Neat trick to save money

[Fly]

Guys I have been shooting black powder for so many years I can't count. Every now & then a new trick
I learn. This maybe the best I have seen for cap & ball revolvers. We know caps are so expensive now days.
There the make a cap deals out there & so on. But being I also load my own cartridge guns it has amazed
me how cheap pistol primers are compared to black powder caps. Well check this out my friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUfHjX6gAQA

Fly

[Eddie2002]

Great tip, wonder if it would work on a rifle? Think I have a couple packs of magnum small pistol primers left, I'll give it a try on my CVA Hawkens.

[Fly]

I can't see why not. I wondered the same.

Fly

[rodwha]

Very nice! Sure wish I knew that years back when accessories were nearly impossible to find for quite some time. It’s why I have a set of nipples for my ROA that use large primers. Thanks Doak!

[sharps4590]

Well, isn't that clever! Just a shame all my C&B revolvers are Colts...

[Artful]

Well, isn't that clever! Just a shame all my C&B revolvers are Colts...

What was it the man said "you can shorten your nipples to use this method on Colt replica's"

[Maven]

All, Instead of using a folding knife to cut the tubing, why not use a single edge razor blade, or if volume is what you need, one of these: https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/NWSL...nwsl-69-4.htm? Btw, I use one of those to cut [cross] ties for the HO scale track switches (turnouts) I build and hand lay. I'm sure it has many other uses as well.

[Eddie2002]

Just tried it with a piece of small diameter tubing and it works well. I had one misfire out of three primers and that was due to misalignment on the nipple. The #11 nipples are a tight fit into the anvil side of the primer and if it doesn't align just right it misfires. Bet a #10 nipple that is found in revolvers would be a lot better. Great tip, regular #11 caps are going for over $11.00 a tin around here, pistol or small rifle primers around $4.00 per package. Any way to save a buck helps.

[rodwha]

Save a buck or keep shootin’ if caps become hard to find again.

[JBinMN]

Pretty cool idea! Thanks for sharing!

[RogerDat]

Man I like that, changes the whole cost picture of shooting C&B revolver.

I'm ok with the musket since it is not fired as many times but the pistol does go through some caps.

[Fly]

Well I have many revolvers as muzzle loaders, but yes revolver can become costly with the price of caps. I make my
own powder, & cast my on lead, but the caps cost 10 cents a shot if you pay $10 a can. A short time ago they were
$6 a can. The small pistol caps are like 2 cents. One reason I bought a couple cartridge cylinders for my cap & ball pistols.
I started loading black powder cartridges cheaper than shooting them with cap & ball with saving the brass.

When surplus ammo was cheap I shot my Mosin Nagants for 5 cents a round. 10 cents a cap is unreal. Not that I can not
afford that, but I will not be raped ether.

Ya thanks Manny for the tip. Fly

[rodwha]

Not that I can not
afford that, but I will not be raped either.

I hear ya! That’s what got me into casting as the only place I could find to buy cast bullets with a wide meplat was Kaido and he was charging $40/100 + shipping (which went up to $50). 29 of his 240 grn version could be made for $1 plus the casting equipment. Didn’t take long for me to buy the gear!

And the same went for punching wads and making patches, along with bullet lube.

[toot]

so simple a CAVE MAN CAN DO IT!!! thanks for sharing it with us. why can't i ever think of some thing as simple as that??

[sharps4590]

Wow, I had no idea percussion caps had gotten so expensive. Years ago I laid in several thousand and haven't looked at their price since then. I believe I'll take a peek at them next time I'm in the LGS as I'm down to a few hundred.

Art, now that you've prompted the less than trustworthy memory I do remember him saying that.

[toot]

the same guy MANNYCA, also makes and sells a device that takes soda / beer cans and punches out percussion caps out of them, i bought one of them from him, works great.

[Pine Baron]

Thanks for sharing Fly, can't wait to get home and try this.

[indian joe]

Thanks for sharing Fly, can't wait to get home and try this.

Guys ....
What about the little plastic percussion caps that sell for kids toy capguns ?
We can get them for a couple bucks for a card - they come attached to a centre ready to fit the gun like a speed loader - fit the percussion nipples I have tried em on so far - dont know if I would trust em on a loaded cylinder gun but work fine for blowout caps if yr into that kind of thing.

[Buzzard II]

Great idea! I guess there will be a run on tubing!

[RMII]

This is awesome! This past hunting season I went to several local shops and no one had #11 primers. Was finally able to get some from a friend who found an tin in his garage. But SP primers - oh I have many 1,000's - yeah !

thanks