CCI caps when it can’t find Remington caps ?

[bcraig]

I can’t find remington #10 caps to use with my Remington New model Army but I cans find CCI caps in both #10 and #11 size caps .

I remember getting a lot of misfires from the CCI caps 30 years or more ago and wonder if they have gotten any better than they used to be?

I have had no misfires so far using Pyrodex P 30 grains and Hornady .454 round balls
And the Remington #10 cap.

I don’t shoot competition and matter of fact do not shoot much anymore because of health issues.

Thanks

[scattershot]

CCI is about all I used back in the day, with no issues.

[LAGS]

Most of my factory primers are CCI.
Both standard and magnum.
I have never had any problems with them.
Even when I used Pyrodex.
But now mostly I make my own primers , and keep the factory primers for my reserve.

[Rockingkj]

I have alway had better results with CCI than Rem. But that’s been past 5 years since I got into ML.

[Texas by God]

My last C&B revolver preferred Remingtons;
My Lyman Plains Pistol likes both.
I only have the Lyman and now a CVA .50 rifle;
And I only have Remington caps( but if I see CCIs I’ll get some!)


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[Sasquatch-1]

I can't ever remember having any CCI's that didn't go pop. I can remember having some that did not ignite the GHOST POWDER that I forgot to put in the barrel when talking too much at the range.

[bcraig]

I reread my questions and see that I did not mention that the gun that I was using the CCI caps on was a TC 50 caliber Hawkins with a 385 grain hollow point buffalo bullet and used ffg Goex and tried Pyrodex rs well,kept in it as clean as possible ,and kept a bread twist tie with the plastic pulled off of it to make sure that the nipple hole was clear several times a day while I was hunting to try to keep from having a misfire if I saw a deer II wanted to kill.

I even tried after the rifle was loaded then removing the nipple to trickle a tiny bit of powder in and then screwing the nipple back again.
Still got misfires!

Anyway what size CCI caps should I get to use on the Pietta New Army 44 with the Factory nipples for good fit and performance and using Pyrodex P 30 to 40 grains ?

Thanks

[scattershot]

If you were trying to use #10 caps on your rifle, that’s the problem. The T/C uses #11. The #10 caps don’t go all the way onto the nipple, and cushion the blow of the hammer.

[Hellgate]

CCI #11s are closer in size to the Remington #10. The CCI#10 is too small for any of my revolvers. The Remington #10 fits everything I own (~16 C&Bs) and the CCI#11s fit about 2/3 of them. On the other 1/3 of my guns the CCI#11s are too tight (they sit too high to go off on the first hammer strike)

[Edward]

CCI #11s are closer in size to the Remington #10. The CCI#10 is too small for any of my revolvers. The Remington #10 fits everything I own (~16 C&Bs) and the CCI#11s fit about 2/3 of them. On the other 1/3 of my guns the CCI#11s are too tight (they sit too high to go off on the first hammer strike)

In which case get 10.75 RWS caps and all is well/Ed

[Hellgate]

The RWS 1075 will fit about 1/4 of my guns but the solution might be to get a set of Slix-shot nipples. They seem to fit Rem#10, CCI#11 and RWS 1075.

[bcraig]

Thanks everbody

[Texas by God]

I was surprised to see CCI #10 caps on the wall at the LGS the other day. Only two 100 ct. cans. I haven’t seen caps in a couple of years.
I bought one for $10- left the others for others.
They work just fine on my rifle and pistol.(CVA and Lyman).


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