#11 caps?

[Voodoochile]

How long are Remington #11 percussion caps good for?

About 5 or so years ago I bought a bunch of them & as it seems with time I don't think I'll go through what I have.

I'm thinking of selling about 5 or 10 tins.

 

[colonelhogan44]

A long time. Probably at least 20 years if stored properly? I have some that are 10 years old and they go bang every time.

 

[Voodoochile]

I wound up buying around 25 tins, I must have forgotten that I had bought some previously because I had 10 in one spot & 15 in with my reloading stuff.

 

[alexander45]

Shoot em if it doesn't go boom it's expired remove then put another cap on repeat until all caps are used up

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

This fall I fired some CVA branded caps that I'm pretty sure I purchased CIRCA 1990 then packed up with some other stuff a couple years latter, moved 3 times and finally unpacked that box last fall for the first time and found a few things I had forgotten about. They went boom and ignited the BP just fine

 

[noelf2]

I found an old half full tin of caps that I bought 35 or so years ago, in a box of supplies that my dad held on to for me when I was in the Navy. That box had been in heat and cold conditions, over and over, for 35 years. They all went off just fine.

 

[wf4933]

Had some in basement for 20 to 25 years. Still going off.
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