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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: DBake on November 21, 2008, 10:44:19 PM

Title: What Caps are you shooting?
Post by: DBake on November 21, 2008, 10:44:19 PM: Is one really better or used more than the other?
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Post by: DBake on November 21, 2008, 10:45:52 PM: I started off shooting #11's becuase my dad did and haven't found a reason to switch.
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Post by: MagKarl on November 22, 2008, 07:09:20 AM: No reason for me to change, I have ~350 rounds through this gun so far with zero misfires. Lyman GPR, hot water cleanup, bore butter, patched round balls, and Goex black powder, nothing fancy.
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Post by: CP on November 22, 2008, 01:32:59 PM: Doesn't seem to matter but I use #11 magnums.
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Post by: HntnFsh on November 22, 2008, 05:57:53 PM: I use the #11s made by Dynamit Nobel.
Extremely hot and excellent quality.By far the best #11 Ive found.

You can definitely tell a difference when you pop off 1 of these compared to most others.(just the cap)
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Post by: rasbo on November 22, 2008, 06:40:41 PM: cci #11 mags
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on November 22, 2008, 09:00:17 PM: CCI musket caps... They burn hotter. I have some german musket caps that are water proof but they do not burn as hot as the CCi's
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Post by: muzzy on November 23, 2008, 04:26:38 PM: Been using the german musket caps the las couple years with good luck, water proof and more fire power.
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Post by: wadu1 on December 01, 2008, 08:55:12 PM: I only use RWS #11 caps and have for the past 15+ years. I have uses CCI, Remington and even put on a nipple for musket. The only advantage to the musket cap is the size it is better with gloves and mittens. I hunt both sides of the Mountains and have had only one failure and that was due to getting someones cap off the dash when the bull stood in the middle of the road. It took two hits with the side lock to fire a CCI Mag cap. Stick with the cap that work the best with your gun and protect it from the weather, for me I use plain old nail polish on the edge of the cap and has worked everytime and use a good nipple like a "Hot Shot".

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Post by: fc2038 on December 02, 2008, 09:59:26 AM: #11 are the only thing I have used. haven't had the need to try anything else. They seem to work just fine.
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Post by: Dansk on December 02, 2008, 08:51:48 PM: #11 with a TC flamethrower- haven't had misfires, and doesn't clog up since there are 3 holes on the breech side of the nipple.

Is a musket cap still legal? ie "a traditional style percusion cap", like the regs say? ..thought we had to use #11's per the regs... :dunno:
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Post by: lewy on December 17, 2008, 06:47:58 AM: Ive had the best luck with musket caps as well, you can go just about anywere and buy a new nipple for them...
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Post by: wastickslinger on December 17, 2008, 07:14:27 AM: Quote from: Dansk on December 02, 2008, 08:51:48 PM
#11 with a TC flamethrower- haven't had misfires, and doesn't clog up since there are 3 holes on the breech side of the nipple.

Is a musket cap still legal? ie "a traditional style percusion cap", like the regs say? ..thought we had to use #11's per the regs... :dunno:

Musket caps have always been legal. We cannot use 209 primers in WA though.

I use a musket cap and have never had a problem. I like them because of the size, much easier to handle for me.
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Post by: Amsdad on December 17, 2008, 04:46:23 PM: I tend to use the #11 magnums as well. I've never had a misfire with them.

I shoot a TC Blackdiamond in .50 and they always get the job done.
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Post by: colockumelk on January 20, 2009, 10:01:09 PM: I have a T/C Black Diamond XTR. I've had misfires with #11's if it had been raining. I switched to those German brand musket caps and have never had a misfire. They are bigger and have a lot more flame. I also dunked my gun in water for a couple of seconds and it fired as advertised. Try that with a #11 and all you'll hear is a pop if that. My wife had a chance at a nice doe once and the piece of crap cci's she had in percussion caps wouldn't even go off.
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Post by: Slenk on January 21, 2009, 12:34:05 PM: Missouri White Flints in the Rocklocks :IBCOOL:
Slenk
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Post by: Elkstuffer on February 03, 2009, 07:37:56 PM: I shoot German Musket caps on my 50 cal Knight T-Bolt. Never had a miss-fire.