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Caps and black powder #7982536 10/29/23 10:08 PM 10/29/23 10:08 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 11,958 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 11,958 Amite county Mississippi	How hard is it right now to find caps and black powder ? Has the supply been staying steady or bouncing like everything else ?

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982557 10/29/23 10:42 PM 10/29/23 10:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 586 Montana D D.T. trapper
D.T. trapper D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 586 Montana	I just re upped on some Goex which has been essentially impossible to get for the past 2-3 years. I like it the best. Powder, inc has all the kinds. Last time i bought caps i got 1000 so i never have to deal with the hassle again. Of course, prices aren’t what they used to be…. Gunbroker has #11 CCI 1000 for $250 Last edited by D.T.; 10/29/23 10:45 PM.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982568 10/29/23 11:00 PM 10/29/23 11:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,720 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,720 New Hampshire	Wolf dog.....go with the rock lock... no more cap hunting...plenty of flints around. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982570 10/29/23 11:02 PM 10/29/23 11:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 292 Arizona S Starbits trapper
Starbits trapper S Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 292 Arizona	You might want to look at the youtube channel "everything black powder" He shows how to make your own black powder, how to make it better than Goex, faster and cleaner. Handy knowledge to have when things are scarce.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Nessmuck] #7982573 10/29/23 11:17 PM 10/29/23 11:17 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,540 West Central MN 20scout trapper
20scout trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,540 West Central MN	Originally Posted by Nessmuck Wolf dog.....go with the rock lock... no more cap hunting...plenty of flints around. X2! Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982574 10/29/23 11:20 PM 10/29/23 11:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,250 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,250 Minnesota	I bought some 209 today could have bought some # 11 caps at Wal fart NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982584 10/29/23 11:34 PM 10/29/23 11:34 PM
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 766 Bush Alaska victor#0 trapper
victor#0 trapper Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 766 Bush Alaska	I haven't had any issue getting black powder however the one and only guy that sells it in Fairbanks said the ATF have been really giving him a hard time. Musket caps have been available but #11's have been impossible to get up here, down in the lower 48 though you can order them and have them shipped. I had no problem finding them online including bricks of 1000 but we can't have them shipped to Alaska. I ordered a tap-o-cap kit for making my own #11 caps for my 32 squirrel rifle and the powder that you mix to go in them. One powder kit will make 2000 caps and the tap-o-cap makes the caps out of aluminum cans. If the ATF has their way with black powder we all might have to start making our own.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Nessmuck] #7982827 10/30/23 09:15 AM 10/30/23 09:15 AM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,150 Happy Valley CoonsBane trapper
CoonsBane trapper Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,150 Happy Valley	Originally Posted by Nessmuck Wolf dog.....go with the rock lock... no more cap hunting...plenty of flints around. Do you buy flints in bulk? Source?

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982835 10/30/23 09:23 AM 10/30/23 09:23 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,720 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,720 New Hampshire	^^^^^^^^^^^ the last place I bought some ....was Track Of The Wolf It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982839 10/30/23 09:25 AM 10/30/23 09:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,930 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,930 williamsburg ks	The only way I can get bp is online . Swiss is good. Plenty of energy. Real consistent. GOEX was purchased from Hodgdon by Estes model rockets. It is recently available but hard to find. No idea if its the same quality. When you find caps buy as many as you can. If you find them online in stock beware. Check out the seller before you give any card numbers. Lots of scammers. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982878 10/30/23 10:17 AM 10/30/23 10:17 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,832 central arkansas T the Blak Spot trapper
the Blak Spot trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,832 central arkansas	Yep, Rock lock. They fire just as fast as cap if tuned right. the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982893 10/30/23 10:48 AM 10/30/23 10:48 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,016 MD D DaveP trapper
DaveP trapper D Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,016 MD	#11s been hard to.find last few years. Bought a mixed lot of junk.at an auction for dirt cheap. In.the bottom of the box was 8 tins of 100, #11s. Was about to.buy a Tap A Cap and make my own, lol

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982972 10/30/23 12:31 PM 10/30/23 12:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 593 Tipton, In. R RHuff trapper
RHuff trapper R Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 593 Tipton, In.	Goex is back in production and lots of shooters are saying quality has improved. I never had a problem with the original.

Re: Caps and black powder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7982985 10/30/23 12:52 PM 10/30/23 12:52 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 147 S.C. Montana M MTtraps trapper
MTtraps trapper M Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 147 S.C. Montana	Grafs has some black powder and percussion caps in stock

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