I guess I will have to give up shooting C&B for now - No caps

mrappe · March 25, 2014, 05:44 PM

I just shot my last tin of Rem #10 caps this last weekend at my SASS clubs annual shoot. I have 200 lbs of pure lead to cast balls and plenty of BP but all of my local stores never seem to have any caps anymore and even cannot find any online. I cannot even find them now on the Cabalas Website. I can get primers and powder easier than I can get caps. Who would have thunk it.

BerdanSS · March 25, 2014, 06:44 PM

Really? That's a shame, could drowned in them here in Indiana. Just went in a shop yesterday that probably had my body weight in Musket, #11 and #10 caps. But on the other hand we're out of powder, ball and them new fancy metallic cartridges.

Are you just not finding the #10s? or are #11s scarce also?

lohmanarms.com last I saw had CCI #10s in boxes of 1000 in stock. you have to call for that to be verified, site cant keep up with stock.

Tidewater_Kid · March 25, 2014, 07:03 PM

Looks like Dixie has some...

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product...oducts_id=3724

TK

maillemaker · March 25, 2014, 07:51 PM

My local Gander Mountain has them.

Steve

51colt · March 25, 2014, 11:07 PM

Wideners has CCI caps in stock. http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=266&dir=

Magnum Wheel Man · March 26, 2014, 06:19 AM

heard Cabelas usually has a good supply of them as well

noelf2 · March 26, 2014, 10:26 AM

Tidewater .. Dixie doesn't have any in stock. You can't find out if they have them in stock unless you actually put the item in your cart first. I hate that about Dixie.

Only option is to keep looking for when they get them in stock. I started a thread a few weeks ago about Cabela's having lots of Remington #10 and #11 caps in stock, bulk purchase only. They'll get them again, you just need to keep looking.

Hellgate · March 26, 2014, 11:58 AM

Keep in mind that a Remington #10 is not the same size as a CCI/Winch. #10 cap. The CCI/WWs are for much smaller nipples. The CCI #11 is closer to a Rem #10 in fit. Rem#10s fit a much wider variety of nipple shapes & sizes than the CCI#11s and RWS #1075s. CCI#10 and RWS #55 (smaller cap) don't fit anything I own.

Tidewater_Kid · March 26, 2014, 04:04 PM

Noelf2,

Sorry forgot about that. Happen to me buying parts before and forgot to check the caps that way...

TK

Flatbush Harry · March 26, 2014, 08:45 PM

FWIW, I happened to be in the Lone Tree, CO Cabelas today. They were out of Rem 10s but had plenty of Rem 11s. I understand these fit Pietta nipples. They're too big for Ubertis.

FH

Sure Shot Mc Gee · March 28, 2014, 05:19 PM

Curious. Were those Tap-a-cap punches capable of making a size #10?

wap41 · March 30, 2014, 06:09 PM

as a last resort try using plastic capgun caps get the plastic rings and cut them apart.They work.

Bill Akins · March 31, 2014, 04:49 AM

In a pinch, you can make them out of kids caps and aluminum foil.
It's slow to make but you can do it. You cut out the "dots" from the cap rolls. Then you form a piece of aluminum foil over the nipple. Then drop one or two cap dots into the formed aluminum piece and put that on your nipple. Best done in single shot firing since they fall off kinda easily. But it works, I've done it.

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noelf2 · March 31, 2014, 08:25 AM

Quote:

FWIW, I happened to be in the Lone Tree, CO Cabelas today. They were out of Rem 10s but had plenty of Rem 11s. I understand these fit Pietta nipples. They're too big for Ubertis.

I have Pietta and Uberti revolvers, and rem #11s are too big for any of them (unless you pinch the cap a bit).

51colt · March 31, 2014, 11:39 PM

My tap a cap caps fit all of my cap and ball revolvers well.

