Huge fan of these videos! They provide excellent and relevant information for the times. Cheers from CT!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_I'm glad you enjoy watching them . I have another video I'm working on now . It has a little to do with black powder shooting . LOL The hint is little . Thank you for watching and keep on prepping ._*

@357bullfrog9

3 жыл бұрын

This is turning out to be the best channel on youtube

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@357bullfrog9 Thank You .

@gregzeigler3850

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping Good video. Have you thought about using tin foil for caps? Seems to me, they'd push out better, since the material is less dense. Also, my understanding is that foil caps were used in the old days. Also, I lightly push my caps on with a dowel rod, to make sure they are seated properly.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregzeigler3850 I believe Foil caps with Crush too easily. They might be alright just for range firing. But to carry a handful of them in your cap pouch. I believe they would just crush and get deformed. I to use a wooden dowel to set my caps. Thank you for watching. Have a great day, and stay prepared.

I like how this guy actually admit his mistakes because a lot of KZreadrs would not do that at least this guys been honest with us and I appreciate that

Refreshing to see someone NOT AFRAID TO SHOW FIRST HAND...LOVE IT GREAT VIDEO!!

I just use toy caps with some granules of black power and another paper cap on top with a bit of black powder in the nipples and it's always loaded in my remington .44 percussion caps are stupid hard to find here in California that I had to make my own with tons of research. The guy at the liquor store is always looking at my weird to see a 30 year old buying caps for a cap gun.

@matthewdelgado5566

2 жыл бұрын

7/11 sales associate thinks I'm crazy buying caps for cap guns too lol

@KathrynLiz1

2 жыл бұрын

LOL... I get my ring caps online.... they work as is on my Remingtons (see my comment above)..... 🙂

@MarioGarcia-pq9pr

2 жыл бұрын

You almost can’t find anything to do with black powder firearms in California 😂 it gets even worse if you live in LA

@lorenajimenez3865

4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video of it

Just tried out the star shaped caps with a little BP in between. It worked well, and had a nice snap to it. Thanks for doing this. It helps.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_You're welcome, and I've had pretty good success with the Caps also. Thank you for watching and stay prepared._*

This comment has to do with being prepared, not a comment about the video. During the recent freeze in Texas, I was without power for over 24 hours, and then the power was off and on (mostly off) for several more days. I pulled out My emergency gear. The solar generator (only 400 watts) worked great. Used it to keep My laptop going...for movies and internet. Solar backup radio, to keep up with the news and music. The camp stove and the heater, each will use butane, the screw-on type of propane bottles, or the larger gas grill propane bottles. The stove I set up under the vent hood in the kitchen, the heater went to keep a bedroom warm (with ventilation). I did make one big mistake...I forgot to fill up the 100 gallon water bob. I had to use bottled water to cook with instead of just to drink, and had to go out and bust up the ice on a 110 gallon water tank outside to fill a bucket water to flush the toilet. Even after the power returned, I was still without water for two more days. The owners of the well shut it off and drained it, took them that long to come out and turn it back on. Lessons learned...I need to build a bigger generator (to run a refrigerator or freezer), don't forget to fill the water bob, I need to get a place that is not all electric, and I need to move somewhere I don't have to depend on someone else for their well.

I just got into black powder and ran into the #10 cap supply issue, and was walking by the pop guns in Walmart wondering if that would work... Apparently I wasn't far off! Thanks Prepping for this video and the ones on how to make your own caps. I knew there had to be a way around, and now I want to learn how to make my own primers and powder if that is possible.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

*_I'm hoping in the near future. I will be able to make my own black powder. I will video it for the channel. Thank you for watching, have a great day and space repairing._*

@ijzerkoekie

2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping Awesome. I'll keep an eye out for that.

Great video. Saves lot of time watching you showing what works and what does not. Just got the star punch to try

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will be having another percussion cap video. Coming out in a few weeks. With some more trial and errors. And a couple more techniques. Thank you for watching, have a great day and stay prepared.

