How many caps do you use in a year ?

[kyron4]

A lot of posts about finding caps and getting caps lately; made me curious how many you go through a year . Is it the revolver shooters that are always looking for caps or rifle shooters too ? I shoot my flinters more than my caps these days but between my two cap locks I'm going through about 100 caps a year. I've been lucky enough over the last couple years to score several tins from walmart. I think I have enough based on what I shoot , but you never really know. Carry on.

 

[Rendezvous Valley Trading]

I would guess 500-1000 depending on how busy we are. I shoot flinters alot too but burn through caps mostly in C&B revolers. My girlfriend and I both shoot percussion rifles also and so we definitely rip through the caps. It’s really not hard to do with two people shooting revolvers for sure

 

[Widows Son]

Probably around 500 for my longrifle and 500-600 for my whitworth

 

[necchi]

but you never really know. Carry on.

And that's it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Lead, Powder,,?,,. What's next, Condom's?
For what it's worth, I buy those 3 by the pound,, (bulk rate ya know)

 

[Britsmoothy]

One.
If I forget to remove it before getting on the roller coaster!

 

[snakedoctor690]

Depends on how often I make it to the range. I usually take 2 New Model Armys with 2 cylinders apiece, on a good day will put 6 cylinders per gun. Like I said depends on how often I make it but would have to say on average between 1 and 2000 a year. I can easily go through a tin each trip.

 

[aussie pete]

And that's it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Lead, Powder,,?,,. What's next, Condom's?
For what it's worth, I buy those 3 by the pound,, (bulk rate ya know)

Condoms? By the pound? What?

Pete

 

[ROA457]

I would easily fire 2000 per year and another 1500 from my wife. Got to love competitive shooters.

 

[kyron4]

And that's it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Lead, Powder,,?,,. What's next, Condom's?
For what it's worth, I buy those 3 by the pound,, (bulk rate ya know)

 

[JGH45]

About 200-300 per year. Most of my shooting now days is with a flinter.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Zero

 

[Sparkplug]

Depending on the weather, 500-1000. I like to shoot often, as it is one of my family's favorite pass times. My 3 rifles and my 1858 get shot pretty much weekly. But I mostly use homemade caps. So finding them isn't really an issue.

 

[leadhoarder]

400-500. I probably shoot the rifle 30-40 shots per trip and probably shoot the pistol 40 shots per trip. Depends how often I get a BP range day.

 

[Walkabout]

I'm guessing 250 on average.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

50 to 100 a year. I sold off all my C&B pistols so now I just have 2 percussion guns and my cap usage went way down.
Ohio Rusty ><>

 

[LANEY REECE]

Maybe 50+ a year.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

As many as it takes.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Hunt with shotguns from Sept to March, some volume shooting on doves and driven birds and snipe. A shot or two in April for Turkey. I'm using about 800 on shotguns - probably 700 are musket caps. Then I check a rifle or two and hunt with them, and two range trips per year with a handful of revolvers. I'm using about 1200 annually with 800 being musket between shotguns and rifles, and the remainder #11's.

 

[tenngun]

About twenty five. I have a couple of revolvers.
My go to is flint

 

[Whitworth]

A couple hundred I guess. Saw lots and lots of Remington caps in the LGS yesterday for $14.95