Record cap price

[Bullit]

Flintlocks are more fun anyway and you can make your own archery equipment as well. A traditional homemade bow is more fun to shoot as well... I just started making my own bows, which is a lot of fun as well.View attachment 170695

Nice tillering job.

 

[Bullit]

I agree. Many States have now changed the rules to allow "straight" walled cases to be used.

Yes, even the commie state of Illinois has changed it's laws to include single shot rifles with straight and bottleneck design starting in 2023.

 

[Tasbay]

First off, I do not live in the U.S.A so our laws are different. Powder I make myself and it is equivalent to Goex as have tested over a Crony. Set up cost was about $35 I use a homemade ball mill and some kitchen utensils. Powder costs about $1us a kilo to make. Percussion caps I probably bought the last box in the country at $20 a tin,,, that was eye watering.
In general I don`t use commercial percussion caps but prefer to use the toy plastic ones. They work well but I tend to tinker with them first to get consistent ignition. I remove the white insert from the cap with a pin and sprinkle a small amount of black powder into the cap till it's about half full, then give the caps a good spray with hair spray and let dry. Firearm ignition is very close to 100% I don`t actually remember a fail to fire on a toy cap that a commercial cap when then fired set the rifle off. Unfortunately even toy caps are beginning to be difficult to find here, but I have a good stock so not too worried.

 

[ernbar]

I always toyed with the idea of reloading, but never drilled down and studied enough, never had the patience to set up and do it! You deserve kudoes. I knew a guy who made 9mm ammo reloads indistinguishable (spell that word without thinking!) from factory.

With YouTube now there are tons of videos that walk a beginner through the process. I love reloading, it’s fun and very relaxing. Pays off when you go to the range and shoot for a tiny fraction of the cost of factory ammo. Give it a try, get a starter set from Midway and you’ll never look back.

 

[Piquant]

How much did you have to pay for all the do-dads necessary to make your own?

Well let me see, HF rock tumbler was 67.00 $, scrap wood to make sizing screens 0$. The screens bought off of Amazon 40$ about. I already own a hydraulic 20 ton press so 0$. à lot of other things can be used to compress it. A floor jack and a heavy truck would work. The most expensive thing was the puck I bought to put the powder in to press it. About 150$ I guess. Alot of other things can be used as a puck but i chose to buy one. So for about 250$ I break even on one BP mail order. And I can make an unlimited amount. I hope this helps.

 

[TDM]

Well let me see, HF rock tumbler was 67.00 $, scrap wood to make sizing screens 0$. The screens bought off of Amazon 40$ about. I already own a hydraulic 20 ton press so 0$. à lot of other things can be used to compress it. A floor jack and a heavy truck would work. The most expensive thing was the puck I bought to put the powder in to press it. About 150$ I guess. Alot of other things can be used as a puck but i chose to buy one. So for about 250$ I break even on one BP mail order. And I can make an unlimited amount. I hope this helps.

Good old Cajun ingenuity!

 

[Piquant]

How do you find out about making your own without bringing certain people to your front door?

Check out casting boolits web site. They must a have 300 page thread on making BP in the muzzleloader section.