March 25, 2014, 06:44 PM	#2
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	Really? That's a shame, could drowned in them here in Indiana. Just went in a shop yesterday that probably had my body weight in Musket, #11 and #10 caps. But on the other hand we're out of powder, ball and them new fancy metallic cartridges. Are you just not finding the #10s? or are #11s scarce also? lohmanarms.com last I saw had CCI #10s in boxes of 1000 in stock. you have to call for that to be verified, site cant keep up with stock. __________________ One day, Men in tall hats will thump their chests and proclaim..."oh, what a great sea of mud we lived in"--The unalterable fate of billy creek .... "Smoke.....it's what's for dinner"

March 26, 2014, 06:19 AM	#6
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	heard Cabelas usually has a good supply of them as well __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

March 26, 2014, 10:26 AM	#7
noelf2 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: Stuart, VA Posts: 2,473	Tidewater .. Dixie doesn't have any in stock. You can't find out if they have them in stock unless you actually put the item in your cart first. I hate that about Dixie. Only option is to keep looking for when they get them in stock. I started a thread a few weeks ago about Cabela's having lots of Remington #10 and #11 caps in stock, bulk purchase only. They'll get them again, you just need to keep looking. __________________ Liberty and freedom often offends those who understand neither.

March 26, 2014, 11:58 AM	#8
Hellgate Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2010 Location: Orygun Posts: 869	Keep in mind that a Remington #10 is not the same size as a CCI/Winch. #10 cap. The CCI/WWs are for much smaller nipples. The CCI #11 is closer to a Rem #10 in fit. Rem#10s fit a much wider variety of nipple shapes & sizes than the CCI#11s and RWS #1075s. CCI#10 and RWS #55 (smaller cap) don't fit anything I own. __________________ With over 15 perCUSSIN' revolvers, I've been called the Imelda Marcos of cap & ball. SASS#3302 (Life), SASS Regulator, NRA (Life), Dirty Gamey Bastards #129 Wolverton Mtn. Peacekeepers (WA), former Orygun Cowboy (Ranger, Posse from Hell)

March 30, 2014, 06:09 PM	#12
wap41 Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2009 Posts: 99	caps as a last resort try using plastic capgun caps get the plastic rings and cut them apart.They work.

March 25, 2014, 05:44 PM	#1
mrappe Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 251	I guess I will have to give up shooting C&B for now - No caps I just shot my last tin of Rem #10 caps this last weekend at my SASS clubs annual shoot. I have 200 lbs of pure lead to cast balls and plenty of BP but all of my local stores never seem to have any caps anymore and even cannot find any online. I cannot even find them now on the Cabalas Website. I can get primers and powder easier than I can get caps. Who would have thunk it. __________________ God is fluxing me which is good but it is not fun.

March 25, 2014, 07:03 PM	#3
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 925	Looks like Dixie has some... http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product...oducts_id=3724 TK

March 25, 2014, 07:51 PM	#4
maillemaker Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2010 Posts: 1,635	My local Gander Mountain has them. Steve

March 25, 2014, 11:07 PM	#5
51colt Member Join Date: December 3, 2008 Posts: 50	Wideners has CCI caps in stock. http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=266&dir=

March 26, 2014, 04:04 PM	#9
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 925	Noelf2, Sorry forgot about that. Happen to me buying parts before and forgot to check the caps that way... TK

March 26, 2014, 08:45 PM	#10
Flatbush Harry Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2008 Posts: 417	FWIW, I happened to be in the Lone Tree, CO Cabelas today. They were out of Rem 10s but had plenty of Rem 11s. I understand these fit Pietta nipples. They're too big for Ubertis. FH

March 28, 2014, 05:19 PM	#11
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	Curious. Were those Tap-a-cap punches capable of making a size #10?

March 31, 2014, 04:49 AM	#13
Bill Akins Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2007 Location: Hudson, Florida Posts: 1,135	In a pinch, you can make them out of kids caps and aluminum foil. It's slow to make but you can do it. You cut out the "dots" from the cap rolls. Then you form a piece of aluminum foil over the nipple. Then drop one or two cap dots into the formed aluminum piece and put that on your nipple. Best done in single shot firing since they fall off kinda easily. But it works, I've done it. . __________________ "This is my Remy and this is my Colt. Remy loads easy and topstrap strong, Colt balances better and never feels wrong. A repro black powder revolver gun, they smoke and shoot lead and give me much fun. I can't figure out which one I like better, they're both fine revolvers that fit in my leather". "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target".

March 31, 2014, 11:39 PM	#15
51colt Member Join Date: December 3, 2008 Posts: 50	My tap a cap caps fit all of my cap and ball revolvers well.

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