Best brand of #11 caps for T/C .50?

[bakercity]

What is the best (most reliable) #11 cap for hunting with a T/C .50 prb.?
Thank you

 

[Don Steele]

IF you can find them:
Dynamit Nobel # 1075.
No question. They will not be the cheapest, and they will be more difficult to find, but over the years they have been a GO-to choice for serious caplock shooters.

 

[silly goose]

Finding any seems to be a problem in some areas lately, but I've had zero issues with regular CCI #11 caps and real black powder.

 

[bpd303]

I'll second the RWS 1075s best caps for all of my percussion long arms.

 

[mooman76]

I got some RWS 1075s here because at the time that's all I seen. They worked fine as have all the caps I buy and yes they are a little more. Others available now so I get them because they are almost half the price. Fit is probably the main thing as long as they fire and I have had no problems getting any cap to fire that fits right.

 

[jjackson]

:thumbsup:

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

I guess I must be lucky. I can use any brand I find on my TC. They all seem to work at least once. :idunno:

 

[coloradoclyde]

Use what you can find, but I have never had an issue with CCI or RWS that wasn't cause by some other malfunction. CCI is my go-to.

If a cap doesn't fire...99.9% of the time it signifies another problem ...not the cap.

 

[galamb]

Yes, I have never had "cap" issues with whatever brand was available.

Some are a little tighter than others, but they have all made the gun go "boom".

So the "best" caps, given the current challenges finding them, are "whatever is in stock"

 

[ohio ramrod]

For target shooting I use any and all available caps with no problems. But for hunting which is often in the rain I use only the RWS which I have found to be more consistent in wet weather. Last Saturday was the muzzle loader season in Ohio and as usual it rained all day. My nephew and his son were on stand and I drove the multiflora gullies for two hours and all three guns fired resulting in three deer! :idunno:

 

[Danny Ross]

I use a lot of Remington caps, have used the RWS caps but are harder to find, CCI Magnums, have some Winchester Magnums but haven't tried them yet. DANNY

 

[Danny Ross]

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Billnpatti]

In this area, the best caps to use on a caplock is whatever you can get your hands on. The only kind of caps I can find, when I can find them, are most often CCI or Winchester. I am fortunate in having bought a bunch of caps the last time I was in Friendship.

 

[AZbpBurner]

Best brand of #11 caps are the ones on sale. I've never had any problems with either the CCI or Remington Caps.

 

[Gemoke]

Winchesters work best for me

 

[cynthialee]

The best cap...?
Well that changes with the times. The best today may cut corners tomorrow.
Was a time I would have said CCI magnums. Now I would tell you Remington #10, followed by the RWS1075 and then CCI.

 

[ZUG]

OR -- the one's you can find :haha: .

 

[azmntman]

Cabelas was showing 10's and 11'2 abvailable this morning? Lot a moolah even w/o haz mat but available.

 

[dennis waggoner]

CCI caps and primers are all I use for last 20 years

 

[Grenadier1758]

What is the best (most reliable) #11 cap for hunting with a T/C .50 prb.?
Thank you

To be truthful, its not so much the best brand of cap for a particular make of rifle, its the best brand of cap for the nipple and the specific powder being used.

The cap needs to fit the nipple. The hammer needs to make good contact on the nipple/cap as the hammer falls. Then the powder needs to get enough heat to set the charge off. The substitute powders require a lot more heat from the firing of the cap to ignite the main charge. Therefore a number of nipples have been developed to get more heat to the charge. Hot shot nipples and Spitfire nipples are brands that come to mind.

That said, some cap brands are hotter than others. Use the CCI magnum caps or RWS caps. These seem to be a bit hotter and can send more heat down the flash channel.