#11 Percussion Cap Maker

[maple leaf]

Just thought I would share this with everyone who uses #11 percussion caps. It allows you to make your own #11 percussion caps out of aluminum cans. This is a new product, not the obsolete and rare Tap-o-cap unit.

http://sharpshooter-22lr-reloader.myshopify.com/products/11-percussion-cap-maker

 

[big boar]

Let us know how well it works, this would be nice to have.

 

[Steppenwolf]

Musket cap maker would be nice

 

[plinker 777]

So, the tool makes an aluminium cup and you buy a paste that provides the ignition? If so, the story is whether the paste is any good; readily available, and has a shelf life, no?

 

[lobsterman89]

you can make your own cap paste from matches.

 

[Lonesome Donkey]

Musket cap maker would be nice

Yes, that's the one that it is really needed. Musket caps are not readily available in our Cabela's big-box gun store world now.
Also, apparently the ones available from CCI are not as powerful as needed, being down-loaded for reenactors so that they do not split and spit fragments.

 

[NorthCoastBigBore]

That's great; and really you ought to be able to use cap gun caps for priming compound, just need to form the cups. I've thought of turning something in the lathe but I only ever have about 15 minutes of free time/day and so many other priorities for it.

Thanks for the link!!

 

[maple leaf]

So, the tool makes an aluminium cup and you buy a paste that provides the ignition? If so, the story is whether the paste is any good; readily available, and has a shelf life, no?

Yes it makes a cap and you add the primer compound using their powder solution, or by yourself with caps or match heads.

 

[Coachgun67]

Even more important... do they ship to Canada?

 

[tacfoley]

Here in Merry Old all we get are the RWS musket caps. They sure do blow the cr*p out of a barrel all by themselves. Highly recommended, but then, there isn't anything else.....

tac

 

[maple leaf]

Even more important... do they ship to Canada?

I was told they do, that is why I posted this.

 

[Coachgun67]

Ordered one, and priming compound... so lets see.
And what is the deal with using match heads? How does that work? Squeeze them in as whole, or resolve them in alcohol,water,etc. to put the soup in the cap to dry?

CG

 

[lobsterman89]

Ordered one, and priming compound... so lets see.
And what is the deal with using match heads? How does that work? Squeeze them in as whole, or resolve them in alcohol,water,etc. to put the soup in the cap to dry?

CG

lots of videos explaining it on youtube.

 

[Coachgun67]

lots of videos explaining it on youtube.

Right... and all talk about the "strike/ignite anywhere" matches,which I haven't seen for years.

CG

 

[lobsterman89]

Right... and all talk about the "strike/ignite anywhere" matches,which I haven't seen for years.

CG

lots of them at the canadian tire camping section.

 

[Coachgun67]

I'll give that a shot when I'm in the city again.

CG

 

[petew]

at the price for caps I don't see the logic in making them from beer cans.

 

[NorthCoastBigBore]

at the price for caps I don't see the logic in making them from beer cans.

We run out of them locally often enough that it would be nice to have a quick stop-gap solution. Nowhere near a major city.

You can simply use caps from kids' paper cap guns, use a single hole punch to speed up the center removal....see I've tried this but not with a proper "cap maker". I think I'll order one of these too, but if you can get the priming compound across the border (let us know), well "bonus"

 

[lobsterman89]

at the price for caps I don't see the logic in making them from beer cans.

they're often hard to find at stores. also some people just like to make their own equipment. the same reason you see people making their own ammo, you can buy it, but some like making their own stuff.

 

[fraserdw]

lots of them at the canadian tire camping section.

They are not the same compounds, many of the compounds in the old matches are no longer used to folks many explosives igniters out of the them. The guvermint has no sense of humour.