Hello Folks,
The little steel tins that percussion caps come in often stick and become impossible to open. Last week at the range I had to carve a hole in one to get caps out, and just now I found another stuck and impossible to open. I'm looking for good ideas for a container to which I can transfer my caps after I open the tin the first time. What would be a good container?
Take care, Tom
if your not worried about period looks a 35mm film canister works real well.
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Pill bottles with child-proof caps work very well and are air and water tight.
Where are you going to find those nowadays, you old dinosaur!Originally Posted by fishhawk
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Maybe a Cap Tin?
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/1307/1
or something like:
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/1310/1
Chew tins work well. A little big but they work. I used the 35mm for my home made caps.
Aim small, miss small!
The cap tins look nice but just slide together like the factory tins. I also use film bottle.
Thanks Aaron
Check the pharmacutical isle at your local drug store or grocery store for pill containers. There should be a large selection. I have one that is about twice as deep as the tin the caps come in and about the same diameter.
How about an Altoids Mints tin?
Try tapping all around the two stuck tin lids - small tack hammer, just tap it, rotate, tap it, rotate - make sure they all over lap (the tapped areas). Lids will twist off easy - done it with the "German tin" & the "Navy tin". Afterwards just a touch of "lube" around the outside rim helps prevent sticking. All I can find is in the plastic "tins".
JohnMc
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There's a bunch of them on my work bench! Some are aluminum and some are plastic.Where are you going to find those nowadays, you old dinosaur!
Lots of good ideas here, but everybody. Thanks fellows!
Try the Walmart photo section.They don't get many, so I stockpiled about 100 because their getting harder and harder to find.Where are you going to find those nowadays, you old dinosaur!
better a dinosaur than a wet behind the ears pup like you Ric!
Moderating is a responsibility not a privilege, abuse your power and you lose, no matter how powerful you may think you are.
Once you do get the tin open, try waxing the mating surfaces to ease future removal.
Good idea, a little patch lube should do it.
That was my first thought too. In the world of percussion caps, Ted Cash is your friend.
I use the rifleman's capper to hold a day's worth of caps. It is amazing how much less stuck the lids of the tins are at home a few days before a match. I store globe sight inserts in the empty tins with the name of the globe on round labels stuck on both sides of the tin.
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Hi Fellows,
Yes, a capper is a good idea too. That may be the way to go.
Thanks, Tom
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