Percussion caps available?
- Thread starter Trademark
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They are available but not in the abundance that they once were. Check ALL your local gun stores, sometimes a store may have some on the shelf. Gun shows are a source as well. Your local black powder group may have a lead or even some. Check with Rusty Woods as well as Ken at albertanativeguides@gmail.com
A site sponsor has them:
https://www.canadasgunstore.ca/products/cci-no--11-percussion-caps--100-pack|311.html
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https://www.canadasgunstore.ca/products/cci-no--11-percussion-caps--100-pack|311.html
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Thank you but they are out of stock, along with every other retailer on the first couple pages of a google search
Interesting. I got a bullet mold for it because sometimes I come across roofing lead at work and I was reading up on how to make black powder... might as well bring it full circle.
- Location
- Somewhere west of Fort Garry
Except that we can no longer buy saltpeter in Canada, for exactly that reason.... Government takes away all the fun
I picked up several tins of #11 caps at Cabela's Winnipeg 6 or 7 weeks ago. Website showed out of stock but they were just sitting on the shelf; I grabbed about half of what they had. The website currently says "limited stock" at that location.
I assume you called Wolverine?
I assume you called Wolverine?
Except that we can no longer buy saltpeter in Canada, for exactly that reason.... Government takes away all the fun
It can still be purchased, it's not at all controlled. https://freshcart-ca.com/products/saltpetre-food-grade-995-purity-425g-potassium-nitrate-powder-for-meat-curing-surfys-branded?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrIixBhBbEiwACEqDJSQyyCPWF-JeXdyeVO29_rtMaN4iZzpMquLvz8GLbRCajmTpyxlaiBoCZD8QAvD_BwE
Except that we can no longer buy saltpeter in Canada, for exactly that reason.... Government takes away all the fun
You can buy stump remover at CO-OP.
Except that we can no longer buy saltpeter in Canada, for exactly that reason.... Government takes away all the fun
I bought 5 pounds of it a couple years ago for " meat preservation" just gotta send your info.. I may or may not have made a few batches of flash cotton lol. still have a few pounds in the pantry
Hillfolk no longer in business. They sold it to Ken Steinhauer of Alberta Native Guides.
- Location
- Somewhere west of Fort Garry
At $62.40 for just under a pound, plus taxes, plus shipping....? Plus sourcing\making the other ingredients?
It's cheaper, and less work by far, to just buy commercially made BP, and supply is starting to come back up, thanks to that Goex plant being back online.....
Edit: and it sure is controlled, or supposed to be. The two sources I once had for saltpeter informed me that due to new government regulations, they were unable to continue selling it.
I, and a couple others, used it to make slow-match for our match-locks and lighting the cannon\mortar fuses at arms length. Now we have to look into natural materials for our slow-match. I hear stinging nettle inner fibers, dried out, make good working slow match
It's cheaper, and less work by far, to just buy commercially made BP, and supply is starting to come back up, thanks to that Goex plant being back online.....
Edit: and it sure is controlled, or supposed to be. The two sources I once had for saltpeter informed me that due to new government regulations, they were unable to continue selling it.
I, and a couple others, used it to make slow-match for our match-locks and lighting the cannon\mortar fuses at arms length. Now we have to look into natural materials for our slow-match. I hear stinging nettle inner fibers, dried out, make good working slow match
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- Location
- Somewhere west of Fort Garry
You can buy "stump remover" all over the place, but the saltpeter content has been either removed, or diluted to the point of near-zero.
- Location
- Somewhere west of Fort Garry
