:** May 12, 2007, 01:37:59 AM »

John..... you're the man.

Looking forward to your report,

Mucus

Dick Dastardly · « **Reply #35 on:** May 12, 2007, 08:05:27 AM »

Thanks John,

This is research that needs to happen. The more stuff we can make at home, the less stuff the gov can legislate away or tax. In a time when we are emulating a more independent age we are being more and more regulated and squeezed by a gun paranoid society.

My unit hasn't arrived yet.

DD-DLoS

Silver Creek Slim · « **Reply #36 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:32:47 AM »

I might have to git one o' this units since I have a bunch of roll caps.

Slim

Delmonico · « **Reply #37 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:35:04 AM »

You can make a real big bang and scare yer Mother if you hit a whole roll with a big hammer.

Silver Creek Slim · « **Reply #38 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:39:09 AM »

A sledge hammer?

Slim

Dick Dastardly · « **Reply #39 on:** May 17, 2007, 11:00:04 AM »

This thread must have generated a lot of interest in the Tap-O-Cap tool. Mid South ran out of them and I had to buy one from Lock Stock & Barrel. It came today and I'm off to get some caps this afternoon.

Report later.

DD-DLoS

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