#11 Percussion Cap Maker

Now, I've fired the test loads...loaded the cylinder with 2 CCI and the remaining 4 with "regular" c

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As seen in the next pic, the 2 CCI blew up as usual, one regular did the same ...the other 3 regulars went pfft and kept their shape.Cylinder is loaded with another 6 single can sheet regulars.

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Those went with 5 ignitions...4 normal, one kaboom and one pfft.

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And then the double layered ones... Strong brown residue, no misfires, caps stay together, stay on nipples... makes them more reliable than the factory CCI's which have a tendency to jam up the action with debris on the 1860.

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With the Kentucky, the home made were a kind of surprise...where i had to hammer the CCI twice to get a ignition, the home made regulars worked flawless at the first time...and so did the double. It did not really make a difference between regular or double layered, both worked better than factory.

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Conclusion: Revolvers...All caps were loaded with the same amount of mixture, so a 1/4 cap is enough...soft cap is a boo boo as they fail at a 50% rate,the stiffer double layered work 100%,meaning cap metal too soft or too thin leads to fail to fire, it's not about the amount of chemical in there since that was the same on all caps.
Nothing is cast in stone, as the surprising figures of the Kentucky shows

CG
 

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That sucks, I cant see the attachments. I really like the idea of a cap staying together consistently. I have tried CCI and Remington on my old army and it was always a crap soot if they would stay together. When they come apart they lead to hanging up the cylinder. That said, I don't have a great amount of experience and could have been doing something wrong. The only help I have ever had was a 10 min session with a random guy at the range that taught me about the cornmeal trick.
 
Ok, so is it safe to say we should all tell the wives that we have to test every beer made so we can see if there is a difference in the can quality, you know, for science. ........Actually, I'm just going to go ahead an tell mine that you told me to.:p
 
WRENCHGOD said:
Ok, so is it safe to say we should all tell the wives that we have to test every beer made so we can see if there is a difference in the can quality, you know, for science. ........Actually, I'm just going to go ahead an tell mine that you told me to.:p
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I actually like that Idea... Cheers! ( try to get your hands on a danish beer, called FAXE...It comes in 1 liter cans and they are solid enough,you don't crush them with one hand ) :cheers:

CG
 
I had a tap o' cap years ago. I found that when it was struck by the hammer and a misfire occurred a small circle of aluminum was left inside the nipple.... Never thought of doubling up the caps. I did double up on the cap gun caps in order to avoid the misfires though. I was told that the cap gun caps were made from a corrosive compound. so i used diligence when cleaning. So I wonder if the manufacturer could be convinced to produce a musket cap kit?
 
Thank you Coachgun.

I'm thinking that once the christmas rush is done I will order one of those. It would be fun to experiment on various types and thickness of metals. Just another toy eh.
 
Well I guess I can edit my sig line..... :) I've wanted to try/buy a used tap-o-cap but this looks promising!
Thanks for the post.
 
Like everyone else here Coach, Thanks for the review. The Tap-O-Cap have been scares as hens teeth for a long time. I'm glad this one has came out.
 
Work in progress.

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