Percussion caps and other supplies during the last shortage?

I have some over 60 years old.

FishDFly said:

I have some over 60 years old.

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And I bet its still good isnt it?

I have some 3 in 1 oil and the price on the cans is $.29, still using it.

FishDFly said:

I have some 3 in 1 oil and the price on the cans is $.29, still using it.

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You need to oil your guns more.

No, I am one of those folks who inherent stuff and seems like when someone dies, the answer is what to do with his stuff is, give it to fish, he will take anything.

I keep a good stock pile of things, long as you don't have to feed it, it is a good deal.

I just add a little bit more to my stash when convenient and I have the cash. I may have enough now to last me as many years as I’ll shoot. I see no need to be a big hoarder.

What has changed my buying and stock piling is the difficulty in finding things. Since buying M/L supplies is now for the most part related to the internet, I buy when I can buy it in person.

This means either a state shoot or Friendship. Not many places in Texas to buy M/L supplies.

Availability is a factor in stockpiling or how big ones stash is. I would think just about everyone has a stash. Some just aren't as big as the other guys. But FishDFly is correct. ML supplies are scarce in Texas or at least parts of it. Like my part for instance. Availability of spending cash has a part to play in it too.

Even Bill Gates has a budget!

Most of us tend to think of ML shooting as priority in the budget. Strange the wife doesn't see it that way. Our household budget is divided among needs and wants. Can you believe it ? Carol sees ML shooting as a "want" instead of a "need".

Eutycus said:

Carol sees ML shooting as a "want" instead of a "need".

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What's wrong with these women nowdays! My wife thinks the same thing.

Yeah, my wife thinks the same thing! What's up with wives these days?

I made a commitment to myself during the last shortage to NEVER run out of .22 LR again. I wont lol
the rest of my rifle shooting is on about a $20/ week budget. my Springer Spaniel attention span determines what i buy. lol
there is no budget for the Winchester 101. she gets what ever she wants.

I feel sorry for you gentlemen. My wife has always been a shooter. Thank God she does not like jewelry but loves guns. Sometimes I do have problems convincing her that she needs a new gun but, when I go behind her back and get her one, she ends up shooting at like a house afire and is super happy. Hate to admit it, but she actually beat me by three points in the all-around at the last rendezvous.

When I get caps in bulk, I put them into a water safe container with a few of those moisture pads to keep them safe. All my powder gets a couple of them as well just in case.

Ive looked into that self made #11 cap deal, but it just looks like a pain in the butt.

Thank God for Flintguns!

up here in Canada, unless you are near a major center, caps are hard to find, and expensive when you do.(at least where I am, can`t even get BP without special ordering it) I have tins of caps marked $10.00, and have seen them as high as $14.00. picked up a Tap-o-cap. dug out the compound from the red plastic caps, need about 5 red caps for 1 tap-o-cap. mixed with alcohol and packed it in. topped with a tiny bit of 3f BP and capped that off with a dot of cheap newsprint paper and spray hair wax. wax stays soft but sticky, not hard and brittle like hair spray. not sure about long term storage. made about 20 while watching tv, and tested 10. worked every time. PITA, but the tool is in the toolbox and a stack of the red plastic toy caps with it, just in case. only dicey part is getting the compound out of the red caps.

eggwelder:
Some of the difference in prices your seeing is because the value of a Canadian dollar is worth only .77 US cents.

That difference would make your $10 caps sell for about $7.70 down here in the US. I will admit that the $10.78 US for your $14 (Canadian) caps is more than a little high though.

I think a lot of the high cost of caps is just because we muzzleloaders are a very small part of the shooting community. The dealer's got to make as much off of us as he can if he's going to supply us with something that most shooters don't give a hoot about and would never buy from him.

The last caps I bought , back at the start of the “0” era,
Better known as the “the greatest gun salesman of all”

I purchased 1000 # 11 caps they cost me $65.00 hard earned American dollars .

Thanks again, “0”..

PS
Flintlocks don’t need no stinking caps! LOL

Sorry Guys, I couldn’t resist.....

In case you didn't notice, em rocks are getting expensive too.