Need some Capper advice

[mossyoak1957]

Good afternoon,
Need some input on a capper that works for # 11 cap,picked up a very nice 1990's era Lyman Great Plains Rifle 50cal. a week ago,needed a straight line capper so I drove round trip 40 miles to the only Muzzleloader shop around,he gave me a Ted Cash universal straight line capper...well it's pretty a piece of junk, I filled it up with caps shook it a little and half of the caps flipped on there side,tried to do a little tuning on it and just made it worse.
Is there cap size specific cappers?
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Here's a picture of the Plains rifle.

 

[oldwood]

Maybe they sent you a capper that accepts #10 , larger caps. Quit shooting cap rifles 40 yrs . ago , Still have my original Cash capper , so will check it out.

 

[mossyoak1957]

Maybe they sent you a capper that accepts #10 , larger caps. Quit shooting cap rifles 40 yrs . ago , Still have my original Cash capper , so will check it out.

Thank you

 

[painter]

I use this one... Fancy Capper, snail shaped, brass, by Tedd Cash - Track of the Wolf ...works great for me.

 

[necchi]

Yeah, those are a PITA.
Tip; Once ya load them all proper, that slidey part is a lock nut, yer sposta move it down as the caps dispense.

Order a Ted Cash Rifle Capper. Or that universal one like @painter uses,,( I have both)
You can dump half a tin of caps in either one,, then, while it's on a flat surface(table), then just shake it a bit and all the caps turn upright. Then the lid closes and keeps them from flipping.
I watched a friend try to load the rifle capper one time,, he was sitting there with a tweezers grabbing each wayward cap and turning them upright.
I said "Watch this",, I slid it over to me on the table,, and tapped the side with my finger a few times,, all the caps lined up proper.
His jaw dropped an inch! "Oh Man!" he said, "I've been using this thing for 12yrs and never knew that!!"

 

[FishDFly]

Experience is worth while.

 

[painter]

Yeah, those are a PITA.
Tip; Once ya load them all proper, that slidey part is a lock nut, yer sposta move it down as the caps dispense.

Order a Ted Cash Rifle Capper. Or that universal one like @painter uses,,( I have both)
You can dump half a tin of caps in either one,, then, while it's on a flat surface(table), then just shake it a bit and all the caps turn upright. Then the lid closes and keeps them from flipping.
I watched a friend try to load the rifle capper one time,, he was sitting there with a tweezers grabbing each wayward cap and turning them upright.
I said "Watch this",, I slid it over to me on the table,, and tapped the side with my finger a few times,, all the caps lined up proper.
His jaw dropped an inch! "Oh Man!" he said, "I've been using this thing for 12yrs and never knew that!!"

I posted the wrong link. I use the rifle capper. Works like a charm!

 

[necchi]

I still did get one of the "snails",, works well for revolvers too.

 

[doubleset]

I have two of the snail cappers -- one has #11 caps in it and the other has #10. Independent of which caps I put in which, one of them works great and almost entirely without fail. The other has a tendency to flip the caps over. I can't figure out what the problem is, but haven't yet spent a lot of time on it. I do notice that the springs are attached in slightly different ways. It drives me nuts.

But when these work, I think they're great. Hate to keep reloading the little in-line cappers every few minutes.

 

[Okie Hog]

i've used these Traditions cappers for many years with no problems. My Remington #11 caps-too long: So they are filled with CCI caps.


Traditions #11 Percussion Field Capper Model #A1291 (pcsoutdoors.com)

 

[Ames]

Threw all mine away years ago. I just push them on with my thumb.

 

[Rifleman1776]

In my experience cappers are more of a nuisance than helpers. Straight line ones are good when shooting a C&B revolver. The only rifle cappers I have had success with are homemade leather. Simply scrap leather with proper size holes on edge and a slit to relieve the cap. I'll take some pics and post tomorrow.

 

[mossyoak1957]

Threw all mine away years ago. I just push them on with my thumb.

LOL that's the direction in heading

 

[mossyoak1957]

In my experience cappers are more of a nuisance than helpers. Straight line ones are good when shooting a C&B revolver. The only rifle cappers I have had success with are homemade leather. Simply scrap leather with proper size holes on edge and a slit to relieve the cap. I'll take some pics and post tomorrow.

Thank you I like the idea

 

[Grenadier1758]

I do like the Ted Cash oval and snail cappers. These are great as that quick shake of the capper will have the caps flip right side up. The size is good to handle the caps to solidly press the cap on the cone. The caps do rattle in the cappers so, it's the leather one for hunting. Or I avoid cap rattle altogether by taking the flint lock.

 

[ppg1949]

I’ve used a couple of CVA straight line cappers for the last forty some years on revolvers, pistols and rifles. They are cheap and not very glamorous but they have worked for me. I am relatively certain you can still find them on ebay and GB. Last ones I saw were around 10 bucks. My local shop still sells them.

 

[painter]

The reason I went to the Ted Cash capper was the straight line capper I was using would dump caps on the ground.

Don't know the brand. I do know the Ted Cash Rifleman's capper doesn't spit caps everywhere.

 

[Ponderosaman]

The reason I went to the Ted Cash capper was the straight line capper I was using would dump caps on the ground.

Don't know the brand. I do know the Ted Cash Rifleman's capper doesn't spit caps everywhere.

I’ve had this with my Traditions in line capper. It’s because the cap behind the one just pushed is stuck under the spring so it doesn’t hold the one in use.

 

[doubleset]

Part of this depends on what sort of shooting you're doing. If you're only likely to use a few caps (hunting), than something simple like just picking and pushing a cap by hand, or using a short leather strip for a few caps works well. If you're going to end up shooting 25 or 50 shots, then something of greater capacity and eliminating the need to handle each cap individually is much more attractive.

 

[mossyoak1957]

Part of this depends on what sort of shooting you're doing. If you're only likely to use a few caps (hunting), than something simple like just picking and pushing a cap by hand, or using a short leather strip for a few caps works well. If you're going to end up shooting 25 or 50 shots, then something of greater capacity and eliminating the need to handle each cap individually is much more attractive.

I'm going to be using it for hunting,I think I'm going to make some leather strap rigs.