I experimented with the red plastic caps also. I found if you place the cap on the nipple and then push the hammer so it seats the cap further onto the nipple they will work. However it is risky with a loaded chamber of course, but in a pinch, they work.

what I use is I take the plastic caps and then I soak the paper caps in paper until the top film slides off and scrape 5 or 6 dots into the plastic cap and I then put a small drop of rubbing alcohol ontop to seal them and I have very few failures

I think I noticed you used double cups - the aluminum is soft so can absorb the hammer impact but could be you have a small gap between the cups which could be enough to hold the hammer impact from striking the cap - just a thought. Excellent video thank you

The yeelo red ones with a micro grain flash powder works,,, just dust cover them ,,,not to mutch ,, ,,greatings from a german🤚🙂👍🏼

Take 2 or 3 caps from the round cap pop out the charge put it in a small glass dish add one wood matchs head crush to fine powder mix divide between two caps add one drop of nail polish remover use a wood match stick and carfully pack let it air dry for 24 hours it wont fall out and it will light of your charge$. It has enough power to push a 40 grain 22 cal.

I always use toy caps to clean all my guns before shooting. Always works.

Greenie stickem caps , would work great for this....used in my cap guns in 1950/60s...probably not made any more..

Red ring caps hard to find. Finally scored today 1000 of them 10$. Cut off ring place on nipple on my 1858. Worked great.

@KathrynLiz1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the Remington hammer nose shape and strong mainspring seems to fire them with great reliabiltiy

I have to confess that at 7:18 when the cap went off I laughed so hard and long. I received a cramp.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

I was finishing up a roll cap the other day. I had three of them go off on me.

I’m using Wild West ring caps from Walmart. $3 for 216. All of mine fire in my Philadelphia derringer. The one that misfired had no powder in it. The powder is under the little paper disk in the ring cap. I doubled the powder in one cap easily in about 30 seconds. I’ve been looking down the barrel and firing the caps and there’s a lot of spark in there. For me they work well. Make sure you clean the nipple out because of the paper in the caps. If I was hunting I’d double the powder in the cap just to make sure it fired.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_The ring caps Hi. Didn't have any powder under them. It was all just stuck to the paper. Thank you for watching and stay prepared. _* 👍

@Romin.777

2 жыл бұрын

Haha Did that too, It's weird looking down the barrel and fire isn't it?

@jawnlaughlin5

2 жыл бұрын

Never look down the barrel even if its a snap cap or blank! Always treat a gun as a loaded gun, and you never know if theres any debris down the barrel that could get launched in your eye or something

@Romin.777

2 жыл бұрын

@@jawnlaughlin5 Thanks brother! I know it's not the smartest thing to do. But when the gun is never fired before while wearing shooting glasses and aiming in the mirror in the dark so i could see the fire coming down the percussion tower shouldn't be that hazardous. :))

The green diamond are so anemic that a humid day makes them just smolder and die. The old RED diamond white tip would snap to flame and burn all the way to your finger nails even on a drizzly day. Oh the off gridders miss real pyro essentials!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Yep the old red ones were about 10 times better than what they make now.

Could you try matches next?... Its simply scrape the Red Phosphorus of the striker and scrape the heads of the matches to a fine powder. carefully blend together in a 1:2 ratio and put in the caps with a drop of acetone on top and let dry. You dont need alot, one match head +Red Phosphorus will make a good bang. Ive tried it reloading the plastic ring caps for capguns and it works well. Also, it may work with plastic caps if you add the punched paper caps into the plastic caps? they're flat on the bottom. Thanks for the videos.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_Will give that one to try. I also want to try strike anywhere matches. They are getting a little hard to find. And expensive._*

Try facing the caps the other side up inside the caps to see if it makes any difference.

Your disclaimer is pretty good, I’m pretty sure the same thing and pretty cheap is matches. Edit: not just strike anywhere, the striker strip and strike on box matches grind em up mix it to an amount and percentage I won’t say and you have some nice explosive powder, like sensitive asf.

Great experiment. Now I know what works.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

I'm still experimenting. Two paper caps with a few granules of black powder between them. Then a drop of hairspray to hold it all in there. Seems to work pretty good too. As soon as the weather cools down. We will make a video of casting round balls for first time. Thank you for watching, and stay prepared.

