View Full Version : anyone ever use navy arms acp 002 percussion caps?
HawkEyeEarl
01-23-2021, 04:32 PM
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
01-24-2021, 01:33 PM
Are those th old "Italian caps" in the yellow tin?
HawkEyeEarl
01-24-2021, 04:51 PM
my tin is red like this except it is not as shiny. I see germany mentioned here.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=navy+arms+acp+002+percussion+caps&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Fimages%2Fg%2FaZ4 AAOSwnCdepzo0%2Fs-l300.jpg
HawkEyeEarl
01-31-2021, 12:29 PM
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/navy-vs-remington-caps_1701.JPG
http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/navy-vs-remington-caps_1702.JPG
http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/uberti-1847-walker_1703.JPG
http://www.duckpondconsulting.com/uberti-1847-walker_1672.JPG
Next I will try them loaded to see if they ignite 40 grains of 777 in the walker.
Der Gebirgsjager
01-31-2021, 12:35 PM
Mine still work. Like yours, the can is a little rusty.
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Bent Ramrod
01-31-2021, 01:34 PM
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
02-01-2021, 04:26 PM
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
02-01-2021, 04:35 PM
Yep I have a few from the 70's yet but I'm making my own for the most part now.
Gunsmith4570
08-26-2021, 09:58 AM
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
08-26-2021, 03:16 PM
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
05-11-2022, 04:56 PM
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
05-12-2022, 10:36 AM
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.
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