Cap tins

Manufacturers would have to find a solution that would not add costs to the "unit". A redesigned container might elevate the price of caps more.

I find a fingernail in the edge of the lid worked around the circumference usually helps. I try to hold it over a towel in case I lose my grip on the "can" when it opens.

A Ted Cash snail capper will hold a whole tin at a time.
Problem solved!
--Dawg

I think a slightly bigger container with some groves would be a step in the right direction.

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Perhaps corrugation on the edges of the top and bottom halves of the tins such as the caps themselves have?

Some of the cap tins are a bear. You might want to write on the tins that come apart easily with a sharpie and reuse one or two. I hate having stuck tins. There is a law I have coined from my experience at CAS matches: any cap dropped into the gravel will never be found. So far, I haven't found one yet that flipped out of my hand at the loading table. Now, if a whole tin of 100 went flying I might find a few but it could take an hour. At 5-6 cents apiece, I'll gravel grovel.

Caps being hard to find in some stores, I'll "gravel grovel" as well to find 'em... LOL
I carry mine in a compressed cow horn box.
Andy

I went shooting the other day for the first time in years and it was thanks to black powder and the advice and tips from you guys. I used a Snail Capper from T.C. and while it took time to carefully load 100 caps into the device, everyone there was suitably impressed with it's reliable performance. It was a lot more time well spent than trying to pick the caps out of one of those tiny tins. ( or the dirt and gravel )

I just opened a new tin of caps and dumped them in to another tin that opens easily.
I have 2 in line cappers, neither like Remington #10s.
Any one using one of those T. C. snail cappers with Remington #10s?

44 Dave said:

I just opened a new tin of caps and dumped them in to another tin that opens easily.
I have 2 in line cappers, neither like Remington #10s.
Any one using one of those T. C. snail cappers with Remington #10s?

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yup, and it works great. got one in german silver for the remmie #10 and a brasser for the cci #11. flawless function on both, and both have dispensed over 5K caps each since I purchased them....the occasional tweek to the ends to realign is all that's ever been needed.
As a side note, the snail works like a champ capping my ROAs, but not the 1858s. I had to make a capper myself since the straight cappers Cash sells won't load remmie#10s on the remmies.

Just a warning on using snail cappers in a CAS match with reloads on the clock. If a cap gets turned sideways the snail capper is jammed and you cannot resume without taking it apart. An in-line capper will allow you to quickly eject the tipped cap out of the way. A friend and fellow Frontiersman had that happen in a regional match and was assessed multiple misses. I felt pretty bad because I wrote the stage which took him out of the running. I hadn't thought that he wouldn't have had an in-line capper.

People don't listen. I still see cap gun shooters trying to fish caps out of a tin, one at a time.

The empty cap tins are useful for .45-.50 cal. patches so you have lubed patches sealed (sort of) and handy when hunting or at the range.
You can "antique" them by scorching off the paint with a propane torch. They look like they're from the 18th century.

Noz,
I fish caps out of the tins all the time. I got tired of loading cappers. I still have pretty nimble fingers. Had I worked construction and gotten thickened calloused hands I couldn't do it.

No real good experience with cap tins.

But air-rifle pellet tins can be made Goldielocks 'Just Right' with a simple slight twist in the bottom male can edge with a pair of needle-nose pliers.

Just grip and twist very slightly on the edge.
That reduces the diameter of the can and then the lid slips on and off easily.

rc

I had a tin of #11 CCI caps that took nearly an hour to open and I was at the range so I had to keep on trying to get it open so I could shoot. When I did get it open there was a very strong odor of solvent but I didn't think much of it, when I tried shooting with the caps the primer compound just mashed all over the nipples so I still couldn't do any shooting.
I am thinking the caps were still "green" because the tin was sealed so well the solvent couldn't escape or at least that is my theory and I'm sticking to it.

I dump all my caps into a plastic jar I bought in bulk for lube. When I need them, they are there and easy to get to.

I have a handful of old Blue Plastic Fiocchi Percussion cap "Tins" that are real easy to open. Also I do have another plastic one around, but I cant recall the brand, that is more pink than red in color that has a knurled lid. It is definitely easy to open but the plastic isn't the best and they are a lot easier to break than the actual metal tins.

The new plastic snuff boxes work for caps, balls and patches. I never use the stuff. Metal Fruties tins will work better, all you have to do is push in the center of the lid and it will pop up easy to remove. For the cost of the a cap boxes that are being sold you can buy 5 or 6 Fruities and throw the contents away. I also use them as pill boxes for my pills. Works for me.

I just dump mine in an older cap tin that's easier to open, its bigger and has groves on the side, its real old and I bought it off e-bay, or you can get one of these also.

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/104/1

These are good for holding caps at the range or in the woods.

I'm with Hellgate.

Tried an inline capper would not work on some guns, so got used to tipping a few out on the bench and inserting with fingers, works for me and I can give each a little squeeze, if needed, before pushing onto the nipple with my thumb.

I do think of Elmer Keith's observation in "SixGuns" of caps firing under pressure of his thumb and raising a blister. Elmer must of had one strong hard thumb.

Find a friend who shoots airguns. The pellet tins for many brands are great for holding the caps and easy to open. Many are threaded so if you drop them, they don't pop open. Some even have a clear top so you can see just how many you have left.

I dump my caps into an empty shoe polish tin, the one with the twist handle.

cap tin

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but I thought I would share what I use for a cap tin. Since I have trouble opening the standard tins, I use a rectangular tin with a sliding lid, I can slide the lid open just a little and control the amount of caps that pour out. I tried attaching a couple of pictures, I hope it worked.