Musket caps

[DavidB2]

I am trying to find musket caps; preferably RWS musket caps for my Armisport 1861 Springfield musket. Where can I purchase these online? It seems they are getting very scarce.

 

[EljaySL]

These guys usually have some but you'll have to give them a call
http://www.blackpowderva.com

 

[DD4lifeusmc]

http://www.powderinc.com/catalog/caps.htm


http://www.lohmanarms.com/category_s/2103.htm


http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3511

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/...=true&_D:facet_2=+&pageSize_24=24&_D:sort_2=+

 

[desidog]

You'll need to buy a lifetime supply to justify the hazmat fee.

Another option is to get another nipple that takes #11's; i have one of each for my Springfield and Richmond rifles, and trade them out as my cap supply dictates.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

re the hazmat fee. Why do some charge it and others do not. I recently ordered cannon fuse and noticed some charge a haz mat fee and others do not. A nearby gun shop indicated that his supplier does not charge guns shops a haz mat fee but does for individuals purchasers.

I have purchased caps several times from online sellers on auction sites and had them delivered to my door by the USPS with no such fee.

I am beginning to think it is just a rip off by the carriers to gouge us.

 

[EljaySL]

The hazmat is collected by the seller to cover their administrative costs - there's a lot of paperwork involved. Notice the price isn't the same everywhere - Cabelas charges $20 instead of the usual $28.50 most places do.

I have no idea why you might get different results with cannon fuse.

Sending caps via USPS was probably massively illegal, that's the answer to that part, so you got the don't ask don't tell discount.

Personally when I last ordered musket caps they required a 2K minimum order. I've had lots of offers to buy a tin here and there since they are pretty much impossible to find locally. And I went the other direction - I put musket caps on my Howdah which is not that reliable otherwise. So that's two caps each time I load it up. I still have a ton though. But I've literally never seen them locally and I have two long guns and the Howdah that use them so I'd rather have a ton then be hopeing somebody at the range has an extra tin.