I have consistently used ring caps as my main muzzle loading primers for over 15 years, I have yet to get a misfire, even in my Colt 40cal BP revolver. The main problem I'm running into is finding good black powder on the market, so I am making my own, it's been hit and miss, but I am making cedar charcoal right now, hopefully the softwood charcoal will make the difference between kinda fast BP and very fast BP.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

I've had a problem with the ring caps splitting. Making my own black powder. Is one of the things on my to do list. Good luck with your black powder making. Thank you for watching, and stay prepared.

@allentremper8243

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping I actually put a tiny amount of BP in the ring cap, they can be a pain to dig out of my Colt revolver, lol, but it is so much cheaper, and I really haven't had a failure to fire yet, I suppose there's always a first, but I guess that goes for actual primers in general. God bless you, may we get back our Constitutional Republic with no interpretation of what is clearly stated.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@allentremper8243 Amen !

@allentremper8243

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping hey I don't know if you have heard of a product called" Monster Pops", they are a lot like the white whippersnappers we used to throw around as kids, but these are not toys, though it appears that that is the general public idea for them, these are very sensitive to and kind of percussion, they come 20 to a pack, are as loud and probably close to as powerful as a black cat firecracker. I had some extra time on my hands today, the kids were restless, so I made a couple blowguns out of half Inch PVC pipe, these kids are from 8-5, the 5 year old got the first stick of his dart into the tree we were using as a target. Anyway, they went home, and I got to thinking, a dangerous thing for me at times, but I rolled a paper cone dart with one of these monster pops, packed a half gram of KNI4+AL flash powder, snugged everything up with paper wads and a bit of tape, got to say that they exceed my expectations by far. I have no affiliation with the makers of these things, and wondering what the actual legality is, but at least same time I was able to get 20 boxes for around 40 bucks, they work great for BP or flashpowder. Pyro-Tech might be where I got them from, let me know if you want further information on these crazy, yet oh so glad red tape ain't in the way world we find ourselves in today. Take care my Friend, God bless you and your family!!!!

thanks for making this video. you saved me a lot of trouble.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. There is a lot of us finding it hard to find percussion caps. I will keep working on it until I find the best solution. I will be casting my own around balls and making black powder in the future. Thank you for watching, have a great day and stay prepared.

The cap works like a rim fire. The primer needs to be pinched at the edge where the hammer strikes up against the cone/ nipple edge! Imho !?!

Awesome video man!

Thank you great video I will be making some caps myself

I think you might be foweling the vent hole with paper, soot and general schmutz. Try cleaning the vent holes with a vent prick between shots. Maybe also oversize the vent holes? Also, load a few granules first against the bottom. Then a star, heavy paper up. Then a few granules of BP (#4). Then the last star I don't know how but if you could get a granules of BP into the nipple you would have powder in front of the cap rather than behind it. Theory being to get the fire thru the vent hole Worth a try?

@KathrynLiz1

2 жыл бұрын

Oversizing the vent holes is a bad idea. The blowback is a major cause of chain fires and larger vents make this much more likely as the blowback can lift the hammer off the nipple and spread the flash all over the place. All it needs is a loose adjacent cap and you have an unintended discharge.

Glad to know this is dagerous whatever that means.

Paper from the tape clogs the nipples. More efficient is to scratch off the compound, put about nine of them inceach cup, add few granules of bp and then spray it with hair spray.

I like your idea's.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Wonder how long it might be before we see the CCI and Remington cap back in stock at our retail outlets?? This is a crazy situation and it makes no sense.!!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_Lord Only Knows sometimes you can find them at Walmart._*

@chapiit08

3 жыл бұрын

Given the world's industrial capacity it makes zero sense that such an inexpensive and relatively easy to make item is not being produced in enough quantity to satisfy demand, either by domestic or European (RWS, Alcan, etc.) manufacturers. It smells fishy.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@chapiit08 Yep Yep Yep !

