Cap tins

[Tatume]

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

[fishhawk]

if your not worried about period looks a 35mm film canister works real well.

[TommyT]

Pill bottles with child-proof caps work very well and are air and water tight.

[waksupi]

if your not worried about period looks a 35mm film canister works real well.

Where are you going to find those nowadays, you old dinosaur! [smilie=l:

[tacklebury]

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

[mooman76]

Chew tins work well. A little big but they work. I used the 35mm for my home made caps.

[joatmon]

The cap tins look nice but just slide together like the factory tins. I also use film bottle.

Thanks Aaron

[Sasquatch-1]

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.

[darkroommike]

How about an Altoids Mints tin?

[SmuvBoGa]

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

[Tatume]

Where are you going to find those nowadays, you old dinosaur! [smilie=l:

There's a bunch of them on my work bench! Some are aluminum and some are plastic.

[Tatume]

Lots of good ideas here, but everybody. Thanks fellows!

[zuke]

Where are you going to find those nowadays, you old dinosaur! [smilie=l:

Try the Walmart photo section.They don't get many, so I stockpiled about 100 because their getting harder and harder to find.

[fishhawk]

better a dinosaur than a wet behind the ears pup like you Ric! :kidding:

[gnoahhh]

Once you do get the tin open, try waxing the mating surfaces to ease future removal.

[Tatume]

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.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

why not a capper

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Search.aspx?search=capper

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/564558/thompson-center-u-view-capper-for-11-percussion-caps-clear-polymer

[gnoahhh]

That was my first thought too. In the world of percussion caps, Ted Cash is your friend.

[rr2241tx]

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.

[Tatume]

Hi Fellows,

Yes, a capper is a good idea too. That may be the way to go.

Thanks, Tom

[Omnivore]

Yeah; I use a capper, but I still have to reload a capper at the range now and then. The Remington cap tins seem to stick a little worse than the CCI. I run a thumbnail along the joint between lid and container, around the circumference, and that gets it done. Out hunting it's just a small capper, 'cause there's no way I'm firing a lot of shots.

[mooman76]

I was just at the $ store and they had contact lense cases. They were the basically same size as the cap tins and appeared to screw together.