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Hi everyone
I just thought I would bring up the making of percussion caps from 22rf cases. I made a die and punch that smooths out the rim ,reduces the dia and pinches the now formed cap off to the proper length. That's a lot for one operation.It does work though. What you get with this is a Very stout cap to work with. I use the usual toy pistol caps that everyone says don't work with the tap o cap. They do work with this though. I started out with five dots in the cap .Now I use only three. They set off BP and pyrodex easily.
The caps survive being used and have even been reloaded. They do not split or otherwise show much sign of distress. Now the downside.The fired caps stick hard on the nipple.Very hard,needing a pliers to remove. I have to go,more to follow if there is interest in this.
n.h.schmidt
I just thought I would bring up the making of percussion caps from 22rf cases. I made a die and punch that smooths out the rim ,reduces the dia and pinches the now formed cap off to the proper length. That's a lot for one operation.It does work though. What you get with this is a Very stout cap to work with. I use the usual toy pistol caps that everyone says don't work with the tap o cap. They do work with this though. I started out with five dots in the cap .Now I use only three. They set off BP and pyrodex easily.
The caps survive being used and have even been reloaded. They do not split or otherwise show much sign of distress. Now the downside.The fired caps stick hard on the nipple.Very hard,needing a pliers to remove. I have to go,more to follow if there is interest in this.
n.h.schmidt