@treada1583

3 жыл бұрын

when I'm researching for these caps, I found out there were shortages 2008,20012,2015,2018 and now

@parkerfiske4707

11 ай бұрын

2 years later, still nothing and I’m extremely pissed. It’s been a year of me not being able to shoot something I bought.

where do you get roll caps, I looked locally and only found plastic caps

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

7 ай бұрын

www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Parris-Shooters-Package/dp/B0CNBNJKW9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=59WC9AK9MRLA&keywords=Cap+gun+caps&qid=1701562299&sprefix=cap+gun+caps%2Caps%2C970&sr=8-1

Interesting experiment. Here in Canada it's damn near impossible to get a handgun and even replicas are becoming off limits. I hate my GOOFernment. Back to the topic at hand. I shoot percussion muzzle loaders and and have done something similar with powder in the cup. Really messy with residue all over the place. I stumbled upon a nipple primer that drops about 1 grain in the nipple. With just a single cap in the cup I've had excellent results and no mess. A pan primer worked well too but dumped more than was needed. Percussion caps are about $.10 each so I'll save money any way I can. Again, good video.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_Thank you for that information. I'm sorry to hear it so hard to get a pistol there. I've been shopping for black powder pistols and rifles and their hard to come by. Everyone seems to be sold out. I to try to save a penny everywhere I can. I found the two caps cut out as star's work best for me. Thank you for watching and stay prepared._*

@brentscott5359

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPreppingYou may want to check out Deer Creek Products. They have quite a few BP and muzzle loading pistols in stock.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@brentscott5359 Thank you I've never heard of them before I'll check them out.

@brentscott5359

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping I shoot left hand and was able score a left hand flintlock from them. They do get some interesting stuff from to time.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@brentscott5359 I just went to their website looks really good. Bookmarked it also. I'm wanting to pick up a rifle near future. I'm not sure if I want to get a Flintlock or a percussion cap. Leaning towards the percussion cap. Have a great day and stay prepared.

Those red plastic "ring" caps have worked fine for me... just cut them loose from the ring (I used a pair of nail clippers) and force them on the nipples. Without powder in the pistol (Remington) the flash actually comes out of the end of the barrel. Sets off the powder very well, nearly as good as a #11 CCI...I think sometimes there's a very slight hang fire, but only a tenth of a second or less. Not sure why all of yours didn't go off... perhaps the Remington has a heavier hammer fall.... they sure do feel beefy to cock, and lightening them up via the strain screw invites misfires anyway, so I never do that. I used to have a little .32 Colt percussion that only fired the plastic ring caps 3 or 4 times out of six..... again perhaps because of a lighter hammer strike.... perhaps it's a Colt thing... the geometry and hammer nose shape are quite different to the Remington..... Interesting video..... We can't buy the little punches for making the cap bodies here in New Zealand, or the compound to go in them for that matter, but I might just make a punch and die for making the bodies out of soda cans as per yours and try cutting the bottoms out of the ring caps (roll caps are difficult here too now) to put in the aluminium cups.... would be easier to put on the nipples and if I can get the size the same as commercial caps, my mechanical capper will work with them. I have a fair few caps in stock right now, but we never know how things might be in the near future, the world situation being what it is at present. Thanks for the video... always good to see how others are getting along with things like this... 🙂

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have tried to plastic red ones. But they just don't seem to work for me . Thank you for watching, have a great day and stay prepared.

I wonder if piercing the stars and rounds with the tip of a needle would help?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_I don't know I will have to give that a try and get back to you._*

Amigo, excelente video..pero por favor no uses ese material como iniciador que es muy corrosivo para las armas de Avancarga, sería una pena arruinar ese revolver...utiliza un material que no oxide, cuida tu arma...uno llega a encariñarse muchas con esos aparatos. Si no tienes una fórmula Puedo ayudarte con eso. Abrazos desde Argentina...🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷...!!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

Жыл бұрын

This is only meant to be used in emergency when you cannot find anything else.

