In a world where ammunition shortages seem to be the new normal, black powder muzzleloaders can save money and enjoy the satisfaction of making their own caps by opting for this 10 percussion cap maker. It's designed to craft percussion caps out of aluminum sheets cut from soda cans, and it operates via hand on a flat surface or with the help of a wooden or synthetic mallet.
A percussion cap is an ignition device for a percussion-fired rifle or revolver, and it has to be tight, reliably firing, and capable of holding its charge of gunpowder until it's struck with a single hammer blow. The cap itself isn't complex, and it consists of a tiny metal cup that holds a small amount of primer in the bottom and a tube that leads down to the cylinder nipple where it ignites the main charge of gunpowder percussion caps #10.
The manufacturer says that the kit contains enough
primer to prime around 2,000 shots, but it's not clear whether that's actually
true. Nevertheless, a re-priming compound can be purchased separately, and it's
likely that the kit will work for more than that number. The best way to make a
percussion cap is to use a commercially available primer like the one offered
by Remington. It's a pre-proportioned kit with the individually inert chemical
components and measuring scoops needed to make a percussion cap, and it comes
complete with instructions. The alternative is to make the percussion caps out
of kid's snap caps and even strike-anywhere match heads, which requires a bit
more skill but works equally well.
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