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Post by ms660 on Dec 4, 2023 18:31:15 GMT -5
I bought a bunch of muzzleloader supplies at a local auction this summer. One of the things I bought that I didn't know what was inside was a box that contained a bunch of percussion caps. There were 6 tins of Remington number 10 caps inside along with 6 number 11 caps. I don't shoot my old T/C Hawkins much anymore, it uses the 11 caps, but was wondering what the difference was between the two sizes. I think the 10 caps are for pistols, but was wondering if they will work on the Hawkins 45 caliber rifle. I guess I could load the gun up and try it, but dam I hate to have to clean it. It hasn't been shot for many years and I have the barrel pretty well spotless inside. I know I will never go through 12 hundred percussion caps in my lifetime, probably be lucky to use a tin of them
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Post by bill9068 on Dec 4, 2023 18:41:07 GMT -5
I bought a bunch of muzzleloader supplies at a local auction this summer. One of the things I bought that I didn't know what was inside was a box that contained a bunch of percussion caps. There were 6 tins of Remington number 10 caps inside along with 6 number 11 caps. I don't shoot my old T/C Hawkins much anymore, it uses the 11 caps, but was wondering what the difference was between the two sizes. I think the 10 caps are for pistols, but was wondering if they will work on the Hawkins 45 caliber rifle. I guess I could load the gun up and try it, but dam I hate to have to clean it. It hasn't been shot for many years and I have the barrel pretty well spotless inside. I know I will never go through 12 hundred percussion caps in my lifetime, probably be lucky to use a tin of them I was going through my dad’s hunting supplies a few years ago after he passed and found some. By some I mean about 15 tins containing 100 each of number 10s. I gave some away as I use the shotgun primers for my muzzle loader |
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Post by stevein on Dec 5, 2023 22:15:49 GMT -5
The #10 caps were generally used on revolvers. Smaller I.D and shorter skirts to fit in a smaller area.
Remingtons were preferred for revolver work because they had thicker skirts and held together better. Cap fragments will bring a revolver to a halt.
I will see if I can find dimensions for each size.
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Post by omegahunter on Dec 6, 2023 16:40:56 GMT -5
#10 is all I've ever used on percussion muzzleloaders. They just fit tighter.
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Post by ms660 on Dec 6, 2023 18:12:06 GMT -5
So as far as the potency of the amount of fire ignited is pretty well the same between the two
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Post by stevein on Dec 6, 2023 19:28:05 GMT -5
My Dixie Catalog did not have any info and I think my 1970s version got pitched. What I found via Google was not at all that good. They all refered to one test.
Track of the Wolf was somewhat better.
What I do know is my Pietta 1858 Remington and my Yazel inline took #10 caps. #11s had a high rate of falling off the nipples. So probably in the interest of economics they made both caps almost the same.
I used to use the RWS caps until they started charging all of $14 per K.
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