@gustavoadolfobraun2410

Жыл бұрын

Hola..veo que hay mucha gente tratando de encontrar alternativas... en Argentina es muy difícil conseguir insumos de Avancarga y los pocos que venden se abusan con los precios...yo encontré el modo de producirlos a un costo muy bajo, si hablamos de dinero en mi caso sería USD 0,01 o menos por pieza terminada. Ya que tú compartes tus experiencias a mi también me gusta hacerlo. El material que logré hacer es seguro y efectivo..y lo pongo a disposición de quien lo quiera usar responsablemente. Saludos.

@gustavoadolfobraun2410

Жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping disculpame si molesto, es que aquí estoy huérfano de con este apasionante rubro de la pólvora negra y no tengo con quien compartir estas experiencias y no soy de hacer videos porque aquí no hay interés en la Avancarga.

I bet if a guy ground the 3F powder or any granulation down to a 4F or finer in a safe mortar and pestal it might help some.

Amazing how much effort it takes to set off black powder.

Hey mate! Glad my little tip about adding a few granules of BP helped for you! And i cannot claim it as mine as it was given to me years ago by MannyCA from KZread and he is the guy that made my Capmaker too on his lathe. I hope the Duco glue works for you also. Hey, all of our hobby is great because of everyone helping each other out with tips and tricks, as you are doing. All the very best and lets hope this ammo shortage doesn't go on too much longer ( although these prepping tests are always fun!). Take care!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

I just bought my first round ball mold. Hoping to get the rest of the equipment. This coming month. To start casting my own round balls.

@englishrupe01

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping Cool! I am sure you will love casting. It is a fantastic way to ensure that market shortages don't hinder your shooting enjoyment. Looking forward to more videos!

@KathrynLiz1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes... things are a bit short here in NZ too..... and the last box of caps I bought was $20 (10 Quid) so it was 20c a shot..... or a bob a bang as it were. The toy caps are very cheap, about a dollar or so for 75 shots, so if we can make them work well it's a saving on cash as well as a good expedient for if/when 'real' caps are not available. Yeah... I grew up in London... born in 1942 and came to NZ in 1959, so gone a bit 'native' out here.... LOL.

@englishrupe01

11 ай бұрын

@@KathrynLiz1 Hey Liz, if you are still using toy caps, take a look at Hans on YT on his "CapRemoval 1" video. He has a great technique using water to remove the top layer of paper of the caps and then easily scrapes off the compound. He uses 8 per reloaded cap which i dont think you need if you use a pinch of black powder with it.....maybe i'd use 3. But then, he is reloading .22LR cases, not percussion caps. Hope he helps.

I have been attempting to do DY] caps for over a year and lost interest. Your videos have rekindled my interest. I have finally got 5 out 6 caps to work in a row loaded with powder and ball. I use 1/8 " hole punch. 1 dot, small scoup of BP and another dot. THE ducco glue mix with acetone seems to work good. I have the Prime All and just don't like how dirty it is. THANKS for the inspiration!!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good, I've been averaging about 4 out of 6. Thank you for watching, and have a great day.

@KathrynLiz1

2 жыл бұрын

Clear nail polish works well too....as it's just clear nitrocellulose laquer..... you can thin it with acetone if needed....

Would musket caps work for a 45 cal Muzzeleloader that uses number 11 caps?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

No musket caps are too big.

After you said your formed caps had a rounded bottom, I went and pulled out the ones that I made...the bottoms are almost flat. I have never had a miss fire, but then again I use only Prim-All or store bought caps...haven't experimented with other mixtures/chemicals yet...did some research on it though. A local store was selling out of their black powder accessories..I ended up with over a 1000 no. 11 caps, I already had 2 Prime-All kits...so I kinna quit researching...for now. I got my maker from Sharpshooter when I bought the Prime-All. I did have a slight laugh when I saw how you store your made caps...I use the same little containers. Mine came with My barrel brush holders from a gun cleaning kit.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_I bought a lot of those little containers from Amazon. The specimen containers work really good for pre measuring your powder. I used the five milliliter ones for my caps and the two milliliter ones for my powder .Have a good day and Thank You for watching ._*

Just subbed: what about red caps with stars inserted? Thinking the plastic caps were a little weak. Maybe a few grains of powder as well. Just a thought.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_Thank you for subscribing. I found the little red caps sometimes would split while trying to put them on the nipple. I will give it a try and see what happens. Have a good day and stay prepared._*

I thought i herd you say you had tripple 7 in your revolver? Is it as good as real black powder. Had zero experience with it, have not even seen a can.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that's all I can get around to where I live. It seems to work just the same as black powder .

