problems with ordering caps from Dixie Gun Works

[Busyhands94]

i think next time i am in Nevada i might get myself a couple thousand percussion caps from Cabelas as well as a few pounds of powder. there are not many places to buy powder in California, however if you go to Cabelas on the edge of Nevada you can buy plenty of black powder guns and black powder accessories.

 

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

Busyhands, now you're getting smart..One more thing you might want to check into if you decide to try the Triple Seven 3fffg. TS7 and the rest of them are a blackpowder SUBSTITUTE and the same rules do not apply EXACTLY since real black powder is classified as a low grade explosive. Of course the HazMat fee will still apply as far as the transportation goes because it is a powder...I could break the rules down for you some but you can research for yourself since that would be far more typing and references and so forth than I feel up to....

 

[Tomahawk674]

ElvinWarrior, please look at the bottom of the page:

http://www.cabelas.com/powder-caps-remington-percussion-caps.shtml

Cabelas considers caps the same as primers, and they charge a hazmat fee no matter what state it is. Same as Midway, same as Powdervalley inc. I have tried checking out in all three and the hazmat fee shows up. These are for boxes of 10 tins and up, I don't know about buying single tins; Dixie is the only place I see that sells by the tin.

 

[arcticap]

I think GTOC is referring to the fact that percussion caps can be shipped along with sub powders for one single Hazmat fee, but caps cannot be shipped with black powder because it's an explosive which has a different classification. In that case there would be 2 separate Hazmat fees.

If buying caps online, then it makes sense for some to buy sub powders at the same time to save on the shipping and Hazmat fees. Plus the prices of the sub powders and caps can be less expensive from vendors like Powder Valley.*

http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/

Thanks for the reminder GOTC!
Remember, the notice below is only for sub & smokeless powders, primers and percussion caps.
*They list Remington #10's for $4.40 each.

WE CAN COMBINE UP TO 48 LBS. OF POWDER AND PRIMERS UNDER ONE HAZMAT TO SAVE YOU MONEY.

 

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

No problem Articap. You are right as usual. That is exactly what I meant....

 

[Busyhands94]

would there be any kind of licensing required to bring the powder into the state? God i hope there isn't. the last thing i want is to have to go though some legal stuff especially out of state. however if i am unable to go to Nevada anytime soon i might try finding someone with some powder they would like to trade for. i have plenty of knives and shooting accessories up for trade so it should be pretty easy.

 

[CHM]

Plastic toy caps??? Look out - Diane Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi may try to get those banned next!

 

[arcticap]

would there be any kind of licensing required to bring the powder into the state? God i hope there isn't. the last thing i want is to have to go though some legal stuff especially out of state.

20 lbs. of smokeless is legal to possess in CA, but not more than 1 lb. of black. Read the entire post. You can at least have a pound of BP for everyone in the car or household!
Don't let it bother you. New Yorkers are required to display explosives placards on their car if they're transporting it and virtually no one ever does.

Cap & Ball Revolvers, and, California

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=522243&highlight=california+powder

It would appear to be a felony to have more than a pound of black powder at one time without any license or permit to allow more....
...However it does appear that black powder substitutes fall under the smokeless powder limit, which is 20 pounds under the law.
You can have up to 20 pounds of all smokeless powders combined. But only 1 pound of black powders combined without a license to legally store more.

You can buy much more at a time, because the law does not say someone cannot sell more than 1 pound, it simply says they must have a permit to possess more than 1 pound.

 

[Shultzhaus]

I'm lucky to live in Pennsylvania. Lots of sources for all supplies within 50 miles of Lancaster. Cabela is 51 miles, and I always look for an excuse to go to the big "candy store".