anyone ever use navy arms acp 002 percussion caps?

[HawkEyeEarl]

anyone ever use navy arms acp 002 percussion caps?

I have had a old tin of these for a long time.

Any idea how old they are ? When did their production stop?

They still look good to me in the tin.

The tin seems a good way to preserve caps by the way the caps look in the tin compared to the aged look of the tin on the outside.

[Hellgate]

Are those th old "Italian caps" in the yellow tin?

[HawkEyeEarl]

my tin is red like this except it is not as shiny. I see germany mentioned here.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=navy+arms+...0%2Fs-l300.jpg

[HawkEyeEarl]

it appears to me by looking and trying that the navy caps are slightly tighter than the remington no 11 caps.

I fired them on the uberti 1847 walker with original nipples - but not loaded.

3 fired loud. 1 fired medium loud. 2 fired quiet and were hard to remove.

http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/na...-caps_1701.JPG

http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/na...-caps_1702.JPG

http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/ub...alker_1703.JPG

http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/ub...alker_1672.JPG

Next I will try them loaded to see if they ignite 40 grains of 777 in the walker.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Mine still work. Like yours, the can is a little rusty.



DG

[Bent Ramrod]

I use them whenever I can find them. I think they are made by RWS, and rebranded by Navy Arms.

Back in the 70s, they were about all I could find. Remingtons were not often seen, CCIs were well in the future, Winchesters were long out of print, and one trial of the wretched plastic-packaged Traditions/CVA/Fioccis would put one off percussion shooting forever.

Now, of course, there are many choices. Later RWS/Navy Arms tins have a knurl around the outside making them easier to open. But the label and the contents are still the same.

[LST-1185]

Wow. I remember using those when I first started shooting bp revolvers in 1971. I to think they were made by RWS in Germany.

[SSGOldfart]

Yep I have a few from the 70's yet but I'm making my own for the most part now.

[Gunsmith4570]

I have 2 Tins of those caps mine say made in England. Would they work in place of Remington #10's? I believe someone said they were smaller than CCI # 11's.

[Ithaca Gunner]

I've had caps just like those, ribbed cap with the same kind of primer compound. Mine were Fiocchi and they came in a blue plastic ''tin'' the same size as yours.

[HawkEyeEarl]

I now use these only for firing empty caps to dry out the nipples prior to shooting cci or remington #11 percussion caps on the actual loads. They are not a great fit and some might be a little light firing. they seem a little loose to me. just fyi.

But they do a good job saving the best caps.

[indian joe]

Wow. I remember using those when I first started shooting bp revolvers in 1971. I to think they were made by RWS in Germany.

that makes sense, RWS caps are red label for pistol and green label for rifle I think - we have decent supply of them (both) made about four years back.