@trevorfitzgerald4996

2 ай бұрын

Ok thanks for that. Pain in the bum caps and powder being so hard to get. To many bloody wars going on.

@trevorfitzgerald4996

2 ай бұрын

Forgot to say enjoyed your video.

what is the role of paper called with the caps inside it

I have just subscribe you sir I like your content a lot. God bless thank you for the information.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoy it. thank you for subscribing.

Did you ever tryed with match head powder ?

You were talking about trying to flatten the bottom of your caps. I saw a video about reloading primers and they used a punch to flatten out the dimple in the primers. Maybe this will work for the caps as well? I just ordered my cap maker today so I can't do it and let you know just yet. And from what I saw down below it might be a while before it gets here. :(

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_Yes they're taking approximately a month to six weeks to receive it. after you order. Yes I think I've seen the same video. Another person commented. On one of my videos. About using the backside of a drill bit. In the same way. And it has been working out pretty good. Thank you for watching and stay prepared._*

May have been answered but what size hole punch are you using. I got the size of the star hole punch. Thank you for making this video.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

1/8 " hole puncher.

Man I wonder what woulda happened if you turned the second star upsidedown with powder in-between???

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Don't know for sure, but I've tried so many different combinations. Some work and some didn't. I think one star, a couple granules of black powder. A star on top and then seal with Hairspray. Worked the best.

@johnhildreth6757

2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping how are you making the actual 10 caps???? Foil ??? Any videos..

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhildreth6757 Aluminum cans. kzread.info/dash/bejne/naOWtM2KlZisntY.html

i wonder WHY they dont work?

What size hole punches did you use?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Star hole punch 1/4 Inch. smile.amazon.com/dp/B07J67X83P?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-a0049-win10-other-smile-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-5&ref=aa_scomp

How did u make the home made caps?thanks

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

From a cap maker I bought off the internet. I demonstrated in this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/naOWtM2KlZisntY.html

Iove it can't find paper caps no more try shorter caps

I've been making these last few days. I'm actually using 4 dots in mine. I have a 1860s Kentucky .50 cal pistol. I Tried 6 so far. All pop nice but wont ignite the powder. Is this because the powder is further away from the cap, unlike with your revolver where the cap is a lot closer to the powder. I'm going to try some with a few granules of powder and try tonight. Any tips?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure but I think that's what I would do just try putting a few granules of powder. let me know if that works out for you.

@ericswanson373

3 жыл бұрын

Tried it with some powder in cap last night. Worked well.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericswanson373 Great I'm glad that worked out.

@ericswanson373

3 жыл бұрын

Update. Got the paper punches yesterday. I have around 100 of each in a bag now. And a few hundred aluminum caps. Only made up around 16 so far with some BP. I have a question though, I get a lot of aluminum shavings from the cap maker. Should I save those for anything? Seems they could come in handy for adding it to BP?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericswanson373 No just throw away those aluminum shavings.

I did not hear you mention where you bought your caps. The dollar store/chinese caps are not reliable. The German made Cowboy brand caps give me very few failures. Available at Walmart, Cabelas and online. 2 of those with a tiny bit of black powder are quite reliable.

I nitrated a roll of caps.I am hoping the paper burns up and blows through the nipples better..I had real good results with 2 dots and a star, no powder or glue mix . BUT when loaded up the nipples clogged. I will keep ya posted once they dry out and if it works.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Ok. Sounds good. I never thought of nitrating the caps.

