What caps do you use?

[roundball62]

I primarily hunt whitetail in temperatures from -5 degrees F to 45 degrees F usually dry and cold. My elk hunting is usually 15F-45F with sloppy wet to snowy. I have always used RWS 1075 Hot caps and sometimes a musket cap on some side hammer guns. The problem is is that on my underhammer guns the caps are a little loose, I just give them a squeeze between my fingers and install on nipple then shoot. I would change nipples but I just got 15 of them before last hunting season for my underhammers so I'm kinda stuck with them. The cci and cci magnum caps fit better but when I snap a cap they sound wimpy compared to he RWS caps. I tried some of the remington caps and they won't seat down far enough. I thought about those little red O rings to keep the water out when hunting, but I have used those hunting and sometimes the break off and sometimes they stay stay stuck to nipple kinda sucks for quick follow up shoots. I know everyone in the muzzleloader business are way more then fair with all there customers should I ask them to exchange them thanks for you input GTC

 

[ohio ramrod]

For hunting in Ohio where the temps range from the teens to fifties with rain I use only RWS caps. After puting them on the nipple I rub the area at the base of the cap and nipple with a thin strip of leather covered with carnuba wax. I have never had any misfires since I started this about fifteen years ago. IMHO RWS caps are less likely to misfire in wet weather than CCI or Remintons.

 

[Stumpkiller]

I've been using CCI, as that was what I can find locally most recently. I like Remington just as well and IMHO the foil liner might give a bit more moisture protection. The Remington's seem to fragment more, for better or worse, and occasionally a CCI will be stuck fast to the nipple tight enough I have to pry it off with the edge of a knife.

If it's snowy or rainy I keep a waxed cow's knee over the lock until I'm ready to shoot.

 

[LeMat1856]

.
. july 23 / 02:50am


remingtons all the way !

after only 600, one dud; zero falling off; average cost including haz-mat, retail price per 1000, and shipping: $.06 each

~d~

 

[waterwolves]

I like remingtons.

 

I usually use RWS, wether #11 or musket, and then put a quarter sized piece of thin leather between the cap and the hammer. I do this on both sidelocks and underhammers, it keeps the cap dry and holds it in place safely. tie the leather to your trigger guard and you won't lose it.
Mark

 

[JeffinNZ]

CCI for the range but I just bought some RWS for hunting as they are longer and fit very tightly on the nipple. Don't want 'dead man's click' in the field.

 

[catman]

Remington only now..I get them cheap 100 for $3 bucks.

 

[shmrck1]

I use and will continue to use CCI mags.99% of the time I have had a failure,it was my failure,
not the caps.IMO
snake-eyes :hmm:

 

I'll second the RWS caps. They're all I use anymore.

 

[BrownBear]

I use whichever I can find if they're temporarily in short supply, whichever is cheapest when they're plentiful.

For a long time I was shooting CCI cuzz that's all I could find. They moved up to around $6 a tin, and I was starting to pucker until I found some Remington recently for $3 a tin.

So far, I can't tell the difference between them. Maybe I'm just not looking for it because I'm not competing. They're both reliable even in our wet climate, and I can't see any difference in accuracy, ignition time, POI or anything else.

I've got a couple of cartons laid by now for the short periods, but I'll probably go ahead and pick up a carton or two more when I can find them cheap, mostly because I'm cheap too. Won't matter to me which brand it is.

 

[shootemup]

The RWS caps are my favorites, by I'll be honest - in a pinch I use what's handy.

I don't shoot competitively, but I do work for accuracy. I also shoot more flintlock than percussion these days.

BUT

I have traded and fenagled quite a few guns over the years and have accumulated a couple dozen tins of caps of various makes. So I use 'em.

Most of the caplocks I shoot do fine with just about any cap (although I do have one old CVA gun that I have found to be rather cantankerous. But even that old gun goes bang if I use real black powder).

:hatsoff:
Spot

 

[Little Wattsy]

CCI is Good but my preferance is the RWS...I use musket caps..Never any ignition issues in a variety on MLers sooting Pyrodex RS. Rain, Shine, Sun, Humid....we get it all sooner or latter here in my part of Oergon.

 

[Tom Compton]

Prefer RWS. CCI a distant 2nd.

Hope Remington fixed theirs where the foil thingy stays in the cap but a real pain to open a tin and see 5-6 innardes lying loose in the bottom, now which ones don't have any primer?