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Would not think so. The anvil inside the modern primer will jam up everything plus size is diffeent.
 
Dixie Gun Works lists a nipple for use with a small rifle primer. I don't have one, just saw that Dixie lists one. Only with 1/4-28 threads, so not a universal replacement. The reviews of the rifle primer nipple are not very favorable. @Kiwi Hawkeye would be better served by continuing to look for percussion caps.

NP1475 Primer Nipple (dixiegunworks.com)
 
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Hi All you wizards of Black powder. Is it possible to use "Large Rifle Primers" in place of #11 caps. I cant find # 11s anywhere
Depends on what you use them for ,sidelocks /under hammers will use a Magspark adapter for 209 primers ,yup about $30.00 i have and do use them .They last for yrs ,unless you lose them / Warren out doors sells them , and Ned Roberts used the same back in the day . So yup again they meet the historical criteria too !!/Ed Any questions PM me
 
Hi All you wizards of Black powder. Is it possible to use "Large Rifle Primers" in place of #11 caps. I cant find # 11s anywhere
Depends on what you are going to use them on. If you have a sidekick with “room to play” you can very slightly grind down the diameter of a musket nipple to the diameter of the primer and hold the primer in place with a 3/16” piece of air tubing, like those used to supply air to fish tanks. That is for LRPs, if you have small primers, pistol or rifle, you can cut a piece of said tubing and just sit the primer in it and place it on the 11 nipple. Don’t worry about clogging the Chanel with the anvil, there is enough blow back to keep it clear. This also works on BP revolvers like the 1858 , ROAs and others. I shot 200 small magnum primers this way on both a 45 Hawken and a REmmy 1858 and A ROA without any MAJOR issues. You can cut and preload the sleeves with primer and have them ready. I got the tubing at a Pet Barn. As always, wear your PPE when shooting any firearms.
 
Travelers had RWS caps if you want to mail order.
TC had a percussion firestorm that used 209 primers.
As previously mentioned centerfire primers are also hard to find at a decent price range if at all
 
I had one of those types that used the center fire primers I bought 40 years ago. I must have not liked it as it isn't in my shooting box now.
 
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