@Randy77358

2 жыл бұрын

Well nitrating the paper cap roll was a bust it didn't make any difference. Back to the H42 compound

You look like Si Robertson

Sanding the alum inside to addagrip!?!

where can I get that gun your using ?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

Mine is the 1851 Navy Sheriff's model. I purchased mine through Midway USA. I'll leave a link at the end of the comment. I want to thank you for watching, have a great day and stay prepared. www.midwayusa.com/product/1972251759

Fri video. How do U make cap holder or do U buy them. Cheers

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

I make them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/naOWtM2KlZisntY.html

Nice video, What is your opinion on the percussion cap maker from sharpshooter? The ones that also sell the prime all compound. Cheers and happy shootin'

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

*_That is the one I have, and it been using. It seems to work pretty good. I believe there is some room for improvement though. But it's better than not having percussion caps. Thank you for watching, have a great day and stay prepared. PS. I'm getting ready to go out and shoot the derringer. And make a new video. To see how well it will penetrate. Video should be posted the first of next week._*

@Romin.777

2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping Thanks for the reply buddy! I wil keave a sub and look out for the next video. :) Take care and God bless.

Try some fine fire cracker powder in your caps?

I think we need to learn to make our own powder too don't you?

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It's not too hard.

it costs $25 to swap your nipples to #11 and then the little red toy caps fit and work.

I heard someone say they also put a little powder down inside the nipple. That sounds interesting.

@jeffersoncarlisle3125

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe also dry firing the caps before loading anything into them would help flatten them out!

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's necessary but I don't think I'd be doing it anyway.

@jeffersoncarlisle3125

2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping yeah seems sketchy

I ordered the cap maker from Sharpshooter like 2 months ago & still waiting.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*_Well that's the shits . Have you tried calling or emailing ? If so have they gotten back to you at all ._*

@homeagent

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping I've been painfully patient untill now. I'm having the same problem w/ Dixie Gun Werks.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

*When I ordered my cap maker it took a little over a month.*

@homeagent

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping That's good to know. It's actually been only about a month. I exagerated before.

@homeagent

3 жыл бұрын

oh i thought i had already subscribed. Did now. Thanks again for reading and replying!! Love your Chan. !

I'm not gonna eat y'all out or anything but just so you know, it is a federal crime to manufacture primers without the proper FFL. You are manufacturing an explosive device.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry Caps are not regulated they are not primers. Especially using toy caps. Or simply putting toy caps into a cap gun with the against the law. Caps are not considered an explosive. Or even putting the black powder in your revolver would be an explosive or reloading ammunition.

@MrGunny2009

3 жыл бұрын

Zombi, I appreciate your concern, but I checked with the ATF and confirmed that percussion caps are not legally categorized as primers. So, hobbyists can continue to experiment with these.

@Phoenix_Atlas

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGunny2009 what's the difference between a percussion cap and a primer?

@MrGunny2009

3 жыл бұрын

@@Phoenix_Atlas A primer is meant to be installed in the back of a modern self-contained metallic cartridge. A percussion cap is pressed over a nipple mounted at the rear of a firearm chamber that has propellant powder loaded directly, with no metallic case. Both have the mission of igniting propellant powder, but they are constructed differently and used differently. Fortunately for us, percussion caps are still legal to produce at home.

@Phoenix_Atlas

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGunny2009 I know that much but the device is essentially the same thing. It has the same explosive compound in it which is a highly regulated material. I'm not complaining since I now know I can make caps for black powder pistol I'm making lol

Ok. Three minutes into this and your still apologising. Just say it! You have a ten minute video fluffed up to 17.

@LivingFrugalAndPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

LOL ! *If that were the case it would be a 13 minute video then now wouldn't*

@MrJento

3 жыл бұрын

@@LivingFrugalAndPrepping im trying to help you with a positive criticism. Your observations and conclusion have merit, especially in our current situation of short supply. I stayed and watched your video. But how many bailed after 30 seconds? A minute? Most people seeking information want to see what they will get for 17 minutes. You need to present a 30 second “hook” that grabs their interest and keeps them watching. Then go into your story with the background. Your subs will double. You will reach more people. You will educate more people. Ok?

Well this guy must be a joke. Because I have been using toy caps for 16 years and never had a miss fire.