Jumpshot
54 Cal.
A local gun shop had a few so I grabbed one. First time I've ever seen French caps. They fire great, but compared to my RWS caps they stink like you wouldn't believe.
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Ever seen caps like these?
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rafterob
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It's because they are made out of old Roquefort cheese.
Va.Manuf.06
58 Cal.
The Gévelot Group website says:
"The Gévelot group dates back to 1820, at a time when the company produced caps, hunting cartridges and war munitions. After the second world war, this activity wich established GEVELOT's reputation made way for diversification into the field of mechnics."
So it seems that your caps date back to before the 1950s. More here:
http://www.gevelot.fr/en-groupe-presentation.php
"The Gévelot group dates back to 1820, at a time when the company produced caps, hunting cartridges and war munitions. After the second world war, this activity wich established GEVELOT's reputation made way for diversification into the field of mechnics."
So it seems that your caps date back to before the 1950s. More here:
http://www.gevelot.fr/en-groupe-presentation.php
Jumpshot
54 Cal.
Well, that's interesting. I stopped by today to pick up a couple more since they seem to work so good. They go off like a firecracker. I guess I'll just hang on to them and keep using my RWS caps.
And the waterproofing is still good. I filled one with water, waited a few minutes, shook the water out and it fired just like a dry one.
And the waterproofing is still good. I filled one with water, waited a few minutes, shook the water out and it fired just like a dry one.
mudd turtle
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They look like some I have in my collection of Civil war caps and bullets. Mudd Turtle.
Jumpshot
54 Cal.
Well, I've always thought it would be fun to collect old/rare/unique percussion cap tins, so I said the heck with it and bought the rest of the ones they had. It was the first time the gun shop has had musket caps in a few years. Not very common here and there doesn't seem to be much demand for them around these parts. They were sitting on the shelf for a few weeks before I finally bought one.
I thought it would be cool to have several unopened boxes with the caps still inside (well, five of them are still sealed; the other two have been opened, but all the caps are there except for the three or four I dry fired to test them). So I guess this is the start of my new unique cap/tin collection.
Oy. Another hobby to spend money on.
I thought it would be cool to have several unopened boxes with the caps still inside (well, five of them are still sealed; the other two have been opened, but all the caps are there except for the three or four I dry fired to test them). So I guess this is the start of my new unique cap/tin collection.
Oy. Another hobby to spend money on.
Jumpshot
54 Cal.
So are there any resources out there for the hobby of collecting old cap tins? I've been searching and I can't find any websites or books relating to collecting or values or history/chronology or other such info. Not even any small "this is my tin collection" websites. All I can find is links to ones for sale (and there seem to be plenty of them). Is this an area that hasn't been touched on by any historians or collectors?
Sorry if it's a dumb question, but this is my first foray into collecting old tins and so far I'm finding nothing.
Sorry if it's a dumb question, but this is my first foray into collecting old tins and so far I'm finding nothing.
People are buying them on ebay. Sold a bunch of old #12 Remingtons for a princely sum last year myself.
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